Z60t, External Monitor and Spyder2 Express

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I recently purchased a Spyder2 Express Color Calibration kit for use with my CRT that I use when I wish to edit photos. While this monitor is often hooked up to a desktop machine, I would like to be able to use it with my Z60t since this is the machine that has specific photo editing/processing software on it. However, I have also calibrated the display on my Z60t, as I am often in the field and its screen benefits greatly from the Spyder's calibration.

Is there a way to have two different Spyder profiles on the laptop so that it will normally load into the LUT the profile for its internal screen when it is not connected to any external monitor, but can load an alternate profile into the LUT (for the CRT monitor) when I wish to use the external monitor? Note, I do not want to run a dual display when hooked up to the external monitor, as I know that this is not possible with this hardware and software; I only want to use the external monitor in this set-up.

I have reviewed many of the related posts on this topic, but none has specifically addressed how I can set this up. There have been several discussions about using MS' Color Management control panel applet to rename the profiles that are created by the Spyder, but I am not certain if this will impact what file is fed into the LUT at boot up.

I am not sure if Presentation Director can be of assistance, but I am open to any suggestions or advice.

Thanks,

--Ken