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How to Change the Display Settings on a Dell Laptop

Summary: Learn how to adjust the brightness or change video settings on your Dell laptop.

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Symptoms

Display settings like brightness, refresh rate, resolution, and power management may affect the performance of the LCD screen on your Dell laptop. Changing or adjusting the display settings can help resolve several types of video issues.

Cause

To change the brightness, refresh rate, and resolution on a Dell computer, see the Dell Knowledge Base article:

Resolution

NOTE: Depending on the model of the Dell laptop, the shortcut keys to adjust or change the brightness may differ. See the User Guide or User Manual of your Dell laptop for model-specific information.

Affected Products

Chromebox, Inspiron, Legacy Desktop Models, Chromebook, G Series, Alienware, Latitude, Legacy Laptop Models, Fixed Workstations, Mobile Workstations

Products

OptiPlex, Vostro, XPS