Tom, I tried the ATI System Tray app again and I evidently was mistaken about it having an area for Profiles. So I tried PowerStrip for this method, and every time I open OE or a webpage, the color goes back to default! Even though it consumes memory and has to be running all the time, it appeared to do the job, but I new this was too good to be true. I had it setup to do exactly what I wanted (cont-shift-F12 for bright display and F11 for the dimmer display). When I set it to the bright display, I open a webpage or OE and it goes back to the dimmer default settings! Is anyone familiar with why this program is doing this? -Clint
Happy Holidays to all & God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com Support-OrpheusComputing.com Thanks Tom, I have the program and thought about it, but it has to be running in the System Tray to work (just like the ATI System Tray app which can do the same thing with Color Profiles). I hate to have things running in the background sucking up memory and resources, that's why I'm wondering if a batch file or vbs file is possible to change Profiles. -Clint ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Phillips" Hi Clint, The best tweaking utility for video cards is Power Strip I think it will do what you want. I'll do some thinking on what you want to do, for now try this it may do what you want. Get it here http://entechtaiwan.net/util/ps.shtm t0m Support-OrpheusComputing.com wrote: Hi all. I've learned how to create BASIC batch/vbs files, and I'm now trying to create one that's a bit more complicated and I'm not even sure it's possible. The problem is, those of us that use ATI AIW video cards (that's "All-In-Wonder" and it may hold true for all ATI cards), when we want to change "Color profiles" you have to go to "Display Properties", "Settings", "Advanced", then "Color", then choose the specific setting you previously created and saved in the drop-down menu, which is long process with a lot of clicking, and a pain. The ATI "Hot keys" do not work for this, they are only for dual monitors and full screen 3D. So, I'm trying to create (dare I say) a "simple" one-click method of changing color profiles. In my particular case, it's to go from a normal darker screen, to a bright screen so I can see digital images in more detail. I use a 20" DVI LCD monitor which actually has too much contrast and brightness. The actual physical "Brightness" control button on the monitor does not go bright enough in this color profile "1", and (get this) the "Contrast" button is non-accessible in the DVI (digital connector) mode! So, it has no adjustment, therefore the need for the "Color profiles". In my normal profile mode (which I called "1") this is easy on the eyes, but when I need to edit images it's not bright enough or contrasty enough to FULLY see the detail in the images; hence the creation of a "2" color profile which has higher gamma, brightness and contrast. I found the entries in the registry for these color profiles. There's the profiles "1" and "2", and above them is another key which shows CURRENT profile selected, and you can see in it "1" with all its settings when profile 1 is selected on that long Display Properties path I mentioned above. Of course when you select "2" in the drop down, this area in the registry then reflects that change. I exported this key on both modes, but naturally, just clicking the specific profile reg file wanted and merging it into the registry does not change the screen's profile. What needs to be done AFTER this, is rundll32.exe must some how be "in the process". Rundll32.exe is what is run when changing color profiles. I can merge one of the profile's registry keys, and nothing happens, until I open the Display Properties again and go though all those tabs, then all I need to do is just **OPEN** the "color" tab, the profile does NOT even have to be selected in the drop down menu! It's like it knows it needs to change or received a command to change the profile, but it cannot change the profile until rundll32.exe "does something specific" for lack of a better term. I tried clicking the rundll32.exe file before AND after merging the .reg file, but neither worked, then screen stayed the same. So apparently there's another function going on here but it doesn't show on cont-alt-del in the Task Manager, only rundll32.exe shows as being open when a profile is changed. I'm trying to somehow create a batch file for each profile, where each contains the specific path to each of the reg files I exported. That much seems simple, but it's never going to work until I find the way to incorporate the appropriate "rundll32.exe command" into the batch files. Just the path to rundll32.exe is not enough, some sort of command switch is probably needed. Anyone have any ideas, or perhaps even a program/utility that will give quick one-click access to a video card's profiles where the batch file wouldn't even be needed? Thanks, -Clint ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
