Fix Brightness Adjustment Dell Laptop Windows 10 [SOLVED]
Recently I upgraded three different Dell laptops to Windows 10. The first was a Dell Inspiron 11 2-in-1, the 2nd was a Dell Latitude E5450, and the 3rd was a Dell XPS 13 (2015 Infinity Display). While I love Windows 10 so far, there is one major annoyance: brightness adjustment no longer works! i.e. when you press Function Key + Brightness Up/Down, the onscreen brightness meter pops up but the actual brightness adjustment does not work 🙁
Thankfully, after some experimentation I finally resolved the issue 🙂 Here is how to fix the brightness adjustment on Dell laptop’s running Windows 10:
#1 Go to Device Mananger
#2 Open Display Adapters
#3 Right click on each Display adapter and choose “Update Driver”
Let windows do it’s thing (which may take a while since the driver will need to be downloaded).
After that, voila you should have your brightness adjustment back! 🙂
This is current info as of August 6th, 2015. Dell laptops mentioned above. All latest Windows 10 updates installed.
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Doesn’t work for me unfortunately dell inspiron 15R SE 7520
Hi Gordon,
Thank you for your comment. I am sorry to hear that the solution does not work for the 15R 🙁
If I hear any more suggestions/tips that might work, I will definitely post them here 🙂
Best regards,
-J.D.
I’ve actually found a solution, in device manager there should be a generic pnp monitor, just enable that and the brightness control now works!!
Hi Gordon,
Thank you for the tip!
Have a great week and enjoy your Dell with brightness adjustment 🙂
Best regards,
-J.D.
many thanks for the tip. the solution worked….
I’m glad that the tip helped. Thanks for the nice comment and have a great day!! 👍
Best regards,
-J.D.
The solution worked perfectly for my Dell Latitude E5470. Thank you
Hi Dotun,
Thank you for your comment. I am glad this solution worked for your E5470. 🙂
Enjoy your nice laptop and have a great week!
Best regards,
-J.D.
Worked great for me! Dell Inspiron 5566
Thank you!!
Hi Sue,
Thank you for sharing your success story! Enjoy your Dell laptop and have a GREAT week 🙂
Best regards,
-J.D.
J D, this still works in 2019! I don’t know why all the updates I have recently installed missed this, but your solution worked! Thank you!
Dear Paul,
Thank you for your nice comment. I am very glad that my post helped with the brightness issue! Enjoy your laptop and have a great week. 🙂
Best regards,
-J.D.
Thank yo so much! I had been struggling with not being able to brighten my screen for months and found your solution. It worked great on my Latitude 5590. Thank you so much!
Dear Suzanne,
I am very glad this helped with your brightness adjustment! Have a GREAT week and thank you for commenting. 🙂
Best regards,
-J.D.