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I usually just use Fn + Left or Fn + Right to adjust my screen's brightness but the minimum settings are still too bright for me (especially when I'm working at night). I tried going through the Power Options in the Control Panel (plan brightness already at the lowest settings). Is there a way to dim my laptop's screen beyond the minimum?

I'm already using Fl.ux. I was wondering if there was a utility similar to it that adjusts my screen's brightness/contrast instead of its color temperature.

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Can you still buy filters for screens? They were around in the old CRT days. I suppose sunglasses would make it difficult to see the keys at night. – pavium Jul 9 '11 at 9:43
I have considered buying filters. And I do have my sunglasses on standby. I was hoping for something similar to Flux. – Kaze Jul 9 '11 at 9:46
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You can get more control over the display colors when using the Display color calibration utility :

( from the run box, type: dccw.exe )

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the problem is there is no shortcut to toggle between different profiles.

I just come up with this little utility dispcalGUI, (with endless options) pretty neat !enter image description here

it can be the solution.

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+1 Wow, thanks for sharing the utility! I'm going to download it and play with the settings. – Kaze Jul 9 '11 at 17:59
I didn't succeed to make it work on my machine (port thing), however there is complete instruction on how to deploy it, tell me it you get something – Revolter Jul 9 '11 at 19:19
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Took me a while but I found this portable app called DimScreen through this site, which does exactly what I need.

After launching it, it shows an icon on the System Tray that gives "dimness" levels for me to choose from. The higher the value I pick, the darker my screen gets (beyond the minimum that Fn + Left gives me).

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Hmm just downloaded this and when I tried to install the screen dimmed but no installer started up... – hippietrail Aug 1 '11 at 10:00
That's why it's called a portable app. It doesn't install. – Kaze Aug 1 '11 at 14:31
Hmm good point put it certainly looked exactly like the dimming an installer does (90% ish) and I couldn't find anything in the system tray to control it. PS in my day all apps were portable d-; – hippietrail Aug 1 '11 at 14:56
I see. The icon looks looks like a black box. When I ran it the first time, the icon was hidden. I had to set it to "Only show notifications." I wish there was a better app though. But I guess it still helps keep eyestrain at bay for me for a while. – Kaze Aug 1 '11 at 15:04
OK it worked when I tried it now thanks for making me give it another go. I'll have to wait for my "stuck dimmed" problem to recur though to see if it works to resolve that though. – hippietrail Aug 1 '11 at 16:42
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