Brightness Control in Version 1809?

Hello:

I gather there isnt a brightness slider in the action center in Version 1809--though its been added to 1903.

However, Ive seen that one of those rectangular panelsin the Action Center is supposed to offer a way of calibrating brightness in 1809. It's supposed to have some sort of brightness icon on it. Yet I don't see that at all in Action Center on my desktop PC. I do see Night Light, but not a panel for brightness control. Why is that? Is that only on laptops?

Nor do I see any brightness slider or controls in my Settings under Display. Though I looked in every nook and cranny there

I can calibrate Brightness/Contrast/ Gamma from within my intel HD Graphics settings.

My graphics card is an integrated Intel HD graphics:

Driver Version 8.15.10.2900
Driver Date 11/26/2012
Core i3

There are no driver updates available for this

It is very difficult to manage the sliders there.

Is there not some way to simply increase and decrease brightness using the Windows 10 settings?

Thanks
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-Eliuri

Windows 10 Version 1809 Build 17763.557
Desktop

From 1809 Build 17763.557 on a laptop

From here in Settings:


Adjust Screen Brightness in Windows 10
Tutorial- note this refers to laptops or tablets.
(I don't have a desktop, so someone with a desktop will most likely comment further).

https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/...een-brightness

Notes:

• You might not see the Change brightness for the built-in display slider on desktop PCs that have an external monitor. To change the brightness on an external monitor, use the buttons on it.
• The Brightness slider appears in action center in Windows 10, version 1903. To find the brightness slider in earlier versions of Windows 10, select Settings > System > Display, and then move the Change brightness slider to adjust the brightness.

An interesting option: this free utility - although better known for volume control using the scroll wheel- also has an option for controlling brighness using a key plus scroll wheel which you can configure. (Unless something else is wrong of course)
Volumouse - control the sound volume with a wheel mouse

-if it really can be configured for Brightness instead of Sound

Actually BOTH volume AND brightness. E.g. CTRL + scroll, ALT + scroll
I have used it, if you don't believe me.

Independent article:
Adjust sound volume, even screen brightness, with your mouse using Volumouse - Freeware Downloads - TheFreeWindows

Volumouse can also be used for increasing or decreasing the brightness of the screen. Just select this function from the drop down box in the configuration card.

And see Nirsoft's great site- many commended free utilities.

As to whether it will work in your configuration, I can't definitively say. But I do know it can be set up to adjust brightness.

So you simply press a key and scroll.

There may well be other such utilities.


Similar thread here:
Missing Adjust Screen Brightness slider in Power Options

On Win10 Pro v.1903, I have two-external monitors running off my Surface Pro 6 which itself has a built-in display (i.e. I have a three-display system). Changing the brightness slider in Settings > Display only adjusts the Surface Pro 6's built-in screen regardless which display I have selected. e.g. Select "2" (an external Dell 4K LED monitor) and move the slider, nothing happens on the Dell monitor, but the Surface Pro 6 screen brightens/darkens. Ditto for selecting "3" which is another external LED monitor.

Best Brightness Control Software for Windows 10
Random find: More brightness control software- but nothing said about laptops/desktops/external monitors in the article, alas, except the last (I may have missed something). And that one isn't specified for Win 10, looking at its site - but might work, I suppose.

Brightness controller supports multiple monitors.
GitHub - LordAmit/Brightness: Brightness Controller