User Display Settings Question

Howdy!
Display Colors are all out of whack (Almost looks like a photo negative) but only when logged on as a certain user. Is there a way to restore a users default display settings without changing other user settings?
Also sRGB and RGB Color sync profiles are missing for this user, the only profile choice is Color LCD.
Thanks in Advance!

Howdy John,
(Nope, a yankee from New Hampsha')
Thanks for the suggestion, I will give it a try and report back with the results.
The ColorSync profiles are missing from the colorsync manager > profiles tab when logged on as one user. They aren't missing under my login.
My three year old daughter got a hold the iBook while my wife was on the phone. Oh well, lesson learned.
Thanks for your help!
Gary

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> I have a user who likes to set up folders in his GroupWise 2012 client
> (on Windows XP) to show To and From columns as the first two columns
> in his folder view. When he changes a folder and saves the changes
> in the Properties/Display/Custom Settings, everything looks fine.
> The next day when he gets into his client and goes to the folder he
> changed, the changes (adding the To/From columns) are gone. The
> really strange thing is they are only gone "most of the time", at
> other times the changes stick and do not have to be redone. User has
> found nothing consistent about why changes are sometimes forgotten
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