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    How do I display the screen brightness setting?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by darrenorb, Aug 9, 2005.

  1. darrenorb

    darrenorb Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just got a new 700m and when I use the Function key to increase or decrease the brightness the screen changes, but there's no graphical demonstration of how bright or dark I've made it (eg bars or a meter). Is there a setting somewhere to do this, or do I have to guess how bright it is?
     
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    dell quickset needs to be enabled
     
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    darrenorb Notebook Enthusiast

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    How do I do this? I downloaded Quickset from the dell site and tried to install it, but got a message that my computer was not a supported system, and it didn't install.
     
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    that's weird, did you download for the correct operating system?

    oh also, if it's a new 700, it should be installed already unless you reformatted?
     
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    Turns out that Quickset is not available for the 700m. It's not listed on the compatibility list and I've now found comments to that effect from other 700m users. Bizarre.
     
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    ccbr01 Matlab powerhouse! NBR Reviewer

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    Well, have you tried the windows way (display properties\settings\advanced). Dell usually cuts that off too, but it never hurts to give it a look.
     
    ccbr01, Aug 10, 2005
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