Defective monitor profile error

Getting error message 'the monitor profile "LCD color management and conversion" appears to be defective. Please rerun your monitor calibration software'. Choices: 'Ignore profile' or 'Use anyway'.
Question 1: how do I rerun the monitor calibration software?
Question 2: what choice do I chose? Ignore or use anyway?
Message title was edited by: Brett N

1. All software is launched by running its EXE file (Windows) or APP file (Mac). Generally you will have a shortcut to the application in your Start menu if on Windows, check your Applications folder on Mac. You will have to know the name of your calibration software in order to find it though. Since Adobe doesn't create calibration software and there are many other companies who do, we don't really have any direction to give you as to finding it.
2. Monitor calibration effects how color is displayed on your monitor, especially in color managed applications like Photoshop Elements. The incorrect profile will cause your images to look wrong on screen, which could cause you to edit them incorrectly. Once edited incorrectly, these files will look different when posted on the internet or when printed. It is better to ignore a profile that to use an incorrect one.

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In the interim I bypassed the error, clicking for it not to remind me again knowing some of you might be able to help (keep in mind I have no way now of knowing whether or not it is fixed since these errors are ignored). In hindsight it was a bad move.
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That was quick! Thanks for the reply.
I never thought there was a problem with Photoshop -- I just assumed I had a "defective monitor profile".
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>> Windows 8
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>> Photoshop CS6 Version 13.0 X32
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This will be my first high quality graphic experience in PC land; &...since I'm also designing not only my own CD jackets & insert booklets (on the CMYK end)...I'm designing my own web pages (on the RGB end). I need to get this right, so my presentation colors don't look silly.
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I've seen a number of others (not here) report this minor problem. You can
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Your factory-supplied monitor profile, associated with your monitor by the operating system, is bad. It's more common than you'd think.
To avert the error:
Open the Color Management panel of your Windows operating system. In the Devices tab, if it is not already listed [ Add... ] the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 profile and [ Set as default Profile ].
After doing the above, log out of Windows and back in again, just to ensure everything's updated.
Note that the above assumes your monitor is more or less displaying color in the sRGB color space (sRGB is short for sRGB IEC61966-2.1). For many monitors this isn't a terribly wrong assumption.
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Error when I start Photoshop "Monitor profile appears defective"

Over the past few weeks I have gotten a error popup message when I open Photoshop that says:
"DELL E22IOH G2.2 D65" appears to be defective. Please rerun your monitor calibration software.
If I choose the IGNORE option I can go into Photoshop error free. BUT, if I choose USE ANYWAY I get into Photoshop and the colors are off. There is no more white color (it's not a pale yellowish color).
I haven't changed any settings in my Photoshop recently (why tinker with something when it's not broken?). Regardless, this error message isn't going away and would like to correct this problem. Anyone ever experienced this before? I've googled the problem and have seen some weird so-called solutions but figured I'd go to the pro's to get a answer I can trust.
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Noel Carboni wrote:
I'd say your monitor profile is corrupted, or at least unusable by Photoshop.
Did you install a new monitor, or bring in new software or an update to where your system now knows more about the monitor hardware than it did before? Did you update Photoshop to a new revision?
This would not be a settings issue with Photoshop, but rather what profile you have associated with your monitor via the operating system. Right-click your desktop, choose Properties, then the Settings tab, and [Advanced] button. Systems differ at this point, but look for a Monitor tab and Color Management function where you can choose a monitor profile to associate with a particular display monitor.
Ultimately you want to try to determine what monitor profile file is being identified by "DELL E2210H G2.2 D65" and see if you can get another copy of it (e.g., from Dell.com). Note that you misinterpreted the 10 as IO in your original message, so a search for the string as I have listed it here may turn up more results.
-Noel
Noel,
Did not install a new monitor or a new version of photoshop or anything else for that matter. I did however update a windows update several weeks ago. Im not sure but I think the error occurred after that update.
I was able to follow your steps and found the color management function, but there was only one profile listed.

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I'm having this same problem, and can't remember how I solved it before, searching all over the internet and Adobe Forum, and finally find this post. Finally, a post that seems very similar to my problem!
HELLO! I posted it!!!! Even if it never was of any help to anyone else, it helped me solve the problem again!
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Even though I had just recently calibrated my primary monitor with Eye-One, using the advanced mode; I did it all over again, and determined that it was set as the default profile.
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To avert the error:
Open the Color Management panel of your Windows operating system. In the Devices tab, if it is not already listed [ Add... ] the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 profile and [ Set as default Profile ].
After doing the above, log out of Windows and back in again, just to ensure everything's updated.
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Good luck.
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Hi Guys, I really could use some help.
I have recently installed Photoshop Element 7 and on opening the editor get the dialogue ‘The monitor profile LGW2242 appears to be defective. Please rerun your monitor calibration software’. It also provides the options ‘ignore profile’ or ‘use anyway’.
My Monitor is an LG Flatron W2242S (OK I know it’s not exactly top of the range but it provides a nice big work space). LG support (that’s an oxymoron) (un)helpfully tell me that this is a problem with Photoshop which must be defective and have introduced a virus!
This issue appears to addressed on the Adobe website at http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/328/328054.html However, I note this advice applies to PS and not PSE. Am I right in assuming that Adobe Gamma is not a part of PSE7? I cannot find it anywhere on my computer, nor can I find anywhere on the Adobe site where Adobe Gamma is available as a download. Does the Adobe Color Management Module (CMM) supersede Adobe Gamma and/or do the same thing? http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3618
I have been through all the community threads, all the independent stuff on the web and I cannot find a solution to this problem - hence in desperation I am posting here.
Can anyone tell me
1.       Is Elements 7 supposed to ship with or include Adobe Gamma? Adobe website says AG ships with Elements but that may refer to earlier versions.
2.       If Elements 7 does not ship with Adobe Gamma are the two products compatible? If so it MIGHT still solve the problem according to the comments made about this problem with earlier versions.
3.       If they AG and AE7 are compatible WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD A COPY OF ADOBE GAMMA?
Am I only going to be able to solve this by upgrading to CS and/or buying a higher spec monitor or is this warning something that can just be ignored without affecting outcomes?
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The "profile defective" message is most likely caused by an LG monitor profile that either doesn't conform with industry standards, or it does conform, is incompatible with PSE. When PSE starts, you can safely click "ignore profile".
Color profiles tell software the color characteristics of individual scanners, printers, and displays. So-called "color-managed" programs use those profiles to reproduce color more accurately. Most programs on Windows are not fully color-managed, including most browsers, Windows Picture And Fax Viewer on XP, and Microsoft Office. Adobe PSE and Windows Photo Gallery and Live Photo Gallery are color-managed.
Some display manufacturers ship profiles that attempt to represent the "average" of that model of display.   But your individual display may differ a fair bit from that "average". That's why people who care about faithful color will use at least an inexpensive calibrator such as the Spider or Huey.
Moving forward, since PSE isn't able to use the LG display profile, and you probably aren't using any other color-managed programs, you could disassocate the profile from the display:
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshopelements-6-7-faq.htm#_Colors_are_wrong
You could also go to the LG web site and see if they have an updated profile.

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I may have checked the "don't show this message again" ??
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The question is what alternative you picked before you checked "don't show". The options are "use anyway" and "discard" - and in the latter case sRGB is used instead.
The Samsung profile is very likely defective (many canned profiles are), so you're better off using sRGB unless you have a wide gamut monitor.
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EDIT: There is a Reset All Warning Dialogs in Preferences, to answer your question.

Photoshop Elements 11 - 'Monitor Profile Defective' Message

When opening Editor in Photoshop Elements 11, I get the warning message "The Monitor profile 'Dell S2240L Colour Profile, D65' appears to be defective. Please rerun your monitor calibration software".
I have recently upgraded from Windows 8 to 8.1 and also had to download DirectPlay when opening PE 11. Before upgrading, PE11 worked fine for over a year on same desktop and monitor (both only 1 year old). Driver monitor is up to date.
Please can someone tell me the possible cause and my options. I have seen lots of posts on this and other forums but not sure which is the right answer. Could 8.1 upgrade have caused it by changing a setting or is that just coincidence? Would re-install of PE11 make any difference?
Would appreciate help as this is infuriating (also happened on my old desktop with earlier version of PE)!
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Try changing it to sRGB and see if the message stops:
http://www.lightroomforums.net/showthread.php?14070-How-to-assign-an-sRGB-ICC-Profile-to-y our-monitor-(Windows)
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When I open Elements 13 I have a message. The monitor profile "Dell S2340L color profile, D65" appears to be defective. I have a new Dell PC with Windows 8.1

You can check if the standard Srgb profile has been change.
Close Elements.
Go to Start menu >> Control Panel >> Color Management.
Click the Devices tab.
From the Device pop-up, select your monitor.
Check the ‘Use my settings for this device’ checkbox.
Make a note of the currently selected profile, which is marked as (default). If there isn’t an existing profile, you can skip this step.
Click the Add button.
In the Associate Color Profile dialog, select sRGB IE61966-2.1 (sRGB Color Space Profile.icm) and press OK.
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Monitor Profile is defective

Hello: I have a LG 19 inch monitor
that supports the DVI interface which I am using. Whenever I launch the editor in elements 8 I get a message that my monitor profile "L196WTQ" is defective and that I should rerun my monitor calibration software. I do not have such software. It gives me the option to go ahead and use the monitor anyway and everything looks ok to me but then everything looks good to my anyway so I'm not sure if I'm getting an accruate view of the photo. I welcome any thoughts and or suggestions.
Tx
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Try associating the profile "sRGB IEC61966-2.1" instead and making it the default. For some reason, some XP systems don't appear to let you remove the default profile, but they do let you change it.
While calibrating your display will give you better assurance that what you see on your screen is reasonably accurate, it isn't necessary to solve this problem. If you do decide to calibrate, you could consider buying the Spyder3Express ($86) or the Pantone Huey ($60 at Amazon), both of which have reputations as good entry-level calibrators.

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http://www.lightroomforums.net/showthread.php?14070-How-to-assign-an-sRGB-ICC-Profile-to-y our-monitor-(Windows)
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