huz_88 wrote:
I recently installed Photoshop. While browsing the features I entered the section where you configure the gamut of your monitor. As a result my screens colours have been totaly messed up and I can’t seem to reverse it. If I uninstall the application the problem goes but comes right back when I reinstall it.
When windows loads the normal colours appear until at some point in the start up process the messed up colour scheme returns.
Can anyone please help and tell me how I can get my monitor display back the way it was??
Hi Huz,
Firstly, when you start up your computer, Adobe Gamma fires up at some time in the startup process and that is when your colours suddenly change. Just one question: Are you going to abandon colour management for now, or retry calibrating your monitor colours? If you are abandoning it you can do the following:
1. click on your START button
2. click on RUN
3. type in the dialog box msconfig
(this is Microsoft System Configuration Utility)
4. click on the STARTUP tab
5. scroll down to Adobe Gamma Loader and untick it
6. close the utility and accept the changes
It will ask you to reboot, let it reboot. when you reboot, a box will pop up telling you that you are in disgnostic mode. Tick the box that says "do not show this message again" and all is done.
If you ever later want to calibrate your system properly, repeat the process, but this time "tick" the box next to Adobe Gamma Loader, and it will kick in at startup again. Then you can recalibrate it.
If you want to recalibrate your monitor, one of the experts in here will have to help you with that one, as I am not using PS at this point in time and I am not totally confident at doing it.
As a temporary measure, you could go back into Adobe Gamma (from Control Panel) and run the wizard. When you reach the point where you can adjust the Red, Green and Blue values, adjust them till your monitor looks normal again. Keep on clicking next till you reach the end of the wizard and accept the changes. Then all will look normal again until you get a chance to learn colour management and set it up properly.
Good luck,
Brian.
