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I have a Dell Laptop running Windows 8 on a docking station which casts the desktop onto two external dell monitors. I would like to adjust the brightness of the two external monitors and can't figure out how. <br />
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I have tried the usual way to adjust brightness: Right Click&gt;Personalize&gt;Display&gt;<wbr />Adjust Brightness (which re-directs to Power Options). This only adjusts the brightness of the laptop display and doesn't affect the monitors.
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I have a Dell Laptop running Windows 8 on a docking station which casts the desktop onto two external dell monitors. I would like to adjust the brightness of the two external monitors and can't figure out how. 

I have tried the usual way to adjust brightness: Right Click>Personalize>Display>Adjust Brightness (which re-directs to Power Options). This only adjusts the brightness of the laptop display and doesn't affect the monitors.

Adjust the brightness on display monitors

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Displays / Monitors

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