Well if that is the case them I would have to change the way that I'm doing things but my question has not been answer yet, Where can I find the display profile preference?

On my machine, if I change the colour depth or refresh rate the file that changes is:

~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.windowserver.0003938c6b34.plist

With blocked write access to the prefs folder I suspect that this file was never created on your machine.

are u using an admin account? because in my other machine I haven't changed the Permissions of the Preference folder and the ByHost folder has no files in it.:confused:. i found that file in my admin account.

yes, hang on, I'll see which file changes in an ordinary user account.

OK, I just created a new user account (without admin privs) and it's the same file that gets created when you change the display setting, i.e.

~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.windowserver.xxxxxxxxxxxx.plist

I suspect that changing write permissions on your user account has screwed things up somewhat.

if that is the case y does it work? I would imagine the os would have given me and error msg. When I change the display profiles from the default to the one I made I see more that one file being updated and the the ByHost folder too but there is nothing in that folder for the regular user but I find the files u mention on the admin.

It doesn't work; i.e. the settings don't stick. As for why they change at the time without generating an error ... I don't know.

it doesn't work on my other machine where I'm making the image but on my machine it works with out does files u are talking about.:confused:

which versions of the OS do you have on both machines?

Hey I got it working, I changed the Permissions for the folder is all good now. Thanx to all for all the help.



I'm using os 10.2.6