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April 14, 2006 11:27 AM PDT

Boot Camp Special Report: Adjusting MacBook Pro screen brightness

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The MacBook Pro's built-in screen brightness keys will not work under Windows XP. Instead, you must use the following keyboard combinations:

  • Shift-Control-F1 to lower brightness
  • Shift-Control-F2 to increase brightness

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    by IowaMacUser February 17, 2007 1:03 PM PST
    Shft-Cntl-F1 does not work to change the brightness of the screen on my MacBook Pro.
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