#Lowering brightness on windows 10 install#

Your PC will install the selected driver, and your Windows 10 brightness control issue will be solved. From the Show compatible hardware option, choose Microsoft Basic Display Adapter and click on Next to proceed to fix the Windows 10 brightness control not working issue.If the above doesn’t work, repeat the above steps of opening Device Manager and updating the display drivers.įrom the How do you want to search for driver dialogue box, select Browse my computer for driver software > then select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.Here you can also go to your manufacturer’s website to manually check if there’s any driver update available.

Now, you need to continue with the next step.

If the Windows 10 brightness control issue still persists, it means that your graphics card manufacturer hasn’t provided any update.

You will see the driver is installed automatically and a message that Windows has successfully updated your driver software message along with the details of the hardware.

Now, your PC will use your internet connection to download the drivers that are necessary for proper functionality.

Next, click on Search automatically for updated driver software.

Select Update Driver Software from the menu to fix the Windows 10 brightness control not working issue.

To check, open Run > Type dxdiag and press Enter > Go to display tab. Click on it to expand and right-click on the GPU that powers your display (internal or discrete).

Open Start Menu > Type Device Manager and open it.Most of the time, the Windows 10 brightness problem can be solved by simply updating the GPU drivers. A buggy GPU display driver living on your machine could be the reason why you’re unable to adjust brightness on Windows 10.