Monitor settings: Generic sRGB or sRGB

[ThingFish]

Guys as you might have noticed i have made quite a number of comments lately about finding some of your photo's too dark and have been re-editing them in some cases and posting links to the "lightened" image.
Now i just noticed that i can change my monitor profile to either Adobe sRGB or Generic sRGB or sRGB IEC61966-2.1
All this time my monitor was on the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 setting and i have been editing my photos with my monitor on this setting.
I just switched to the Generic sRGB setting and immediately i notice that all your images that i commented on as being too dark are now not dark at all anymore but just right. My own images which i edited under the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 setting now appear too light of course.
So my question is this:
Which setting do most of you have your monitor set to? Generic sRGB?
Because it is of course important that we all have our monitors set to the same setting so that we know that everyone here sees the image he same way as everyone else.
Of course one can still fiddle some more with the brightness and contrast settings and other settings of the monitor too but most important is of course the sRGB setting. Any help, feedback or enlightenment would be appreciated.

[RTaylor]

Jan,
Is this the area of the control panel you looked for your setting? I have mine set at AdobeRGB1998

[RTaylor]

just so you know, everyone can't have their monitors set exactly the same :-)
We all have different monitors, sit in different light.
The only way we can all have the same setting, would be if one of us created a monitor profile, passed it out to everyone and had them use it for their monitor.

But, each user would still see something slightly different if the room they sit in has different light
We can come close, but not that close

[ThingFish]

Thanks for your response Ruth.
I should have said the settings on my computer not the monitor.
ADOBE RGB i read on the internet is used mostly in the printing industry but sRGB is recommended for web use.

[RTaylor]

yes, you are correct about the difference between the two color spaces Adobe RGB1998 and sRGB.

[Rrdjserv]

There is a big problem with laptops as you have very limited control over the monitor setup. Also, the angle of the screen dictates the brightness.

On the bottom of almost every page is a monitor calibration strip. I use this as a quick guide.

Hope this helps.

--Rick

[RTaylor]

i use that strip too.
Actually, my laptop monitor now is better for color. Its one of those Bright Technology, or whatever you call them. I know the monitors you mean that the picture starts to fade depending on the angle. Those were annoying