I'm having an odd experience with the screen brightness of my SPX. Here's the sequence: Turn on the SPX to wake it from sleep. The screen appears to be at about 60% brightness . Press F7 (increase brightness). The screen brightness widget appears briefly, showing 100% brightness. The screen brightness doesn't change . Open Settings, navigate to System ->Display page. The Display brightness slider is at 100%. (Change brightness automatically is unchecked.) Click the Display brightness slider at about the 80% mark. The screen immediately brightens (confirming that it was well below 100%) . Click the slider at the 100% mark. The screen brightens to 100% . This sequence is the only way I can get 100% brightness after the SPX has been in sleep mode. Thoughts? [Note: this is with the SPX connected to power. I haven't tried it on battery. The advanced power settings are standard Balanced. The system is on Windows Insider Fast Track, and is up-to-date.]

Fresh Start is not an option for me at this time.

Actually, that's a different problem. Still needs to be fixed, of course.

Surface pro 7 with the same problem, screen brightness adjustment would occasionally stop working after resuming from sleep. I can slide the slider as much as I want but the brightness stays the same. Guess we'll have to wait for an update to fix this.

Hello GeoffreyMArnold , Thank you for reaching out Microsoft Community. We really appreciate all the efforts that you did just to possibly resolve the issue. Lets try this : Fresh Start lets you perform a clean reinstallation and update of Windows while keeping your personal data and most Windows settings intact. In some cases, a clean installation may improve your device's startup and shutdown experience, memory usage, Microsoft Store apps performance, browsing experience, and battery life. To use Fresh Start , select Start Windows logo Start button > Settings Gear-shaped Settings icon > Update & security Circular arrows Sync icon > Windows Defender > Device performance & health . Under Fresh Start , select Additional info > Get Started Please keep us posted. Regards, Jonas_T

Well, that didn't work. I downloaded the tool (MediaCreationTool1909.exe), ran it, and chose upgrade. It downloaded Windows 10 and some updates, told me that it was going to ask me to choose what to keep, and then displayed: I restarted the tool, with exactly the same result.

Surface Pro X display brightness issue.

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I'm having an odd experience with the screen brightness of my SPX. Here's the sequence:

Turn on the SPX to wake it from sleep. The screen appears to be at about 60% brightness.
Press F7 (increase brightness). The screen brightness widget appears briefly, showing 100% brightness. The screen brightness doesn't change.
Open Settings, navigate to System ->Display page. The Display brightness slider is at 100%. (Change brightness automatically is unchecked.)
Click the Display brightness slider at about the 80% mark. The screen immediately brightens (confirming that it was well below 100%).
Click the slider at the 100% mark. The screen brightens to 100%.

This sequence is the only way I can get 100% brightness after the SPX has been in sleep mode. Thoughts?

[Note: this is with the SPX connected to power. I haven't tried it on battery. The advanced power settings are standard Balanced. The system is on Windows Insider Fast Track, and is up-to-date.]

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2019-12-16T15:59:18+00:00

Fresh Start is not an option for me at this time.
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2019-12-16T14:39:40+00:00

Actually, that's a different problem. Still needs to be fixed, of course.
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2019-12-16T13:37:24+00:00

Surface pro 7 with the same problem, screen brightness adjustment would occasionally stop working after resuming from sleep. I can slide the slider as much as I want but the brightness stays the same. Guess we'll have to wait for an update to fix this.
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2019-12-14T23:23:43+00:00
Hello GeoffreyMArnold ,

Thank you for reaching out Microsoft Community. We really appreciate all the efforts that you did just to possibly resolve the issue.

Lets try this :

Fresh Start lets you perform a clean reinstallation and update of Windows while keeping your personal data and most Windows settings intact. In some cases, a clean installation may improve your device's startup and shutdown experience, memory usage, Microsoft Store apps performance, browsing experience, and battery life.
- To use Fresh Start, select Start Windows logo Start button > Settings Gear-shaped Settings icon > Update & security Circular arrows Sync icon > Windows Defender > Device performance & health. Under Fresh Start, select Additional info > Get Started
Please keep us posted.

Regards,

Jonas_T
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2019-12-12T14:55:13+00:00

Well, that didn't work. I downloaded the tool (MediaCreationTool1909.exe), ran it, and chose upgrade. It downloaded Windows 10 and some updates, told me that it was going to ask me to choose what to keep, and then displayed:

I restarted the tool, with exactly the same result.
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