Display color bug "blue tint" color issue

I've been all too familiar with the color bug since the first week i got my led macbook pro.. back then i was using fast user switching, and noticed it.. then did some research leading to the dmproxy fix, that tuaw wrote up an applescript for. http://www.tuaw.com/2006/03/29/fixscreen-applescript-to-fix-fast-user-switching- color-bug/
this worked for a long while... even through the leopard upgrade that I had hoped would solve it. I had to reinstall for an unrelated issue and since she doesn't use mine anymore i never set up an account for my girlfriend this time. so.. no user fast switching.. I thought i wouldn't even come across this problem again... but..
after getting back from my christmas vacation I notice that now that it has my external display hooked up the same thing happened. perhaps it happened earlier and i didn't catch it.. but either way, the same symptoms.. bad color, blueish tint, too cool,.. etc. etc.
Now when I try to run dmproxy, it wouldn't run.. i chalked this up to different location in leopard and found dmproxy. ran it.. and nothing.. so I go to my display sys prefs.. and attempt to calibrate the display.. it acts really funny,.. in that when the initial window comes up that has the checkbox for expert mode.. if i click that and then go to the next step.. as soon as i do, the screen changes profiles and look ten times worse.. and i'm unable to complete the calibration because nocorrect settings can make it look normal.. it has extreme tints.. if i go all the way back to the first window, it goes back to the original slightly off color.. if i try with out expert mode.. it doesn't look any better when done.. but it does give me a calibration file.
restarting, shutting down aren't doing anything.. and It is far enough off to be very bothersome.. is there an updated fix for leopard? anyone else come across this.. i don't want to have to go to the apple store.. please help.
Message was edited by: iamnotacannibal

I get the blue tint after my MBP wakes from screen saver, and I also have an external monitor attached. The blue tint only happens on the MBP screen, not the ext monitor. It only happens when I have the external monitor connected.
This may be a bit early to declare a fix for this issue, because I don't think I have permanently, but here's what worked for me today. In the Display Preferences, I had created a new Display Profile for the external monitor. I switched it back to the default profile (in my case Dell 2007FP), and activated the screen saver. When I stopped the screen saver, no blue tint on the MBP screen. Switched back to my custom Display Profile and repeated the process. No blue tint. Hmmm... Now I can't get the blue tint to come back after numerous attempts, when before I could reproduce it at will.
Give it a try and let us know if it works for you too.

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