Problem saving screen profile file.

On 8/22/2015 6:08 PM, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 11:16:15 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , PeterN
wrote:

Maybe its an example of how far you can push things withot being sued.

there is no basis for a lawsuit here either.

if a company wants to make something win10 or later or win8 or later,
that's their choice. it might be very dumb, but it's completely legal.

Once more you demonstrate how narrow you are. If a publicly held company
makes incredibly stupid decisions, a shareholders derivative lawsuit
against management and the directors, might very well succeed.

once again, you demonstrate how much you argue just to argue and how
far you move goalposts.

datacolor is a privately held company. they can do whatever the hell
they want and neither you nor anyone else has to approve.

I don't think this is Datacolor's fault.


Probably true. But somebody here made a general statement that is, to
say the least, inaccurate, and one that clearly applies to all
companies. applies to all privately held companies.

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PeterN

On 8/22/2015 11:05 PM, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 11:01:44 +1200, Eric Stevens
wrote:

OOPS!

OOPS!!


BREAKING NEWS: I've made my way further up the DataColor help-desk
tree and I have just been told by a more senior member that the new
Spyder 5 is not compatible with Windows ***7***. He has not yet
explained why.

I have told him that after more than a year of working satisfactorily
Spyder 4 suddenly started having the same problem in June this year.

I have asked him whether this problem extends to Windows 10. It will
be interesting to hear his answer.



He assures me it will run on Windows 10. So here goes ...

MORE BREAKING NEWS: Installing Windows 10 has made little significant
difference to the behaviour of Spyder on my machine.

There is a difference: whereas before the error was
SaveFileUsingICM.DeleteFile failed [... it is now
SaveProfileUsingICM.InstallColorProfile failed [....

Aah - The march of science. :-(

I've think I've gone as far as I can with this one. It soon will be
time for me to change screen calibrating hardware.


I suspect that Datacolor will try to correct the issue. At my last
calibration, before the monitor died, I used Spyder for color correction.

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PeterN

In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

He assures me it will run on Windows 10. So here goes ...

MORE BREAKING NEWS: Installing Windows 10 has made little significant
difference to the behaviour of Spyder on my machine.

no surprise there, especially since whomever you talked to doesn't know
that it's supported on win7.

In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

I don't think this is Datacolor's fault.

it doesn't matter whose fault it is.

if there's an actual problem with the app (and not just your system),
then it will get fixed, most likely by datacolor since microsoft isn't
likely to change anything.

if it only happens on your system, then there's nothing for either
company to fix.

In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

click on the system requirements tab for whichever version you have
(not that it matters since they're all the same):

http://spyder.datacolor.com/portfolio-view/spyder5express/
http://spyder.datacolor.com/portfolio-view/spyder5elite/
http://spyder.datacolor.com/portfolio-view/spyder5pro/
Windows 7 32/64, Windows 8.0, 8.1 32/64, Windows 10 32/64
Mac OS X 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10

That was true until a few weeks ago.

what changed?

The non-performance of the file
management software has obviously caught the 'help' staff by surprise.
It affects both Spyder 4 and Spyder 5 and I suspect it will also
affect Spyder 3.

that sounds like a bug which will be fixed, unless it's something
specific to your system which they can't reproduce.

bugs are not the same as being incompatible. the specs say it's
compatible with win7 and later, so whoever told you it's not compatible
with win7 is wrong.

In article , PeterN
wrote:

Maybe its an example of how far you can push things withot being sued.

there is no basis for a lawsuit here either.

if a company wants to make something win10 or later or win8 or later,
that's their choice. it might be very dumb, but it's completely legal.

Once more you demonstrate how narrow you are. If a publicly held company
makes incredibly stupid decisions, a shareholders derivative lawsuit
against management and the directors, might very well succeed.

once again, you demonstrate how much you argue just to argue and how
far you move goalposts.

datacolor is a privately held company. they can do whatever the hell
they want and neither you nor anyone else has to approve.

Except their trade and banking creditors.

nope. take sigma for an example, a privately held company who loses
money with foveon. they're pouring money down a hole and nobody has
sued them, nor has anyone sued them because they fraudulently
misrepresent the product.

On 8/23/2015 10:34 AM, nospam wrote:
In article , PeterN
wrote:

Maybe its an example of how far you can push things withot being sued.

there is no basis for a lawsuit here either.

if a company wants to make something win10 or later or win8 or later,
that's their choice. it might be very dumb, but it's completely legal.

Once more you demonstrate how narrow you are. If a publicly held company
makes incredibly stupid decisions, a shareholders derivative lawsuit
against management and the directors, might very well succeed.

once again, you demonstrate how much you argue just to argue and how
far you move goalposts.

datacolor is a privately held company. they can do whatever the hell
they want and neither you nor anyone else has to approve.

Except their trade and banking creditors.

nope. take sigma for an example, a privately held company who loses
money with foveon. they're pouring money down a hole and nobody has
sued them, nor has anyone sued them because they fraudulently
misrepresent the product.


So you would recommend financing a poorly run company.
Yes, sure you would.

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PeterN

In article , PeterN
wrote:

datacolor is a privately held company. they can do whatever the hell
they want and neither you nor anyone else has to approve.

Except their trade and banking creditors.

nope. take sigma for an example, a privately held company who loses
money with foveon. they're pouring money down a hole and nobody has
sued them, nor has anyone sued them because they fraudulently
misrepresent the product.

So you would recommend financing a poorly run company.
Yes, sure you would.

more of your bull****. i never said anything of the sort.

On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 10:34:26 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

I don't think this is Datacolor's fault.

it doesn't matter whose fault it is.

if there's an actual problem with the app (and not just your system),
then it will get fixed, most likely by datacolor since microsoft isn't
likely to change anything.

if it only happens on your system, then there's nothing for either
company to fix.

See http://tinyurl.com/nsrqlaa
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 10:34:27 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

click on the system requirements tab for whichever version you have
(not that it matters since they're all the same):

http://spyder.datacolor.com/portfolio-view/spyder5express/
http://spyder.datacolor.com/portfolio-view/spyder5elite/
http://spyder.datacolor.com/portfolio-view/spyder5pro/
Windows 7 32/64, Windows 8.0, 8.1 32/64, Windows 10 32/64
Mac OS X 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10

That was true until a few weeks ago.

what changed?

Good question.

The non-performance of the file
management software has obviously caught the 'help' staff by surprise.
It affects both Spyder 4 and Spyder 5 and I suspect it will also
affect Spyder 3.

that sounds like a bug which will be fixed, unless it's something
specific to your system which they can't reproduce.

I know other people have a similar problem.

bugs are not the same as being incompatible. the specs say it's
compatible with win7 and later, so whoever told you it's not compatible
with win7 is wrong.

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Regards,

Eric Stevens