Further adjustments to a new LCD monitor

The first thing the Adobe Gamma wizard instructs me to do is adjust the contrast to its highest setting. Are they serious? Because when I do, the monitor is hopelessly out of adjustment.
The second problem is that it only appears to be adjusting the left monitor. How do I load it for the right monitor?
The third thing is that my LCD monitor has a gamma adjustment already set to 2.2 and it is driven by a graphics card that also has a gamma adjustment that is set to linear. While the CRT on the right does not have its own gamma control but it has its own separate gamma adjustment on the graphics card that I have just where I want it because I had to adjust the blue gamma separately to get the midtones to be neutral.
I am thinking about removing the Adobe Gamma from my startup. Does that sound ok? Does PS expect it to be there for something?

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The first thing the Adobe Gamma wizard instructs me to do is adjust the contrast to its highest setting. Are they serious? Because when I do, the monitor is hopelessly out of adjustment.
The second problem is that it only appears to be adjusting the left monitor. How do I load it for the right monitor?
The third thing is that my LCD monitor has a gamma adjustment already set to 2.2 and it is driven by a graphics card that also has a gamma adjustment that is set to linear. While the CRT on the right does not have its own gamma control but it has its own separate gamma adjustment on the graphics card that I have just where I want it because I had to adjust the blue gamma separately to get the midtones to be neutral.
I am thinking about removing the Adobe Gamma from my startup. Does that sound ok? Does PS expect it to be there for something?

Photoshop does not need Adobe Gamma. The bottom line is that the monitor that you use photoshop on needs to match your output. Use whatever tools you have at your disposal as you see fit. In my experience monitor calibration tools adjust the primary monitor, so if the wrong one is getting calibrated switch them around in the display properties. -S

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The first thing the Adobe Gamma wizard instructs me to do is adjust the contrast to its highest setting. Are they serious? Because when I do, the monitor is hopelessly out of adjustment.
The second problem is that it only appears to be adjusting the left monitor. How do I load it for the right monitor?
The third thing is that my LCD monitor has a gamma adjustment already set to 2.2 and it is driven by a graphics card that also has a gamma adjustment that is set to linear. While the CRT on the right does not have its own gamma control but it has its own separate gamma adjustment on the graphics card that I have just where I want it because I had to adjust the blue gamma separately to get the midtones to be neutral.
I am thinking about removing the Adobe Gamma from my startup. Does that sound ok? Does PS expect it to be there for something?

Photoshop does not need Adobe Gamma. The bottom line is that the monitor that you use photoshop on needs to match your output. Use whatever tools you have at your disposal as you see fit. In my experience monitor calibration tools adjust the primary monitor, so if the wrong one is getting calibrated switch them around in the display properties. -S

Thanks Swatch and Roy.
I have decided to remove it. Some day I would like to get some calibration hardware but that will have to wait. I’m pretty happy with how it’s working now.