I just changed over from a CRT monitor to a LCD flatscreen monitor (Philips
190VW9FB/27), and I've found that while I can view image files okay in other
applications such as Quicktime Viewer, Photoshop, or when viewing thumbnails
in Windows Explorer, but when I double-click them to open them in Windows
Photo Gallery, the picture shows up as completely washed out in magenta, with
occasionally the darkest shadows barely visible. I've made sure that I'm
using the latest drivers for the monitor and my video card.



OS: Windows Vista Home Premium, SP1
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 9500 GT
Monitor: Philips 190VW9FB/27

Darkeforce wrote:

> I just changed over from a CRT monitor to a LCD flatscreen monitor
> (Philips 190VW9FB/27), and I've found that while I can view image
> files okay in other applications such as Quicktime Viewer, Photoshop,
> or when viewing thumbnails in Windows Explorer, but when I
> double-click them to open them in Windows Photo Gallery, the picture
> shows up as completely washed out in magenta, with occasionally the
> darkest shadows barely visible. I've made sure that I'm using the
> latest drivers for the monitor and my video card.
>
> OS: Windows Vista Home Premium, SP1
> Video Card: nVidia GeForce 9500 GT
> Monitor: Philips 190VW9FB/27

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This issue may be related to your Color Management
settings...have a look at the following articles:

(939395) When you view an image in Windows
Photo Gallery on a Windows Vista-based computer,
the image is yellow
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939395/en-us

Microsoft PhotoBlog Frequently Asked Questions:
http://blogs.msdn.com/pix/pages/faq.aspx#q6
Read: "Q: Why do my photos have an odd color
cast in the Photo Gallery (but look fine in the XP
Picture and Fax Viewer and IE)?"

Yellow pictures in Windows Photo Gallery
http://tinyurl.com/33gxum
or...
Yellow pictures in Windows Photo Gallery

--

John Inzer

I tried the fixes on those pages, with no result. It isn't a problem with
yellow, it's magenta, and it's not just a case of the pictures being tinted
magenta, they are solid magenta with no features of the picture discernable
at all, except occasionally for the darkest of shadows. I can't make out what
the pictures are at all in Windows Photo Gallery.

"John Inzer" wrote:

> Darkeforce wrote:

> > I just changed over from a CRT monitor to a LCD flatscreen monitor
> > (Philips 190VW9FB/27), and I've found that while I can view image
> > files okay in other applications such as Quicktime Viewer, Photoshop,
> > or when viewing thumbnails in Windows Explorer, but when I
> > double-click them to open them in Windows Photo Gallery, the picture
> > shows up as completely washed out in magenta, with occasionally the
> > darkest shadows barely visible. I've made sure that I'm using the
> > latest drivers for the monitor and my video card.
> >
> > OS: Windows Vista Home Premium, SP1
> > Video Card: nVidia GeForce 9500 GT
> > Monitor: Philips 190VW9FB/27

> ======================================
> This issue may be related to your Color Management
> settings...have a look at the following articles:
>
> (939395) When you view an image in Windows
> Photo Gallery on a Windows Vista-based computer,
> the image is yellow
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939395/en-us
>
> Microsoft PhotoBlog Frequently Asked Questions:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/pix/pages/faq.aspx#q6
> Read: "Q: Why do my photos have an odd color
> cast in the Photo Gallery (but look fine in the XP
> Picture and Fax Viewer and IE)?"
>
> Yellow pictures in Windows Photo Gallery
> http://tinyurl.com/33gxum
> or...
> Yellow pictures in Windows Photo Gallery
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
>
>
>

Darkeforce wrote:

> I tried the fixes on those pages, with no result. It isn't a problem
> with yellow, it's magenta, and it's not just a case of the pictures
> being tinted magenta, they are solid magenta with no features of the
> picture discernable at all, except occasionally for the darkest of
> shadows. I can't make out what the pictures are at all in Windows
> Photo Gallery.

==========================================
Sorry...it usually works regardless of the
incorrect color.

Maybe you have a issue with your video driver.

--


John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

I have the most recent drivers for both my video card, and my monitor. That
was the first thing I checked. Both are fully up-to-date. I am also up to
date with all Windows Vista Updates.

OS: Vista Home Premium, Service Pack 1
Monitor: Philips 190VW9FB/27
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 9500 GT

"John Inzer" wrote:

> Darkeforce wrote:

> > I tried the fixes on those pages, with no result. It isn't a problem
> > with yellow, it's magenta, and it's not just a case of the pictures
> > being tinted magenta, they are solid magenta with no features of the
> > picture discernable at all, except occasionally for the darkest of
> > shadows. I can't make out what the pictures are at all in Windows
> > Photo Gallery.

> ==========================================
> Sorry...it usually works regardless of the
> incorrect color.
>
> Maybe you have a issue with your video driver.
>
> --
>
>
> John Inzer MS-MVP
> Digital Media Experience
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>