W520 - color calibration problem

I recently received a w520, it seems to work fine. However, I am having trouble with the color profile in windows on the laptop. In the display settings advanced that I keep trying to set a custom ICC profile, but never the time the computer goes into power saving or stops the monitor out of the ICC profile is reset to the default.

I scoured these forums as well as various sources around the net for a solution with nothing doesn't. Can someone point me in the right direction please and thanks in advance.

Here is the fix:

Click the Windows Start button and type "msconfig" in the search bar; Press ENTER. In the window that appears, click on the "Startup" tab at the top. In the list of questions below, you should see three entries for "Intel(r) Common User Interface". To the right of the people is a column called order. One of the mentions for Intel Common User Interface will be the command "c:\windows\system32\igfxpers.exe". Clear the check box next to this entry, click on apply and down and then restart your computer. Your display profile that you set must be loaded now.

Josh

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