Eyedropper tool picks up wrong color

In Flash CC. It seems as though it's offset too far as it does not pick up the corre t color. Ive seen some talk of this here but for Mac. There seems to be nothing about Windows 8. How do I fix this? Without an eyedropper tool my Flash CC is relatively useless and I cant believe you havent fixed this since 2011 when I am noticing it first reported. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

There is a known on OSX 10.8 with eyedropper. To get the correct color, system display preferences should be set to "sRGB IEC61966-2.1".
Please see this link for reference - http://helpx.adobe.com/flash/kb/incorrect-color-eyedropper-tool-mac.html
What is the issue that you are seeing on Win8. can you provide some details on the steps involved?
-Sujai

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