T61 trashes Eye-one Match display profiles on reboot

Loving my new t61 and even getting used to Vista! But the setup does two annoying things on reboot:
1) It resets my default browser page to the lenovo live page (I will figure this one out, I know)
2) But worse, it either removes or corrupts the monitor profile i paintakingly create using Gretag Macbeth Eye-one match. (this one has me bafled)
Any advice?
Jack

After talking with the guys over at X-Rite, and listening to advice from people like William, I went with 6500 (D65) for the white point. The exception to this is laptop LCD displays. For those, they recommend using Native white point.
For gamma 2.2 is the unquestioned setting. It's what PCs use, and if you use 1.8 your images are going to be too dark for 90% of the displays out there. If your images will never be viewed on another display, and you'll only be printing them yourself, and you really prefer 1.8, you can use it instead, but in most cases you'll want 2.2.
Luminance is a bit trickier since it depends on the brightness of your work area. (Yes, we're referring to turning down the brightness with the "sun" buttons on your keyboard.) If you're in a bright office and you can't reduce the brightness (an office building for example), then the recommended setting of 120 may be too dark. You basically want the brightness of the office slightly lower than the display. If you can do it install low watt 5000k bulbs (easy to find online). This will give you the best white light in your work space. Get the lighting as dim as possible, then try turning the display down to the recommended setting (you'll need to measure it using the advanced mode with the Eye-One). If 120 works in your area, that's great. If it just seems slightly too dark, give it a couple of days and you'll adjust. Ultimately, even though I changed my bulbs to 5000k, my office is too bright for 120. I ended up using a custom setting of 200 and which puts my display brightness around half way.
So, to sum up, I'm at 6500, 2.2, 200. Ideal, if your work environment can be made dim enough, is 6500, 2.2, 120. Hope that helps!
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