Dim Dell laptop desktop

One night last week my Dell XPS laptop has changed from one day to the next.  It is windows 7 but don't know what it is now.  Now my screen is very dark and my icons are all gone.  Another place I guess.  I look at something the brightness comes to my normal setting.  Why the Sun Office and where are all my icons?

Click on the starting planet

in the text box that appears, type power, choose "change the energy saving settings.

In this dialog box, you will find the brightness setting.  Drag the pointer to a place that gives you the visibility.

There are two settings for laptops, one for battery and one for power.  The first is designed to save battery power and to extend the responsibility of the customer.  It does not matter if you are in power.

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