You should see something similar to this:
Then click on "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer".Then click on "Browse my computer for driver software".Right-click that and select "Update Driver Software.".Click on the arrow next to Monitors to expand it (my guess is you have "PnP-Monitor (Standard)" showing).In Device Manager (Windows Key + C -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Device Manager).Many of the suggestions have to do with the display driver, and while that worked for some people, I had tried every method that was different from the rest - until I found this one: I found this after many hours of searching. On both laptops the manufacturer's display brightness keys wouldn't work, the brightness control in the Charms bar wouldn't work and I didn't even have the brightness controls available in the Power Options plan settings. I had the same problem on two laptops from different manufacturers (Lenovo and Toshiba), but both running Win8.1.
I would rather install an old Vista OEM driver than the latest Microsoft Windows 8 driver for the same hardware. At the worst case you can also use Windows XP (for 32-bit windows only). With MS drivers they just print on normal/draft and a very limited range of papers (usually only plain) while with OEM drivers they have special printing mode and support many paper types and sizes.įortunately there is some backward compatibility with older Windows drivers, that is if you cannot find Windows 8, use 7 or Vista. Unfortunately this is the case with many old printers as well. Microsoft drivers should only be installed if there is none OEM driver. It is better to have an old Intel graphics driver than having the latest Microsoft driver. That is why I always prefer and recommend OEM (original manufacturer) drivers.
Microsoft drivers provide only basic functionality, they don't support all features of the hardware. a file failing to copy to a system folder). Always run the setup as Administrator to give full access to your system and avoid problems related to security settings (e.g. You may also need to disable your antivirus so as not to interrupt the installation. Then start installing the other version, not on top of the previous installation! This ensures the install completes successfully without any issues. Every time you want to install a different version of the driver, make sure you uninstall the current version first and restart your computer. Of course you select Windows 8 or 8.1, not any earlier Windows version, unless the model is old and there isn't a Windows 8 version. I would try first latest version, and if it does not work properly, I would try the previous version. In the results you get the latest version, and at least one previous version. The other option is to manually search for the driver (if you know which model it is) and download it. This will always install latest ones (if any) no matter if they do work or not.
One is to automatically update the drivers. If you go at Intel's site, support, drivers download, you see two options.