Computer Issues!

[Xexer]

So i was playing Call of Duty the other day on a LAN at work, and once i closed the program my desktop brightness went all insane. Its annoyingly bright. The whole problem is i cant change it back, no matter what i try. I've gone thru my video card control center and reduced contrast and brightness, gamma etc.

Now the crazy part. When i run games, the brightness is fine. When i view pictures its fine as well. When i run safe mode, its fine there too. The only brightness issue is with the desktop (folders, internet explorer, webpages - pictures) when running normal mode.

Anyone have any ideas?

[Tazzrin Jaegernaut]

I actually had this same problem once. It seemed to happen directly after I updated my drivers.

However, the problem seemed to fix itself after a few restarts.

[Frinix]

If you have a dualcore computer it could be the problem, many games don't fully support it.

But I'm not sure if this problem comes from it but if it is here's the hint for AMD users:
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PLEASE BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST!!


1 - Install the amd drivers, download it from here... http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/..._13118,00.html
(Opteron users can find the driver here... http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...1_9033,00.html )

2 - read this website and download the hotfix....READ here http://support.microsoft.com/?id=896256 ........Download here http://www.amdzone.com/files/WinXPdualcorehotfix.exe

3 - Edit your registry to enable the HOTFIX, follow these steps.

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Right-click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager, point to New, and then click Key.
3. Type Throttle for the new key name.
4. Right-click Throttle, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
5. Type PerfEnablePackageIdle for the value name.
6. Right-click PerfEnablePackageIdle, and then click Modify.
7. In the Edit DWORD Value box, type 1. In the Value data box, make sure that Hexadecimal is selected, and then click OK.
8. Quit Registry Editor.

4 - Make sure your BOOT.ini has this command in it, /usepmtimer to check, right click on My Computer go to properties, click on the ADVANCE tab, then under startup and recovery click on settings, then click on EDIT....

5 - Install the NEW AMD Dual Core Optimizer.......from here.....http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...1_9706,00.html

The Boot.ini should look something like this now:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer


To reverse the drivers:

1 - Uninstall the Hotfix, go into ad/remove programs, click on show updates and remove update numbered KB896256

2 - Reverse the registry entry.

3 - Uninstall the AMD drivers.

4 - Uninstall the AMD Dual Core Optimizer.

5 - Done.
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For the Intel users, sorry I don't know

[Tazzrin Jaegernaut]

AMD is the way to go.