I've got the Eye-One and it definitely worked (W2k & Photoshop 7, CS & Elements) and was readily aparent to me after it was run that things were different - the slight bluish cast on my Syncmaster 171B was gone. I found the 'moron mode' was what I needed to work with. I tried the CRT setup on my LCD and it couldn't get the colors it wanted (well I had to try, I'm a geek).

I don't think there's more to it than running idiot mode, telling it CRT or LCD and then letting it run the test & autosave the profile. Perhaps your monitor was perfect to begin with (not likely)? My change was definitely subtle (but noticable if one was watching it change).

If I come up with something brilliant I'll let you know. I'm getting a new XP system at the office in about a week and I'll be running it on that.

Mind you the Eye-One is only a monitor calibration system. Their printer calibration system is a bit more expensive (around $700 IIRC).

-Zeke