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My name is Jean. I'm a technical writer from the Philippines. You can find me on LinkedIn and GitHub  (I'm still learning the ropes on the latter, so there's not much to see). Aside from that, I also try to help other people on Upwork . If you're a fellow writer, I'd like to share you my favourite resources for writing, which can be found here .

Fixing "no brightness setting" on Windows 10 for AMD graphics cards

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This post walks you through solving the infamous "no brightness" issue caused by an incompatibility between AMD's latest drivers with Windows 10. Problem I've been plagued by this issue for months, to the extent that I was willing to buy a new laptop just to get around this issue. On a random day last year, my laptop flickered and was suddenly on full brightness by default, and the brightness setting totally disappeared from the Settings under Display . My keyboard shortcuts stopped working for brightness, in spite of the fact that the volume shortcuts still were. Worst of all, I couldn't use f.lux , either. It made night work feel like you're staring into the sunrise. Before you start Some things to look up and note to do away with hiccups or moments of doubt when you're solving the problem: Know your AMD graphics card. If you're using a laptop, you can find the graphics card information on the right-hand side surface of your laptop, bel