hello, i just solved the problem, sorry for the inconvinience, the mods can close the thread.
thank you!
Hello everyone, as you can see i'm new to the site, and i was wondering if any of you could help me out with this problem that's driving me nuts...
i have a vostro 1000, originally it's OS was Vista, however i have recently upgraded it to windows 7, but now the hot keys/function keys of brightness adjustment are not working anymore, all the other function keys are working except just those two. i believe it must be a driver or controller of some sort that needs to be reinstalled or updated, but i can't figure out which one...
could any of you help me out with this? it's getting to a point where beeing in front of the laptop is hurting my eyes
thank you

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