Monitor dims for one account, not the other

I have a 3 month old Acer aspire and AL1916 monitor. As of last nite, whenever I switch from my GF's user account to my own, the screen dims dramatically. So much so that I can hardly read anything on it. Once I log off of my account and back into hers, the screen comes back at normal brightness. Then, going back to my user account, the screen dims again. What can I do to fix this? Thank you for any help you can give me.

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Acer AL2032WD 20'' LCD Black. It goes on and off every 10 to 15 seconds. It's still under the warranty and I nead to get it fixed.
Please contact me at [email protected] A.S.A.P. Thank you.

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I would first contact the GF administrator and ask them if they've heard of this before. Then I would contact Acer.

Posted on Jan 21, 2007

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