Few days ago I realized that my La 1703, after awakening from suspend state, has no longer the brightness control available in the Control Panel.
I'm running BIOS ver. 8.2 and the OS is MS Vista Basic.
After resume, it is still possible to control the brightness with the Fn Keys.
I did a full system restore from the installation disks, I re-flashed the BIOS - but the problem is still present.
On top of this, two days ago I received an update from Windowsupdate that was intended to improve the reliability of MS Vista. It had no apparent benefits; now the computer boots with minimal brightness, and only with after a second reboot I get the normal display brightness.
After this update, the brightness control is still missing after the PC resume from suspend mode.
I believe Fujitsu-Siemens should team-up with Microsoft to avoid La1703 to become a total fiasco.
Best Regards,
Antonio