Screen calibration 1998 RGB

For the longest time I had my screen set to a personalized calibration. Recently I switched it to the 1998 RGB profile so as to better unify my photo editing with my boss's computer. However the screen went way over blue and when I tried to switch back to my personalized profile it wasn't there. When I tried to calibrate it again an error occurred.
I figured out how to get passed the error (apparently as long as you don't save the profile with slash or dashes it will save) but I'm still curious as to why my 1998 RGB color profile is so horribly out of whack.
Can anyone answer this question for me? Is there a way to remedy it?
My computer is old, I bought it in 2007 but had it upgraded a year ago. I'm working on Snow leapord 10.6.8
Another thing is for some reason there are three identical 1998 color profiles to choose from. They are all the same and all crazy cyan/blue.
I'm really curious as to how the files got corrupted
so any thoughts?
thanks
eve

Adobe RGB 1998 isn't a monitor profile. Neither is ColorMatch RGB, or virtually any of the other canned profiles.
when I tried to switch back to my personalized profile it wasn't there.
Your personalized profile is still on the system. Can't look at Snow Leopard's preferences at the moment, but there should be a check box to show all profiles you can use for a monitor. Yours would be one of the ones listed above the line, as in this example:
When I tried to calibrate it again an error occurred.
That shouldn't happen. What was the error message?
Another thing is for some reason there are three identical 1998 color profiles to choose from. They are all the same and all crazy cyan/blue.
That's because various software packages dump that profile onto the system. OS X itself puts copy in the System folder. Photoshop will put another copy in its Application Support folder, which ColorSync finds via an alias in the Profiles folder. They're all the same, but in different folders. The color of your monitor goes wacky because it's not meant to be used as a monitor profile.

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