Bootcamp Windows 10 Brightness Not Working



Some Windows 10 users are experiencing a problem with Windows 10 brightness control “not working”. This problem in the relevant drivers doesn’t allow you to.

Turn Off 'Adjust My Screen Brightness Automatically' Setting; I hope this helps. If anyone is having problems with Windows 10 bootcamp, I would strongly recommend installing the most up-to-date bootcamp drivers. I lost my F-key functionality after the upgrade, and reinstalling the updated drivers resolved that issue. This post aims to help you fix Windows 10 adaptive brightness missing, and solve Windows 10 adaptive brightness not working or won’t turn off issue. For other Windows issues, like data loss, partition management, system backup and restore, MiniTool software offers you feasible solutions. I am using windows 10 on bootcamp on macbookpro. While fiddling with quick settings corner, I ended up selecting 0% brightness. And now I cannot get screen to brighten. Its stuck at 0% and the macbook brightness control keys are not working with windows 10. My windows 10 is all dark and unusable. Windows 10 not letting me change brightness I have windows 10 version 10.0.18363, I'm running bootcamp on an iMac 17,1 Retina 5k that's a few years old. This hasn't always been a problem with my system, and I haven't a clue what caused it.

A number of users report after the recent windows 10 upgrade (May 2020 update ) Windows won’t let to adjust brightness on the laptop. If you are also experiencing a Windows 10 brightness control “not working” issue. This problem in the relevant drivers doesn’t allow you to adjust your display brightness. Again sometimes incorrect power configuration, third-party application, Windows update bug cause “windows 10 brightness not working“. whatever the reason here some quick solutions you may apply to fix the problems that prevent changing the brightness of the screen in Windows 10.

After the recent upgrades to Windows 10 version 2004, my Dell Laptop brightness is off the charts. I can find no way to adjust it. The function buttons no longer work. Under settings, the display setting provides no adjustment for brightness.

Bootcamp Windows 10 Brightness Not Working

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Windows 10 brightness not working

If the problem started after install windows 10 version 2004, them make sure you have installed the latest Cumulative Update, As Microsoft mention: “Addresses an issue with the brightness controls on some laptops after updating to the Windows 10 May 2020 Update. ”

You Can check And install latest updates from Settings ( Windows + I ) -> Update & Security -> windows update -> And check for updates. Restart windows and check This will fix “can’t adjust brightness ” bug.

Change brightness settings

  • Go into “Control Panel” and then “Power Options” Or Right-click on the Power icon on the taskbar and select Power Options.
  • Click the “Change plan settings” link next to whichever plan you are currently using and then click “Change advanced power settings“.
  • In this new window click “Display” to open up the listings under it.
  • Now locate and click each of the following…” Display brightness”, “Dimmed display brightness” and”Enable adaptive brightness”.

Change each of these to the settings you wish, then click the “Apply” button and finally the “OK” button. That’s all, restart your system and check on next login windows allows adjusting screen brightness.

Note: some users report Turnoff Adaptive brightness option from power options, allows them to customize the screen brightness. you can also try this “Turnoff Adaptive brightness ” and check it may help you.

Reinstall the display driver

As discussed this is a graphics driver related issue, and Reinstalling the display ( Graphics ) driver is the ultimate solution to fix screen brightness not working/increasing issue. First Go to the manufacturer’s website according to your PC GPU ie, Intel, Nvidia, or AMD. And download and save the graphics driver by selecting your GPU model and OS architecture 32/64 bit.

  • Now Press Windows + R, type devmgmt.msc and ok to open the device manager.
  • Here expand display driver, right click on installed graphics driver and select uninstall.
  • Click ok When asking for confirmation and restart windows to completely uninstall the display driver.

After that on next login install the latest graphics driver which previously downloaded from device manufacturer website. Again restart windows and check this time you can adjust screen brightness.

Also, Update Generic PnP Monitor Driver from Device Manager -> Expand Monitors and then right-click on Generic PnP Monitor and select Update Driver. Select Browse my computer for driver software. Click on Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer option at the bottom. Now select Generic PnP Monitor and click Next. After performing this action restart your system and check it helps to fix “can’t adjust brightness windows 10”

Did these steps help to fix windows 10 brightness not working or can’t adjust the screen brightness problem? Let us know which option worked for you.

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I was running into the same problem when I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10. After searching through the settings, I found a solution that appears to resolve this issue.


To fix this problem:

  1. Go To - Settings>System>Display
  2. Turn Off 'Adjust My Screen Brightness Automatically' Setting
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I hope this helps. If anyone is having problems with Windows 10 bootcamp, I would strongly recommend installing the most up-to-date bootcamp drivers. I lost my F-key functionality after the upgrade, and reinstalling the updated drivers resolved that issue.

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Bootcamp Windows 10 Brightness Not Working

The following link explains the process to reinstall updated bootcamp drivers:

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Aug 15, 2015 5:04 PM