Datacolor User to User Support Group.

I have just bought and installed the Spyder2PRO package and I'm 
disappointed to find in the User Guide that "A multi-head video card 
will not work correctly" with Windows. Indeed, the software allows me to 
select and profile each of the monitors in turn, but it appears to 
overwrite the first profile with the second (without letting me change 
the profile name), and applies that to both monitors.

For the record, this is my setup:

	PC: Dell Optiplex 745 with Intel Core2 CPU
	Display adapter: Radeon X1300 Series dual head
	Primary monitor: Compaq P1220 22in Trinitron type CRT
	Secondary monitor: CTX PR705F 17in Trinitron type CRT
	OS: Windows XP Professional
	Spyder2PRO version: 2.2-4

I have done some Googling and got the clue from this page
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/dual_monitor_calibration.html
that a fix might be possible.

I have installed the Microsoft Color applet, read some other stuff on 
this subject, and now my head hurts.

Can someone please point me to reliable step-by-step instructions to 
achieve a properly profiled pair of monitors?

Thank you!

-- 

Peter Marquis-Kyle
www.marquis-kyle.com.au

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, Peter Marquis-Kyle 
<peter@...> wrote:
> I have done some Googling and got the clue from this page
> http://www.northlight-
>images.co.uk/article_pages/dual_monitor_calibration.html
> that a fix might be possible.
> 
> I have installed the Microsoft Color applet, read some other stuff on 
> this subject, and now my head hurts.
> 
> Can someone please point me to reliable step-by-step instructions to 
> achieve a properly profiled pair of monitors?

I have a dual monitor setup under XP (a CRT and an LCD) and use the 
Microsoft Color Applet to apply the two profiles to the monitors.  You 
say you have installed the applet but nothing to indicate that you did 
more than install it.

You have to:
1) Create profiles for each monitor.
2) Run the WinColor applet after installing it and assign the correct 
profile to each monitor - Devices tab.
3) Install the WinColor applet in the Startup folder with the command 
to run it with a "/L" parm similar to this from my system: "C:\Program 
Files\Pro Imaging Powertoys\Microsoft Color Control Panel Applet for 
Windows XP\WinColor.exe" /L.  The "/L" runs it without requiring you to 
respond to it.
4) Make sure that there is no other program running at startup (for 
example Adobe Gamma) that is trying to set the profile(s).

During my boot cycle I can see the monitors change as the two profiles 
are applied.

I hope this helps,
Rollin