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Hi all,

With my T61p Vista, I occasionally get a dimmed screen when I return from hybernation. The screen is dimmed like when the admin permission is requested during software install and such. The mouse pointer is full brightness so it's not a hardware issue. I don't see any notifications, so my only option is to reboot.

Has anybody else seen this happen? Any clues to why it happens? Any input appreciated!

Thanks,
Ojisan

Yes, that happened to me several times in the past. Screen extremely dimmed but the mouse cursor at normal brightness.

Have you tried upgrading to the latest graphic card drivers? I upgraded recently so I'm not sure if that fixed the problem or not because I hardly need to hibernate.

It is a bug of Vista (probably SP1). Just wait for Microsoft's new patch addressing this issue.

A tip: sometimes it will be back to normal by turning the machine into sleep mode and rewaking it. It is a quick solution but it doesn't always work though.

Thanks for your inputs. I've updated my system so I hope it goes away. I can't predict when it happens so I don't know when I can be sure that the problem is gone... but if it does happen again, I will also try re-hybernate.

Ojisan