Color Mgmt W7 designated default not sticking

by **momoffduty** » Thu Oct 10, 2013 4:36 pm

I have calibrated my monitor and set the screen color mgmt to the new setting as default. Whenever I reboot or the computer goes into sleep mode it doesn't stay at the new setting. When I open a program like Bridge or PS it does go to the default. Or I have to go to color mgmt and select the setting as default which it already shows it is the default.

by **Bob** » Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:42 pm

In Color Management (from the start button type color management into the search box and press enter), there will be three tabs. Under the Devices Tab, Select your display for the device. Check the "use my settings for this device" box. It should list the profile you created in the profiles associated with this device. If it doesn't click "add..." and add it to the list. Set it as the default profile. I'm assuming you've already done that part.

Now the tricky part. Click on the "Advanced" tab. The Display Calibration section at the bottom has a check box labeled "Use Windows Display Calibration. That needs to be checked to enable the LUT loading, but it is grayed out so you can't check it. Click on the "Change System Defaults" button at the bottom of the panel. That will bring up the Color Management System Default panel which looks a lot like the regular Color Management panel. You only need to change one thing. Click on the "Advanced" tab in that panel. Now check the "Use Windows Display Calibration" box. You are done. You can close the Color management panels. Next time you boot into windows, the LUT will be automatically loaded from your profile.