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I have an LG screen, but Acer comes up when I first turn it on.

I have 1 button in the centre under the bottom of the screen. It covers 5 controls, with Exit in the centre .......... but if you hold that down for too long as you try to decide which other one you want, it turns the monitor off!

It was bought in October last year when I got my new desktop.

Ann, I have an Acer screen, which we have had for ever as we didn't change it when we bought our new computer.

Along the bottom on the surrounding frame are four buttons. One is On/off and the middle one of the other three is for several things including brightness.

On my son's the buttons are on the side of the screen, like they sometimes are on a TV.

I tried the night-light button - it all went an orangey colour, so I switched it off again!

I have 12 boxes expanded and 4 collapsed and in settings when I type is display and brightness it says no results but by pushing through settings until I found anything relevant I brought up what you say you have on clicking on the notifications box but the slider would not move. However I discovered night light was off so switched that on. and whatever I did yesterday going about things a completely different way seems to have lessened the brightness anyway. thanks though for letting me 'find' that little box. Although this is a large Acer screen I don't remember if it was a new one or one passed on to me by T when he bought a new one for flying his aeroplanes. So it may be an older model. who knows?It may be galling to T to know that one of the things I miss of him is his technical knowledge. So many little things that don't exactly go wrong but need adjustment have happened in the past year.

Ann, you can also try what Sylvia suggests. Click on settings. If you can see Display and Brightness click on that and there is a slider for brightness. On mine D & B doesn't show on settings but there is a box where you can type in what you are looking for. If I type in D & B in that box it comes up. The level of brightness showing is the same as I set yesterday via the Notifications icon.

That's very odd Ann. If it's saying collapse, then it must already be expanded. When mine is expanded I can see 13 boxes that include night light etc. and underneath those boxes is a brightness slider. Above the boxes it says collapse and when you click on that you can only see four of the boxes and the word expand. This is with W10 and Firefox.

Vera, thanks, I found the icon and it doesn't say expand only collapse. No slider although there is a box saying night light (W 10 and Firefox).

Island .......... I tried the night light, and didn't find good for me.


Vera ...... I have Windows 10, and use Google Chrome, but this is a Windows 10 selection.


Click on the Windows Icon (at the bottom left of the task bar at the bottom of my screen.

Scroll down to Settings, click on Display ......... but is now only showing Night Light, I can't see brightness!

I do have only one "button" in the centre underneath the monitor. If I hold that up, there is a circle, with Edit in the centre, and brigthness is listed on there. I find that hard to move around as it turns off the monitor is you hold it up for too long!

Thanks all I did find something but not what either island or Vera said so I will look tomorrow when I am back on the desktop.

Nothing’s easy is it Island? Are you sure that, as well as the tabs, it doesn’t say “expand” somewhere? On mine it’s in quite small print. I mostly use Firefox but I have Edge as well.

Oo errr Vera, I have windows 10, just clicked on that square for the first time and it only offers tabs options :-S My browser is M/S Edge.
Oh for a simple life :-0

Ann, it might depend on what system you are running. If you have Windows 10 click on the Notifications icon (little square box on the extreme right of the task bar). There is a slider on there to adjust the brightness. If it doesn't show immediately click on the icon, click expand and it will come up.

Sylvia, I was already onto the brightness adjustment but only today spotted the night light adjuster - could be a game changer for me, fingers crossed (instead of eyes LOL)

Island ................... I have a very similar option on my desktop monitor.

Ann, I'm using a laptop, it may be the same for a desktop...

Right click on desktop view, select 'display' you then have the option to adjust brightness with a slider.
There's also a night light option which offers warmer tones.
I hope this helps

In the earlier days, there were screen covers available to reduce glare so you may find something to help you if you google screen covers.

Thanks Names I may have found something in screen settings. Trouble is under my screen, besides the on/off button there are several others and I am scare to touch them in case they mess things up. and nowhere can I find a book for the screen which my late husband put in.

Some computers have a button or dial at the bottom/side where you can change the brightness.

Is there a way of reducing glare from the screen of a desk top PC?