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My laptop brightness is stuck on high: 3 steps to fix it for good
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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All theWindowslaptops come with hotkeys to increase and decrease the display brightness. If that does not work, you can use the brightness slider in the Taskbar in Windows 7 or the Brightness control button in Action Center inWindows 10. Sometimes, the brightness hotkey, as well as the slider, will stop working leaving your laptop brightness stuck on high as reported in theMicrosoft Community Forums.
Ever since I upgraded toWindows 10, mybrightnesshas been stuck. Possibly at 100%, my eyes hurt when I look at the screen and the battery doesn’t last as long as it used to.
Here are a couple of troubleshooting tips to fix mybrightnessis stuck on high.
Why can’t I lower the brightness on my laptop?
1. Uninstall Display Driver
If the issue persists, and even if other solutions in this article also did not work, do the following.
Install Older Version of Display Adapter
2. Use Registry Editor
Note:After doing this, the lowest brightness level on brightness control will turn off the screen. So, always keep the screen at one level above the lowest one. Also, make sure you adjust the power setting forbrightnesswhen in battery mode so that theWindowsdon’t turn off the screen when in battery saver mode.
More about the topics:All the Windows 10 tips you need to Know,Touchscreen issues
Tashreef Shareef
Tashreef Shareef is a software developer turned tech writer. He discovered his interest in technology after reading a tech magazine accidentally. Now he writes about everything tech from Windows to iOS and streaming services to IoT at WindowsReport.
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