"Display" icon MIA

I don't know if was never there or it is missing in action...but I don't have a "display" icon in my 'System Preferences' under 'Hardware' on my MPB, like I do on my iMac 24.

I wanted to check/change my color profile to see if I could get it to match or at least come close to my iMac but I can't find the same functions on the MPB as the iMac.

On the iMac in System Preferences>Hardware, between 'CD's & DVD's'...and...'Energy Saver' icon's there is an icon that says 'Display' which opens a box which gives me some selections for 'Screen' and 'Color'...

No such icon on the MPB ???? Anyone know where I can find this function on the MPB?

Jim W.

No I don't have that box, thats the one that is missing...I can see a 'display.prefPane' icon, under PLACES>jkwinchester>Library>PreferencePanes>display.prefPane.
But I can't drag it into the System Preferences>Hardware location where it should be.
I can't even double click it open, when I try it looks like it is trying to open, ie, the screen has that little shimmy but nothing opens ??

Can I email the one from my 24" to the MBP?

Jim

It isn't for a lack of trying...I have tried everything I know, which is I admit limited...hence my query to the board.
And I thank you for your time to try and assist.
However I did 'try once again' to do as you suggested and this is the result, again:

/Users/jkwinchester1/Desktop/Picture 1.png

OK that didn't work either, its supposed to be a 'screen shot' showing the dialog box indicating that

'The item " Displays.prefPane" could not be moved because "PreferencesPanes" cannot be modified'.

It then gives me the choice to " Authenticate" or " Cancel" . I tried both and both do the same thing. Cancel. I have administrator rights as I am the only one who ever uses this MPB, it is after all mine. For now anyway

Short of using actual glue...I'm thinking 'glue gun' with the emphasis on 'gun' at this point as the only way to 'cut and paste' the display.pane into the proper location

I should add: I tried to do a 'color calibration' a few weeks ago and didn't like the result so went back to the default setting, 'Color LCD' and now have an icon on the bottom line of 'System Preferences'>'Other', called 'Version Cue CS3' which seems to be some kind of Adobe app. I didn't ask for it, it just appeared on its own...maybe it booted my 'Display Preferences' out the door?

Jim

Well praise the lord and pass the pixels...guess what, must be something in the air here in Boston, actually mostly rain today...but while sitting here at Signature Aviation FBO in Bedford I thought I'll give it one more try, as you said, it SHOULD work.

And it did. I first moved the Adobe thing to the desktop and then dragged the preferences icon from the desktop into the System>Library>Preferences group. The Authenticate box came up and after entering my password...zing...in it went. Then dragged the Adobe icon back in and that worked too...Yahoo!! Go figure, complete failure last nite and works today.

Another question probably for a software forum but I have a color profile in my 24" that isn't available in the MBP. The only profile in fact in the MBP is the 'color lcd' profile.

Can I use other profiles in the MBP? I can't remember the profile off the top of my head, but it's has a date at the end like 1998 or something...

Jim.

PS Thanks for all the help...the learning curve climbs every day .