Comments on: Windows Vista Color Management = FAIL, But This May Help You…

By: Keith Slagerman

Keith Slagerman — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:40:43 +0000

Huh…was this loss of color a result of using a colorimeter? It could be any number of things such as:

-faulty colorimeter
-bad video cable from computer to monitor
-faulty video card
-incorrect/incompatible/corrupted display drivers
-some random windows bug

if you can be more specific about the problem, i may be able to help you troubleshoot it a little more.

By: Itachi

Itachi — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:42:09 +0000

I have a vista and there is no color at all. Everything is gray. I can't even see the difference between pink and brown. Do you know a way to fix that?

By: Kamakiriad

Kamakiriad — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:24:25 +0000

Thanks for posting this – thought I had a problem specific to my Laptop.
I couldn't find LUT manager on the link provoded but found it here:

http://fotomania.nixz.net/lutmanager/

Thanks again for posting – saved me a load of hassle!

By: Keith Slagerman

Keith Slagerman — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:35:04 +0000

It isn't platform dependent. It happens on all chipsets. The common factor is Windows. Keith Slagerman Photo & Design916-623-5414 P916-258-0182 Fwww.slagermanphoto.comSent via Blackberry by AT&T

By: Patanjali

Patanjali — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:40:53 +0000

Doesn't explain why it occurs on non-Intel graphics chipsets.

By: AlefSin

AlefSin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:00:13 +0000

Keith removing igfxpres.exe solved the problem for me! Thanks a lot! It has been bugging me for years….

By: Norm

Norm — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:34:09 +0000

Should have read – ….Reset LUT, Default LUT…

By: Norm

Norm — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:31:57 +0000

Keith – You probably know by now, but it's not fixed in Windows 7. I'm uncertain if the problem with color profiles being dumped every time my HP DV6 laptop recovers from hibernation/sleep mode or after the screen saver is related to the OS or video drivers. I had to log off and log back in before I could get my profile back. Reloading the profile via lutloader was very hit or miss. I've found that LUT Manager is doing a very nice job of streamlining the process. I've also noted, at least on my laptop, that I would have to click Reset LUT, Reload LUT. Better than having to log off or rebooting. Thanks for sharing the info on the program.

By: Keith Slagerman

Keith Slagerman — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:05:18 +0000

Found something interesting interesting.. Just purchased a Sony VAIO laptop running Windows 7. Starting immediately having the LUT bug. Found a blog post and a commenter said that disablin igfxpers.exe from running on startup would solve the color management issue. I did that and voila. Problem fixed. So maybe this is a driver issue, and not so much a Windows issue. The jury is still out, but I'm doing OK on my setup for now.

Look here:
http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/windows-vistas-gamm...

search on the page for "igfxpers.exe"

By: Keith Slagerman

Keith Slagerman — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:53:55 +0000

It would appear, that at least for me, that the official release of Windows 7 has solved the issue. I have installed it on four of my machines, all with different video cards and the profile holds just fine. Any one else having such luck?