Yellow cast

Lightroom, CS4, Bridge, photos have a yellow color cast. My fault I'm sure, as I tried to use my old Eye One, with what I thought was the proper driver, on my new Vista PC. I got an error message but the calibration went through. I do not have this problem on my XP PC, nor do I have any problems on my Vista PC except for Adobe. I think Adobe is trying to correct the color - I can actually see it do so in the Bridge filmstrip.
Temporarily, I can change CS4 to Proof Setup and then Monitor RGB, but that does't help in Lightroom.
I'm ordering a new Eye One today, but in the meantime can I do anything different in Lightroom?
Thanks, Shirley Anne

Thanks, I have tried sRGB, in fact tried everything, so I hope a new
calibration does it. It is interesting to watch in Bridge - the photos come
up correctly in the film strip, then one by one, Adobe goes down the line
and changes them to the yellow cast.
In Lightroom, if I go to Viveza, I get a correct picture. When I go back to
Lightroom, the yellow cast is back again, with some Viveza adjustments.
It is clearly an Adobe situation.
I'll let you know how it goes with the calibration. I write for children and
often sell pictures with my manuscripts, and also compete internationally in
photography. My XP computer is right on - screen and print. That's what I'm
aiming for on my new Vista PC.
Shirley Anne

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