Inspiron 8500 lighting/dimming bar

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When I received my 8500 last year, there was a visual bar that'd appear when
I brightened or dimmed the monitor's backlight. The bar indicated maximum
lighting or dimness. It would come up when I held the "Fn" key and either
the up or down arrow keys. In recent months, that bar has disappeared, but
I'm not sure how or why it did. I would like to get it back, as it was a
good guide to see how much brighter (or dimmer) I could make the monitor.
I've looked in Control Panel but cannot find any obvious control for it
there.

Likewise, I used to get a visual bar when I increased or decreased the
volume. That energy bar has also disappeared. Any guidance for controlling
that would be appreciated too.

Thank you,

John Noory

 

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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 05:58:51 -0400, "John Noory" <jnoory@cox.net>
wrote:

>When I received my 8500 last year, there was a visual bar that'd appear when
>I brightened or dimmed the monitor's backlight. The bar indicated maximum
>lighting or dimness. It would come up when I held the "Fn" key and either
>the up or down arrow keys. In recent months, that bar has disappeared, but
>I'm not sure how or why it did. I would like to get it back, as it was a
>good guide to see how much brighter (or dimmer) I could make the monitor.
>I've looked in Control Panel but cannot find any obvious control for it
>there.
>
>Likewise, I used to get a visual bar when I increased or decreased the
>volume. That energy bar has also disappeared. Any guidance for controlling
>that would be appreciated too.
>
>Thank you,
>
>John Noory
>


I think that is part of the Dell Quickset software. Try reinstalling
it. You may have installed something that stepped on it.



Kirk

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