RE: Windows - oh my - NT4 registry edit 4 OptiCal
RE: Windows - oh my - NT4 registry edit 4 OptiCal
- Subject: RE: Windows - oh my - NT4 registry edit 4 OptiCal
- From: "Matt Hagadorn" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 18:45:09 -0400
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From: email@hidden
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[mailto:email@hidden]On Behalf Of neilB
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Friends
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I am helping a colleague set up and NT4 system to use OptiCal and
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a DTP 92. It seems that since he has photo library SW we cannot
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update him to Win 2000.
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I'm not clear on what software you mean, but most things that run on NT4
will work on Win2k as well. Anyway...
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NT is a black hole to me I'm afraid - but there's always a first time.
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When working with NT 4, I presume it's still necessary to edit
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the register - I have Bruce Frasers fine Photoshop books and I'm
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sure I can follow the editing procedure as long as it includes
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every stage I must follow.
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Editing the registry is common practice. This is the database that the OS
and most applications use to store all their preferences.
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It's not a risky procedure is it?? Can I break the system?
You most definitely can break the system, but you won't if you're reasonably
careful. Follow Bruce's instructions in the book and you won't have a
problem.
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I could suggest that the guy gets the support engineer in to do the
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SW registry edit if it's a risky business.
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I'm sure some of you've done the lots of times so I wondered if you
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might be kind enough to confirm that I have it right please?
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I'm intending to follow Bruce's instructions on page 145 of Real
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PS6 or p155 of Real World PS 5 [they seem to be the same as each
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other]. I guess when I get to the Monitor profile icon I just
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double click it and type in "Display Profile 1" [without the
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quotes] so that each time OptiCal makes a new profile it will
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replace the old one.
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The value you type in the registry is whatever name you save the profile
with in OptiCal, including the full directory path and a .icm extension, as
Bruce shows in his example. The only correction is that step 6 on page 144
of RWPS6 should show backslashes ("\") between each directory, not forward
slashes ("/").
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That's the second bit that's worrying me - will each new profile
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made replace the old one each time as long as I tell them to use
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the default name in OptiCal - surely you don't have to re-edit the
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register every time you make a new profile?
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As long as you give the profile the same name and save it in the same place
(i.e. on top of the old one), you shouldn't have to edit the registry again.
The value for the "Monitor Profile" key in the registry is simply telling
Photoshop where to locate the profile.
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I see the system profile [monitor profile ] in colour setup in PS
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5x but this guy has PS 6, can I check PS6 is using the profile in
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NT4 after I did the edit?
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Select Edit > Color Settings... and under Working Spaces, click the RGB
drop-down box. The proper profile should be listed next to Monitor RGB.
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Bruce is adamant that once done the user must now never run Adobe
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Gamma, can I prevent that simply and without risk too?
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Adobe Gamma would overwrite the value in the registry to point to the
profile it created. You could probably rename or delete Adobe Gamma
Loader.exe (better to simply rename it) if you want to prevent someone from
running it.
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thanks so much for the help
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'aint these Windows machines sweet?
They're just different than Macs. I've supported both in my IT career and
each have their idiosyncrasies.
The interesting thing is, third party profiles do get associated with the
monitor in Win2k (and probably Win98 SE & Me). Photoshop just doesn't seem
to notice, making the registry edit necessary.
Matt