Windows 7: Adjust Brightness [SOLVED]
About a week ago, I got Windows 7 from Microsoft. As I said before (http://www.theitcorner.com/2009/08/15/windows-7-adjust-brightness-2/) I couldn’t adjust my laptop’s screen’s brightness. So I thought, “OK, when I will get the official release of Windows 7, I will be able to adjust the brightness.” Well, guess what? I was wrong. It took me an hour to solve the problem. All you have to is basically a)Install the driver for Vista. b)Update BIOS. I decided to find a driver for my laptop (Lenovo 3000 G530). I do not know what users of other laptops should do, but I believe it’s pretty similar for all laptops. So, here are the steps:
1. uninstall all intel display drivers in programs (add/remove section of control panel)
2. get in to device manager and uninstall all display drivers
3. DO NOT RESTART YET
4. download intel display driver for vista edition here:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-71004
5. install the driver you just download. you should get a message from windows saying the installation failed; in that case select ‘reinstall using recommended settings’. now it should install properly*. after install is done wait a few minutes for windows 7 to register the new driver. then go ahead and restart.
6. now you should be able to adjust brightness using FN + F10/F11 (for lenovo G530)
*if by any chance you still fail at installing the vista driver, locate the extract files and use windows compatibility mode (vista) to run the setup.exe. the files are usually extracted to C:\drivers\vista\intel.
* if you still cannot adjust brightness, download lenovo hotkey driver. just google it.
* this is for lenovo g530 only (model 4446 specifically)
(by pickler )
I could not install it properly until I used “Vista Compatible Mode”. To use it, just right click on the setup file, press properties, and then choose Windows version you want to use. So, now I finally got it working 
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Thanks. Solved my problem. Now i can squeeze more battery life from the laptop.
Moses, what laptop do you have?
Worked for me on my G530 4446. Great thanks!
No problem, I’m glad this is helpful to someone
It doesnt work on Windows 7 X64 Professional (RTM).
Thanks. Worked for me too=)
It works also on Windows 7 x64, but you should get the x64 Vista Diplay Driver instead of x86
Thanks for letting me know.
If you have any problems with your laptop/desktop, let me know. I will try to help you guys.
How do i solve the G530 windows 7 power management problem. Since i upgraded to a 32-bit windows 7, my power management doesn’t manage power or anything else. Tried downloading a newer version from lenovo support, but still no difference… Do u have any fix for this, or is it just me?
I dont know yet. I’m gonna try and see what’s wrong with it. I’m gonna email you if I will find a solution for it.
pls you can help me? i had the same problem with you. i check all the ways you can adjust the brightness but their is no a way on my laptop. i’m thinking is about a driver. is any driver for brightness? all works fine on my pc, but this is my broblem.
I just sent you an email.