Trying to configure Windows default Monitor RGB

Hi, I am trying to figure out the Windows color management interface to set up and confirm Monitor RGB.
Also how to set up and confirm that Windows is Defaulting to sRGB in untagged/unmanaged apps.
Thanks in advance for any help...
First DEVICES tab:
In this screen shot, I see Device is set to "Display: Generic PnP Monitor-ATI"
This doesn't look like a monitor profile (what is it)?
I see "Use my settings for this device" is checked
What behavior does that turn off/on?
In ICC Profiles, I see "Starbucks.icm (default)"
This looks like the Default monitor profile, but how/where was it selected?

Okay, I plugged my Vista hard drive into my Mac Pro and booted into Windows Vista and took a deeper look.
Control Panel> Color Management> Device tab:
"Display: Generic PnP Monitor - NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT" appears to selecting the monitor attached to that card.
To see the actual monitor, go to Device Manager> Monitors (expand): right+click on Generic PnP Monitor> Properties> Details tab> click/expand Property drop menu and scroll to Hardware Ids ("Value" should list monitor). I am not sure what PnP means (plug & play?).
Checking "Use my settings for this device" probably lets me add and select profiles and behaviors to use with this monitor.
Unchecking "Use my settings for this device" probably tells Windows to make these decisions for me behind the mystery curtain (not desired if you like to know what's happening).
To select/change Windows Default Monitor RGB:
For example, if I wanted to switch my Monitor RGB to sRGB, I would click on "Add..." and choose the sRGB profile from the list of profiles installed on the system. Same routine if I had a custom monitor profile....
Once I have the desired monitor profile appearing in Devices> Name — to set it as my Monitor RGB — I would click on it to highlight it, then click on "Set as Default Profile" (and reboot for safe measure and to be sure the change sticks after rebooting).
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To confirm Windows Default Monitor RGB:
Go to Control Panel> Color Management> Device tab (and note profile "(default)".
This "(default)" designation probably identifies the current Windows default monitor profile, and it is probably where Photoshop picks up its Monitor RGB profile.
In other words, in the above example, Windows is using the "Starbucks.icm" custom monitor profile.
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To confirm Photoshop's Monitor RGB:
In Photoshop, go to Edit> Color Settings.
See Working Spaces> RGB and click to expand the drop menu.
Photoshop's Monitor RGB is the profile listed to the right of "Monitor RGB - (profile name)".
Note: Never set Working RGB to Monitor RGB (I am only pointing this out so you know where to confirm what profile Photoshop is using for Monitor RGB)...

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While trying to configure Windows File system repository we are getting the following error
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The server sits next to my workstation, and the workstation has drive mappings to the server.
Websites on the server are under c:\websites\<sitename>
Coldfusion is in c:\ColdFusion8
Each website has its own IP address, and is represented in the workstation hosts file (i.e. www.site1.dev = 192.168.1.xx)
The *default* website on the server is in c:\inetpub\wwwroot, and this is where cfide, etc resides
This creates a situation where CF8 admin is at a different IP from each of the sites.
So... Do I set up each site as an RDS connection, or can I set it all up as a local server (using mappings)
I read Ben Forta's intruduction article, and am kind of lost - it didn't match up well with the server config dialogs.
I've been looking forward to seeing 'bolt'. Any assistance is most appreciated!
- Don

I have to admit, I'm wondering if people use other configurations to accomplish what I seek to achieve...
I am an independent developer with a number of clients. In order to develop for them all in a setup that best duplicates their production configuration, I have set up multiple websites on a server machine, and access them from my 'workstation' computer on the same network.
So, each website (client project) has its own IP address, and I set up a record in the HOSTS file on my workstation with a URL to access it as if on the public web.
For instance, I have a very simple project, "AsiaFineConsultants" (project name, 'asiafine').
The website root on the server is located on the disk at c:\websites\asiafine.
On the server, IIS has that set up as a website, addressable at 192.168.1.42.
My workstation hosts file has www.asiafine.dev directed to 192.168.1.42.
So, on my workstation, I can browse to www.aisafine.dev and see the website. Simple!
I have many such projects, each with its own IP, root directory, IIS website, and entry in my workstation hosts file.
**** Doesn't everyone do it this way???? *****
Ok, the server has coldfusion installed (of course), but in its own 'website' at 192.168.1.55, with root directory at c:\inetpub\wwwroot.
This works just great. There are no problems with this arrangement. I've been using HomeSite and CFEclipse for years in this environment - without debugging.
As I go to set up Bolt (er, Builder) I can't get the mappings to work. The site mapping is different from the server mapping. Perhaps this is an over-simplification, but I can get RDS, and I can get the project in the editor, but I can't browse it internally because of mapping problems.
Problem!
Got any ideas?

How to configure a default parameter

hi,
I'm working with Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET 2005.
I created a DateTime parameter for a report. I'm having difficulty to affected it a default value coming from a Datasource (ADO.NET dataSource).
I created a DataTable "OtherInfo.DateBegin" to pass its value to the parameter of my report.
And tried to configure it by the Crystal window "Define Default Value" that you can see here ( p96) :
http://books.google.fr/books?id=j-RW7iA_qF4C&pg=PT75&lpg=PT75&dq=Crystalparam%C3%A8tre%22S%C3%A9lectionnerdanslabasede+donn%C3%A9es%22&source=bl&ots=6c-OalBnc8&sig=1vDLC6zi_60NVN5sJCf71vJRjJc&hl=fr&ei=ZCN1S9GqCJTE4gbpsNizCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false
my problem is after selecting the table and it's field, the value of the field doesn't show in the list box below so i can't select the value to affected it as a default value.
I hope i was clear enough. Could you please help me to make it work or find a nother solution?

I'm not familiar with the book you've referenced. However, you can manipulate the default parameters in a Crystal Report using the .NET SDK by accessing the ReportDocument.ParameterFields collection. Each ParameterField contains a collection of DefaultValues. I would suggest add/deleting items from the DefaultValues.
A related Note can be found by searching for 1201926.
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/crystal-xcelsius-notes

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