How to turn down the brightness in Windows 7 (desktops)

go to control panel, appearance and personalisation, on the left there should be a menu, click adjust brightness there should be a bar at the bottom where you can adjust the brightness.

nope i dont see it

In the bottom right of the task bar do you have some graphic option? Like Nvidia/intel control panel?

no its a custom built pc, I have an AMD Radeon 6800 series graphics card, and asrock motherboard 970 (something like that) , and I cant find any info on how to turn the brightness down with any of them

Elliotttt is right, but if you are using a desktop then it's is more beneficial if you were to turn the brightness down the monitor it self. P.s MsConfig does nothing much, best to use manufacture software.

Hi, I have turned down the brightness and contrast through the buttons on my monitor the lowest it can go, but its not dim enough. I have googled around the place, and it seems that windows 7 for desktops doesn't have any functionality that allows you to turn down the brightness/contrast through the OS? Does anyone know how I can turn my brightness/contrast down further?

thanks,

ben

type in "windows mobility centre" in the start menu - that's got a slider where you can change the brightness

Not on a laptop here, desktops don't have that. :/

Really? Never knew that - Ah well, worth a try!

But really, how can anyone survive without it?! It's my most used program on the start menu I'm just weird like that I guess....

Really? Never knew that - Ah well, worth a try!

But really, how can anyone survive without it?! It's my most used program on the start menu I'm just weird like that I guess....

Your laptop doesn't have brightness adjusters using the Fn key?

It does, I just prefer using the windows mobility centre - I normally have it open (but minimised) just because shows the volume and battery percent too it's very convenient

raj