How do I change screen brightness on XP ?

**potato_chips** · April 15th, 2008, 07:20 AM

I have a pc with XP system on it. But my screen is so bright, how do I make it darker? Please help.

**micashell** · April 15th, 2008, 07:46 AM

Hi - this is normally done on the monitor. All monitors put this in a different place, but there should be some "menu" buttons somewhere on the monitor. Either within the menu or maybe a button of its own, there should be a way to control the brightness and contrast.

Hope that helps.

**potato_chips** · April 15th, 2008, 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by micashell

Hi - this is normally done on the monitor. All monitors put this in a different place, but there should be some "menu" buttons somewhere on the monitor. Either within the menu or maybe a button of its own, there should be a way to control the brightness and contrast.

Hope that helps.

It's a laptop.

**micashell** · April 15th, 2008, 12:18 PM

I have a Toshiba laptop with XP on it. Not sure whether the laptop you have will have the same things as mine, but I'll tell you how I can change the brightness on mine and hopefully you can figure out a similar thing on your own.

If I go into Control Panel - I have an icon called Intel Extreme Graphics. Within that there is a tab call colour. I have the option to change the brightness and contrast within that.

Just hoping you have Intel Extreme Graphics, otherwise I'm not sure I can be of much more help.

**Corsair** · April 15th, 2008, 12:38 PM

What's the make and model of your laptop? The manufacturer's site will usually have a pdf copy of the manual, plus a searchable help forum.

**Grimmlok** · April 15th, 2008, 01:59 PM

look for the "any" key. Press it.

**McJag** · April 15th, 2008, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by Grimmlok

look for the "any" key. Press it.

Damnit,Grimm! What any key??I can't find one.

**o0Amber0o** · April 16th, 2008, 09:09 PM

There's usually an "fn" key that's one color other than white (mine is blue) and if you look at your keyboard you'll see that some of the key's have symbols or numbers on them in that same color (again, blue in my case), just look for the ones that signal brightness up and brightness down. Suns and arrows on my page up and page down keys are the ones I use on my laptop. It's different for all laptops.

**january** · April 16th, 2008, 10:49 PM

Yeah just press on the FN button and up and down with your arrows to adjust your screen brightness. Or at least thats how it works on mine, I was under the impression it was the same for other laptops.