how can i lighten up my desk top screen?
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If you intend to make your screen brighter, then find the control buttons probably in front of the monitor and adjust brightness and contrast.
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CONTROL PANEL TO DISPLAY TO DESKTOP  THEN TO CUSTOMISE DESKTOP THEN TO CLEAR DESK TOP
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Repost your question so it makes sense! Either you found your monitor brightness control or you didnt! You may also be able to adjust gamma and brightness in your desktop properties. Give details on what monitor you have and what PC you have!
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Right click on your desktop and click "properties"\nA "Display Properties" box will pop up.  Click "Settings"\nScroll your screen resolution to the setting you want.\n\nThe higher the pixels, the smaller everything will be on the screen.
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In my opinion, you are better off without them.  \n     For desktop pc better performance, I suggest you set your desktop background/wallpaper and screensaver to "none",   then go to control panel, system, advanced, performance, settings, check 'adjust for best performance'. and  right click on desktop, click properties, click 'appearance', choose ' windows classic style'.\n      Then Start/Control Panel/Display/display properties/screensaver/monitor power/power schemes/settings/turn off monitor after 10 minutes, and set the next 2 drop down boxes (  1.  Turn off Hard Disks,  and 2. System Standby) to "never"/apply/ok/ok.\n Then Start/Control Panel/system/advanced tab/performance/settings/'adjust for best performance/apply/ok/ok\n     Then Start/Control Panel/Display/display properties/screensaver/monitor power/hibernate/take check mark out of "Enable hibernation"/apply/ok/ok.\nIf I'm going to be away from the pc for more than an hour, then after shutting it down properly, I unplug it.\n\n\n      For security/safety purposes,  to make sure you are not getting a spoofed webpage, right-click desktop/properties/display properties/appeareance/color scheme/olive green/apply/ok/ok ,  or  go to Start/Control Panel/Display/display properties/appearence/color scheme/ eggplant or wheat/apply/ok/ok. \n  Then if you click onto a webpage, and it comes up in the MS default blue, then you will know you are on a fake/spoofed page, and you should close out immediatly, and run a scan for infections.       Right-click desktop/properties/display properties/appeareance/color scheme/eggplant or wheat/apply/ok/ok
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On your desk top, right click and select properties.  Ensure that your screen resolution is like 1024x780 or so.\n\nIn internet explorer, you might also click View / Text Size and make sure it's set to medium.
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select a lighter colour
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Have you tried adjusting the brightness? There are buttons on your monitor. There should be one for exit, one for selection and two for scrolling. click the selection button, then use the scroll buttons to reach the thing that looks like a sun.. click the selection button again and then click the scroll button to move it brighter. then click the exit button. you may also have a dying monitor. is it a crt (fat bulky one) or an lcd (flat panel) one
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right click on the screen, choose properties, settings, and set the color to high.
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extra lighting, make it super bright
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Look for the Power settings in your Control Panel.   You should have settings there for Brightness mode.  \n\nYou might consider lowering the room lights instead.  You will probably find that your laptop is plenty bright in battery mode when the other lights are lower.\n\nOf course, your battery won't last as long... but seeing better is probably your best option.\n\nGood luck
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on your monitor will be buttons that will change the contrast/brightness/width/height of your display
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Right click on your desktop > click properties > goto settings tab > move the slider on screen resolution left and click apply
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You can change the contrast and other settings in your display settings. There should be a advanced button located in that option.
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Fiddle with the buttons on the front of your monitor after your computer has been up for a while (to warm it up) and adjust it so that the screen is filled.\n\nHope that helps!
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Right click on desktop>Properties. Go to Settings tab and modify the color settings there under "Color Quality".
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Right click on blank spot on your desktop and choose properties. Then choose settings tab. From there you can make the changes.