Vista Tutorial - Power Management no longer allowing me to change display brightnes

04-17-2008

I'm on a Toshiba Satellite that's worked fairly well except for a few
self-repaired hiccups. However, about a week ago my power management plans
suddenly stopped working. I can switch from different plans that change how
quickly my display turns off, but my screen has been stuck at the lowest
brightness possible for a while now. It has nothing to do with the plans
themselves, I've restored all to their default settings and still no change
in brightness when I switch between all of them. The little slider to adjust
brightness simply does not appear anymore. I can't find what exactly it is
that's malfunctioning to reinstall, as no power management driver appeared on
my disk from Toshiba. Can anyone provide an explanation or perhaps a link to
repair this?

**t-4-2** · 04-18-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Shiroinohi

I'm on a Toshiba Satellite that's worked fairly well except for a few
self-repaired hiccups. However, about a week ago my power management plans
suddenly stopped working. I can switch from different plans that change how
quickly my display turns off, but my screen has been stuck at the lowest
brightness possible for a while now. It has nothing to do with the plans
themselves, I've restored all to their default settings and still no change
in brightness when I switch between all of them. The little slider to adjust
brightness simply does not appear anymore. I can't find what exactly it is
that's malfunctioning to reinstall, as no power management driver appeared on
my disk from Toshiba. Can anyone provide an explanation or perhaps a link to
repair this?

Hello, can you not just simply do a system restore, choosing a date prior to the problem(s) arose ?

04-18-2008

No, unfortunately by the time I realized that a simple shut down and restart
wouldn't solve the problem, my computer had overwritten the restore points
before the problem happened.

"t-4-2" wrote:

Quote:

>
> Shiroinohi;686891 Wrote:

Quote:

> > I'm on a Toshiba Satellite that's worked fairly well except for a few
> > self-repaired hiccups. However, about a week ago my power management
> > plans
> > suddenly stopped working. I can switch from different plans that change
> > how
> > quickly my display turns off, but my screen has been stuck at the
> > lowest
> > brightness possible for a while now. It has nothing to do with the
> > plans
> > themselves, I've restored all to their default settings and still no
> > change
> > in brightness when I switch between all of them. The little slider to
> > adjust
> > brightness simply does not appear anymore. I can't find what exactly it
> > is
> > that's malfunctioning to reinstall, as no power management driver
> > appeared on
> > my disk from Toshiba. Can anyone provide an explanation or perhaps a
> > link to
> > repair this?

> Hello, can you not just simply do a system restore, choosing a date
> prior to the problem(s) arose ?
>
>
> --
> t-4-2
>

**t-4-2** · 04-18-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Shiroinohi

No, unfortunately by the time I realized that a simple shut down and restart
wouldn't solve the problem, my computer had overwritten the restore points
before the problem happened.

"t-4-2" wrote:

Quote:

>
> Shiroinohi;686891 Wrote:
> Hello, can you not just simply do a system restore, choosing a date
> prior to the problem(s) arose ?
>
>
> --
> t-4-2
>

Hello Shiroinohi,
You said the little slider that adjusts brightness is gone. Does that mean if you were on Power Options window and you clicked Adjust Display Brightness ( left panel), the next window that popped up would not have the sliders shown ??

04-18-2008

Adjust Display Brightness no longer appears on the left hand menu. Before it
did, but now I have no way of adjusting the brightness.

"t-4-2" wrote:

Quote:

>
> Shiroinohi;687082 Wrote:

Quote:

> > No, unfortunately by the time I realized that a simple shut down and
> > restart
> > wouldn't solve the problem, my computer had overwritten the restore
> > points
> > before the problem happened.
> >
> > "t-4-2" wrote:

Quote:

> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Shiroinohi;686891 Wrote:
> > > > Hello, can you not just simply do a system restore, choosing a date
> > > > prior to the problem(s) arose ?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > t-4-2
> > > > > >

> Hello Shiroinohi,
> You said the little slider that adjusts brightness is gone. Does that
> mean if you were on Power Options window and you clicked Adjust Display
> Brightness ( left panel), the next window that popped up would not have
> the sliders shown ??
>
>
> --
> t-4-2
>

**t-4-2** · 04-18-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Shiroinohi

Adjust Display Brightness no longer appears on the left hand menu. Before it
did, but now I have no way of adjusting the brightness.

"t-4-2" wrote:

Quote:

>
> Shiroinohi;687082 Wrote:
> Hello Shiroinohi,
> You said the little slider that adjusts brightness is gone. Does that
> mean if you were on Power Options window and you clicked Adjust Display
> Brightness ( left panel), the next window that popped up would not have
> the sliders shown ??
>
>
> --
> t-4-2
>

I'm out of idea, as I'm not a "geek", figure of speech. Just one wild guess, it happened after you installed the SP1 ? If so, I can only suggest ,and a lot of people will yell at me, perhaps you would consider un-installed it. It's like i-phone came out, why do we Have to have it ?? Your computer life was pretty stable before, isn't it ?

04-18-2008

It might have been SP1, though I don't really remember when I installed it.
How would I go about uninstalling in order to check?

"t-4-2" wrote:

Quote:

>
> Shiroinohi;687488 Wrote:

Quote:

> > Adjust Display Brightness no longer appears on the left hand menu.
> > Before it
> > did, but now I have no way of adjusting the brightness.
> >
> > "t-4-2" wrote:

Quote:

> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Shiroinohi;687082 Wrote:
> > > > Hello Shiroinohi,
> > > > You said the little slider that adjusts brightness is gone. Does that
> > > > mean if you were on Power Options window and you clicked Adjust
> > > Display
> > > > Brightness ( left panel), the next window that popped up would not
> > > have
> > > > the sliders shown ??
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > t-4-2
> > > > > >

> I'm out of idea, as I'm not a "geek", figure of speech. Just one wild
> guess, it happened after you installed the SP1 ? If so, I can only
> suggest ,and a lot of people will yell at me, perhaps you would consider
> un-installed it. It's like i-phone came out, why do we Have to have it
> ?? Your computer life was pretty stable before, isn't it ?
>
>
> --
> t-4-2
>

**t-4-2** · 04-18-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Shiroinohi

It might have been SP1, though I don't really remember when I installed it.
How would I go about uninstalling in order to check?

"t-4-2" wrote:

Quote:

>
> Shiroinohi;687488 Wrote:
> I'm out of idea, as I'm not a "geek", figure of speech. Just one wild
> guess, it happened after you installed the SP1 ? If so, I can only
> suggest ,and a lot of people will yell at me, perhaps you would consider
> un-installed it. It's like i-phone came out, why do we Have to have it
> ?? Your computer life was pretty stable before, isn't it ?
>
>
> --
> t-4-2
>

Hello Shiroinohi,
If you "don't remember it", then you have NOT installed SP1. Sorry, I'm out of idea.

04-18-2008

Have you tried to go to
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/t...su_sc_home.jsp , select your model
and download the "Toshiba Value Added Package" and (re) install it? It has
the power management features. This might help, hopefully

04-18-2008

Just uninstalled and reinstalled the package, and still no change, thanks
though.

"moondawg" wrote:

Quote:

> Have you tried to go to
> http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/t...su_sc_home.jsp , select your model
> and download the "Toshiba Value Added Package" and (re) install it? It has
> the power management features. This might help, hopefully

04-17-2008	#1 (permalink)
Shiroinohi Guest n/a posts	Power Management no longer allowing me to change display brightnes I'm on a Toshiba Satellite that's worked fairly well except for a few self-repaired hiccups. However, about a week ago my power management plans suddenly stopped working. I can switch from different plans that change how quickly my display turns off, but my screen has been stuck at the lowest brightness possible for a while now. It has nothing to do with the plans themselves, I've restored all to their default settings and still no change in brightness when I switch between all of them. The little slider to adjust brightness simply does not appear anymore. I can't find what exactly it is that's malfunctioning to reinstall, as no power management driver appeared on my disk from Toshiba. Can anyone provide an explanation or perhaps a link to repair this?
My System Specs

04-18-2008	#2 (permalink)
t-4-2 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Home premium 32 bit, SP1 939 posts	Re: Power Management no longer allowing me to change display brightnes Quote: Originally Posted by Shiroinohi I'm on a Toshiba Satellite that's worked fairly well except for a few self-repaired hiccups. However, about a week ago my power management plans suddenly stopped working. I can switch from different plans that change how quickly my display turns off, but my screen has been stuck at the lowest brightness possible for a while now. It has nothing to do with the plans themselves, I've restored all to their default settings and still no change in brightness when I switch between all of them. The little slider to adjust brightness simply does not appear anymore. I can't find what exactly it is that's malfunctioning to reinstall, as no power management driver appeared on my disk from Toshiba. Can anyone provide an explanation or perhaps a link to repair this? Hello, can you not just simply do a system restore, choosing a date prior to the problem(s) arose ?
My System Specs

04-18-2008	#3 (permalink)
Shiroinohi Guest n/a posts	Re: Power Management no longer allowing me to change display brigh No, unfortunately by the time I realized that a simple shut down and restart wouldn't solve the problem, my computer had overwritten the restore points before the problem happened. "t-4-2" wrote: Quote: > > Shiroinohi;686891 Wrote: Quote: > > I'm on a Toshiba Satellite that's worked fairly well except for a few > > self-repaired hiccups. However, about a week ago my power management > > plans > > suddenly stopped working. I can switch from different plans that change > > how > > quickly my display turns off, but my screen has been stuck at the > > lowest > > brightness possible for a while now. It has nothing to do with the > > plans > > themselves, I've restored all to their default settings and still no > > change > > in brightness when I switch between all of them. The little slider to > > adjust > > brightness simply does not appear anymore. I can't find what exactly it > > is > > that's malfunctioning to reinstall, as no power management driver > > appeared on > > my disk from Toshiba. Can anyone provide an explanation or perhaps a > > link to > > repair this? > Hello, can you not just simply do a system restore, choosing a date > prior to the problem(s) arose ? > > > -- > t-4-2 >
My System Specs

04-18-2008	#4 (permalink)
t-4-2 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Home premium 32 bit, SP1 939 posts	Re: Power Management no longer allowing me to change display brigh Quote: Originally Posted by Shiroinohi No, unfortunately by the time I realized that a simple shut down and restart wouldn't solve the problem, my computer had overwritten the restore points before the problem happened. "t-4-2" wrote: Quote: > > Shiroinohi;686891 Wrote: > Hello, can you not just simply do a system restore, choosing a date > prior to the problem(s) arose ? > > > -- > t-4-2 > Hello Shiroinohi, You said the little slider that adjusts brightness is gone. Does that mean if you were on Power Options window and you clicked Adjust Display Brightness ( left panel), the next window that popped up would not have the sliders shown ??
My System Specs

04-18-2008	#5 (permalink)
Shiroinohi Guest n/a posts	Re: Power Management no longer allowing me to change display brigh Adjust Display Brightness no longer appears on the left hand menu. Before it did, but now I have no way of adjusting the brightness. "t-4-2" wrote: Quote: > > Shiroinohi;687082 Wrote: Quote: > > No, unfortunately by the time I realized that a simple shut down and > > restart > > wouldn't solve the problem, my computer had overwritten the restore > > points > > before the problem happened. > > > > "t-4-2" wrote: Quote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Shiroinohi;686891 Wrote: > > > > Hello, can you not just simply do a system restore, choosing a date > > > > prior to the problem(s) arose ? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > t-4-2 > > > > > > > Hello Shiroinohi, > You said the little slider that adjusts brightness is gone. Does that > mean if you were on Power Options window and you clicked Adjust Display > Brightness ( left panel), the next window that popped up would not have > the sliders shown ?? > > > -- > t-4-2 >
My System Specs

04-18-2008	#6 (permalink)
t-4-2 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Home premium 32 bit, SP1 939 posts	Re: Power Management no longer allowing me to change display brigh Quote: Originally Posted by Shiroinohi Adjust Display Brightness no longer appears on the left hand menu. Before it did, but now I have no way of adjusting the brightness. "t-4-2" wrote: Quote: > > Shiroinohi;687082 Wrote: > Hello Shiroinohi, > You said the little slider that adjusts brightness is gone. Does that > mean if you were on Power Options window and you clicked Adjust Display > Brightness ( left panel), the next window that popped up would not have > the sliders shown ?? > > > -- > t-4-2 > I'm out of idea, as I'm not a "geek", figure of speech. Just one wild guess, it happened after you installed the SP1 ? If so, I can only suggest ,and a lot of people will yell at me, perhaps you would consider un-installed it. It's like i-phone came out, why do we Have to have it ?? Your computer life was pretty stable before, isn't it ?
My System Specs

04-18-2008	#7 (permalink)
Shiroinohi Guest n/a posts	Re: Power Management no longer allowing me to change display brigh It might have been SP1, though I don't really remember when I installed it. How would I go about uninstalling in order to check? "t-4-2" wrote: Quote: > > Shiroinohi;687488 Wrote: Quote: > > Adjust Display Brightness no longer appears on the left hand menu. > > Before it > > did, but now I have no way of adjusting the brightness. > > > > "t-4-2" wrote: Quote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Shiroinohi;687082 Wrote: > > > > Hello Shiroinohi, > > > > You said the little slider that adjusts brightness is gone. Does that > > > > mean if you were on Power Options window and you clicked Adjust > > > Display > > > > Brightness ( left panel), the next window that popped up would not > > > have > > > > the sliders shown ?? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > t-4-2 > > > > > > > I'm out of idea, as I'm not a "geek", figure of speech. Just one wild > guess, it happened after you installed the SP1 ? If so, I can only > suggest ,and a lot of people will yell at me, perhaps you would consider > un-installed it. It's like i-phone came out, why do we Have to have it > ?? Your computer life was pretty stable before, isn't it ? > > > -- > t-4-2 >
My System Specs

04-18-2008	#8 (permalink)
t-4-2 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Home premium 32 bit, SP1 939 posts	Re: Power Management no longer allowing me to change display brigh Quote: Originally Posted by Shiroinohi It might have been SP1, though I don't really remember when I installed it. How would I go about uninstalling in order to check? "t-4-2" wrote: Quote: > > Shiroinohi;687488 Wrote: > I'm out of idea, as I'm not a "geek", figure of speech. Just one wild > guess, it happened after you installed the SP1 ? If so, I can only > suggest ,and a lot of people will yell at me, perhaps you would consider > un-installed it. It's like i-phone came out, why do we Have to have it > ?? Your computer life was pretty stable before, isn't it ? > > > -- > t-4-2 > Hello Shiroinohi, If you "don't remember it", then you have NOT installed SP1. Sorry, I'm out of idea.
My System Specs

04-18-2008	#9 (permalink)
moondawg Guest n/a posts	RE: Power Management no longer allowing me to change display brightnes Have you tried to go to http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/t...su_sc_home.jsp , select your model and download the "Toshiba Value Added Package" and (re) install it? It has the power management features. This might help, hopefully
My System Specs

04-18-2008	#10 (permalink)
Shiroinohi Guest n/a posts	RE: Power Management no longer allowing me to change display brigh Just uninstalled and reinstalled the package, and still no change, thanks though. "moondawg" wrote: Quote: > Have you tried to go to > http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/t...su_sc_home.jsp , select your model > and download the "Toshiba Value Added Package" and (re) install it? It has > the power management features. This might help, hopefully
My System Specs

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