Recent content by MichaelJohnas

All right! I figured out that the Intel Graphics program fas messing with my settings, apparently overriding whatever I could modify in the control panel (which is probably why modifying power plans did not work). However, I uninstalled it and the first thing I see is my computer going back to...

OK, done this, rebooted (I'm sure I modified the correct power plan) but it is still the same, unfortunately.

Incredible! Thank you! It worked! It seems that there is no limit to my stupidity... However, now I have the driver installed and I can use my laptop again for heavier tasks... but my brightness is still very low... I used to roll back the driver, but now that I have a new one... any suggestions?

Lenovo Ideeapad. The drivers are all legacy software. Tried installing the intel graphics 4000 from their website, but that did not work.

My first problem is that, apparently, you cannot make the screen brighter on some lenovo laptops with windows 8. The Brightness- button is working, but once you make the screen dimmer, you cannot make it bright again using the brightness settings. I found out however that you can revert by...