-- Posted by iBritt at 8:48 pm on July 6, 2008 I'm on my brother's Dell laptop, and my 15 month old niece has done something to the screen where when it's not plugged up to the adapter, the screen it's terribly dark. I cannot find anything that will help with the brightness settings.  Help? -- Posted by Aero360 at 8:49 pm on July 6, 2008 You sure she did anything at all?  My laptop always does that when it's unplugged. -- Posted by iBritt at 8:51 pm on July 6, 2008 Quote: from Aero360 at 11:49 pm on July 6, 2008 You sure she did anything at all? My laptop always does that when it's unplugged. So does mine, but I can adjust it where it's brighter. Not on this one though -- Posted by T E C H N O at 8:51 pm on July 6, 2008 You may be on a lower power plan, try changing it to optimize, or if it's a vista computer, go to right click, personalize, settings.