Recent Windows updates rendered the brightness softkeys on my HP laptop useless. I thought I knew some stuff and tried just about everything. Then I found this entry on the HP website, which very quickly solved it for me. How was this not one of the things I tried? Meh. Good luck.

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Re: Brightness adjustment doesn't work in windows 10 latest build 1703

06-29-2017 12:00 PM

@ako89kurdish
Thank you for posting on HP Forums,
Riddle_Decipher is at your service.

As I Understand the brightness adjustment doesn't work in Windows 10 latest build 1703,
No worries, as I'll be glad to help you, that said, I'll need a few more details to dissect your concern & provide an accurate solution:
Have you attempted to enable the generic PnP monitor after the update was installed?

If you haven't, here's what you need to do:

1) Search for Device Manager in Start Menu
2) Expand the Monitors section
3) Right click on Generic PnP Monitor and
4) Click on Enable and you are good!

Let me know how that pans out
I hope you have a good day ahead,
And Feel free to ask any other queries as  well,
Considering, this forum has some of the best people in the world available and ready to help.

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