How do I change the screen brightness on a Windows 7 Lenovo Thinkpad? [closed]

I need to add brightness to my screen on a Windows 7 Laptop Lenovo Thinkpad.

How do I do it? It is not comfortable to read anymore and I am straining my eyes.

2 Answers

How do I change the screen brightness on a Windows 7 Lenovo Thinkpad?

• To increase the brightness setting of your ThinkPad LCD display, press and hold the Fn key, then press the Home key.

• To decrease the brightness, press and hold the Fn key, then press the End key.

The Fn key is typically located at the bottom-left of your keyboard and looks like this:

Note:

• Some ThinkPad LCDs will automatically dim when the AC Power is unplugged. This is to save battery power and is normal.

Source How to adjust the brightness of the LCD display - ThinkPad

Different Lenovo models use different keys for this function. For example, my X1 uses F8 and F9 in conjunction with the Fn key.

Another example below.

You're looking for the sun-like icons somewhere on your keyboard. In some cases the brightness controls are the primary function of the key with no need to press the Fn key.