How do I fix the error "The monitor profile "LCD color management and conversion" appears to be defective."?
We recently purchased a new Dell computer. I have loaded Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 on it and am getting the following message: "The monitor profile "LCD color management and conversion" appears to be defective. Please rerun your monitor calibration software."
I looked on the Adobe site for any fixes and it said something about Adobe Gamma. I looked on the installation CD and saw Adobe Gamma, but when I opened the Read Me file the information said that "Adobe Gamma does not support LCD monitors" - and we have an LCD monitor.
Here is my information. I use one monitor for two computers (work and personal ); the Photoshop (Photoshop Elements 5.0 v.5.0.2) is installed on my personal computer :
I have a Dell 19" LCD monitor and I have WindowsXP Professional installed on both machines. Everything is up to date for Windows.
Here is some information for the computers:
Personal:
Dell Inspirion 530
nvidia GeForce 8600 GT display
Work:
Dell Optplex 745
Intell(R) Q965/Q963 Express display
When I go to Settings Tab on Display Properites and click on Advanced, and then Color Management, my personal computer says:
Current monitor: Dell 1908FP(Analog)
Default monitor profile: 1908FP
Color profiles currently associated with this device: 1908FP
My work computer says:
Current monitor: Default
Default monitor profile: <None>
Color profiles currently associated with this device box is blank.
Let me add that I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Photoshop. I have also updated the video driver for the nvidia.
I have tried both the Ignore and Use Anyway when opening Photoshop, but the colors are still poor.
I would consider myself an intermediate user - I know enough to get me around basic stuff, but am reluctant to delve deeper since I don't want to mess anything up. :D
What would be the best way, or is there a way, to fix this issue?
Thanks!
I looked on the Adobe site for any fixes and it said something about Adobe Gamma. I looked on the installation CD and saw Adobe Gamma, but when I opened the Read Me file the information said that "Adobe Gamma does not support LCD monitors" - and we have an LCD monitor.
Here is my information. I use one monitor for two computers (work and personal ); the Photoshop (Photoshop Elements 5.0 v.5.0.2) is installed on my personal computer :
I have a Dell 19" LCD monitor and I have WindowsXP Professional installed on both machines. Everything is up to date for Windows.
Here is some information for the computers:
Personal:
Dell Inspirion 530
nvidia GeForce 8600 GT display
Work:
Dell Optplex 745
Intell(R) Q965/Q963 Express display
When I go to Settings Tab on Display Properites and click on Advanced, and then Color Management, my personal computer says:
Current monitor: Dell 1908FP(Analog)
Default monitor profile: 1908FP
Color profiles currently associated with this device: 1908FP
My work computer says:
Current monitor: Default
Default monitor profile: <None>
Color profiles currently associated with this device box is blank.
Let me add that I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Photoshop. I have also updated the video driver for the nvidia.
I have tried both the Ignore and Use Anyway when opening Photoshop, but the colors are still poor.
I would consider myself an intermediate user - I know enough to get me around basic stuff, but am reluctant to delve deeper since I don't want to mess anything up. :D
What would be the best way, or is there a way, to fix this issue?
Thanks!
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Thanks for responding! I thought it odd that I did not have the same profile on both machines, but thought that it was because of the different video cards.
I have just three profiles on my work machine: is330, kodak_dc, and sRGB Color Space Profile; those three profiles are also on my home machine. On my home machine, in addition to the profiles just listed, I have 96 different profiles. That was part of my problem, too: wasn't sure which one(s) to try.
I did load Photoshop on my work computer and it does not have any errors.
The sRGB profile did not give me any errors. I tried a couple of different profiles also and didn't really see too much difference between all of them. Why so many?
I also tried the shift/ctrl/alt keys but didn't understand what I should do. It brought up a "Browse for Folder" window. I clicked on the "Required" folder, then clicked on Color Settings (while on the default 1908FP default profile) nothing happened. When I went on to get into Photoshop the Ignore/Use Anyway message came up.
Through all this searching I did find the nvidia Control Panel. It had a "Run Display Optimization Wizard" on there, so tried that. After I ran it, I rebooted my computer and Photoshop does not give me any errors anymore.
Thanks again for your help!
I have just three profiles on my work machine: is330, kodak_dc, and sRGB Color Space Profile; those three profiles are also on my home machine. On my home machine, in addition to the profiles just listed, I have 96 different profiles. That was part of my problem, too: wasn't sure which one(s) to try.
I did load Photoshop on my work computer and it does not have any errors.
The sRGB profile did not give me any errors. I tried a couple of different profiles also and didn't really see too much difference between all of them. Why so many?
I also tried the shift/ctrl/alt keys but didn't understand what I should do. It brought up a "Browse for Folder" window. I clicked on the "Required" folder, then clicked on Color Settings (while on the default 1908FP default profile) nothing happened. When I went on to get into Photoshop the Ignore/Use Anyway message came up.
Through all this searching I did find the nvidia Control Panel. It had a "Run Display Optimization Wizard" on there, so tried that. After I ran it, I rebooted my computer and Photoshop does not give me any errors anymore.
Thanks again for your help!
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Thanks so much for your additional response! Boy, I hope that doesn't happen, lol (...you should never have to deal with it again until you start wondering why your printed images don't look like what you see on screen. Then you will have to learn more about icm profiles...). I appreciate your help!!
Learning color management is probably the biggest learning curve for Photoshop users, but it's gotten easer and there is a lot of good source material. Check back with us when it comes up and we will walk you through it.
David B. (thanks for the grade)
David B. (thanks for the grade)
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