OK, as requested, here's the screen calibration profile I created for my
Vaio F using Spyder 3 Elite, along with the (somewhat lengthy) instructions for setting up the screen and installing the profile. A copy of these instructions is also in the attached zip folder along with the profile itself :
1.In Vaio Control Center/Display/Automatic Brightness Settings
uncheck the box that says "Adjust brightness automatically" and hit Apply
2. In Vaio Control Center/Display/Color Mode Setting, check "Do not apply color mode" and hit "Apply"
3. Make sure screen brightness is set to maximum using
Fn and
F6 on the keyboard
4. Download the attached zip folder and extract the profile to your desktop or other easily traceable location
5. Navigate to the extracted profile on your hard drive, right click on it and choose "Install profile"
6. To verify that it installed to correct place, look in "C:Windows/System32/spool/drivers/colors. The profile should be in that folder. If it's not there you can copy and paste it into the correct folder manually.
7. Open control panel and choose "Large Icons" in the "View by" drop down menu on the top right (if you don't already have it set like this)
8. Click on Color Management and
uncheck the box that says "Use my settings for this device" then click the "Advanced" tab at the top of the Window
9. Click "Change System Defaults" at the bottom left and in the new window, click "Add" near the bottom left.
10. This should bring up a list of profiles among which should be the one you downloaded called Spyder_Vaio_F_profile.icm. Highlight this profile and click OK at the bottom right. Then with your new profile highlighted in the box click "Set as default profile" toward the bottom right.
11. Toward the top of the window click on the "Advanced" tab, then check the box "Use Windows Calibration" toward the bottom left. As soon as you check this box you should see your screen change to the new profile (a bit darker, crisper, less blue) and this profile should remain in effect until/unless you change it.
That's it. Thanks to MBGlider for posting most of these instructions earlier, which were borrowed from the Dell XPS 1645 forum. I tested them myself and they do work. Just keep in mind, this profile was made for my screen. To the extent that screens can vary even within the same model, your results may vary.
Also, if you changed any other screen adjustment settings (ie in NVidea control panel) prior to trying this profile you should set them all back to the default settings. If you installed any third party screen adjustment software that may be loading it's own profile on startup, you need to uninstall it or disable it from startup, otherwise you may get double profiling which can cause very funky results. Adobe Gamma is one of the most common culprits for this.
If you decide you don't like the results, you can retrace your steps through these instructions, remove the Spyder_Vaio_F profile and restore the default profile from
Sony which is called Sony Vaio display profile_23yadayada. Good luck, hope this helps.