Mark

You might try just deleting the color profile. I did that and my wierd color
problems went away. My profiles dialg is just blank. Seems to work just fine
now.

Mark


"Amir Facade" <amirfacade@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Wow, Thanks for the detailed instructions.
> Unfortunately it made no change at all to the color in Windows Photo
> Gallery.
> Any other thoughts anyone.
> There has to be something I'm missing here.
>
> Amir
>
>
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23sC8Ng3qHHA.4100@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi Amir,
>
> See if the following note helps, posted earlier by Redbeaver:
>
> <quote>
>
> First off, there r 2 solutions i discovered...one is if u have Photoshop
> installed, the other if you don't.
>
> If you do have, in Control Panel, there's an Adobe Gamma tool. Run it by
> step-by-step wizard (or by Control Panel if u know what u'r doing) and
> create ur own Profile. Name it anything, i name mine Vista-1 just so its
> easier to see. It will create an ICM profile immediately installed in
> Window's system32-spool-color folder (given u dont change the saving
> location. better yet, dont even try.). Done?
>
> Back in Vista's control panel, open the Colour Management tool. In there
> u'll see the default ICC profile, mine named Samsung - Natural Color Pro
> 1.0 ICM, file name SM205BW.icm since my monitor is a Samsung 205BW. Click
> on Add.., and if you scroll down, u'll see ur profile; again, mine said
> Vista-1. U might need to click on Browse.. if u dont see yours becoz u
> saved it somewhere else... [Now, this part i'm not sure whether u need to
> do it, but i did it anyway.... Click on the Profiles button on the right
> bottom corner and click on Combine My Settings with System Defaults.
> then...] Click OK, and click on Vista-1 and click on Set as Default
> Profile. Click Close.
>
> Now try opening a picture in WPG
>
> Ooops, almost forgot, for people who doesnt have Photoshop, u can google
> any free ICC profile or go to:
> http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/adobergb.html
> Download these free ICC, and install some..or..well... i tried installing
> all of them anyway... Just extract them, then right click and select
> Install...
>
> Now go to Vista Control Panel, open Color Management, and click on Add...
> Scroll down and all of the installed ICC should be there. Pick one and set
> it
> default. [Again, u could click on Profiles and select Combine My
> Profile... but im not sure about this.] Click Close and you're good to go.
>
> Of course if it still shows the wrong colour just pick a different ICC and
> try it. First ICC i tried is the Adobe1998 one and it seems to be working
> fine... Of course im no expert and if any of u experts sees the better ICC
> in there (there r like 10~15 of them in the ZIP), by all means correct me.
>
> THat's all.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> </quote>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Amir Facade" <amirfacade@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:AD24289B-8AD9-4B7F-B360-D2E49B17E657@microsoft.com...
> If I open a photo in Windows Photo Gallery, the background of the window
> has
> a light green tint and the photos are dark and off color.
> If I open the same photo file in MS Office Picture Manager, the picture
> looks the way I Expect it to look.
> I there a way to adjust the basic color settings of Windows Photo Gallery
> to
> get a basic white background and my pictures the way I think they should
> be?
>
> TIA,
>
> Amir
>