Good evening!

Using Windows Media Player 10.

Whenever I view video files on my computer, I always find the display much too dark for my taste. Following instructions, I go to Visual Settings under Improvements to change visuals such as Brightness and Contrast, but none of them work! Whenever I try to move the sliders up or down, they just pop RIGHT back to the default value as soon as I release the mouse button.

What's wrong, and how can I possibly fix it? If this option is out of the question, is there some other way to make your video files display at a hightened brightness and/or contrast? Any other program in which settings like these work?

Thank you in advance.

Best regards,
KindoYour terminology is not correct.  The menu title, under View, is Enhancements, Video Settings.  

I get the same result you do; I can not change those settings.   Until you find the solution, an interim solution is to just use the adjustments on your monitor for brightness and contrast.  

Edit: I posted this question on a newsgroup.  Will let you know whether someone provides a solution.OK, I did get a response from the message I posted in the newsgroup named microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player.  Here's the response:

"I'm not clear why, but they only appear to be availble for certain
types of video - and WMV video isn't one of them. The LOCKING of
settings is independent of the video performance settings.

I can adjust these settings when playing a DV / AVI or MPEG video -
but not when there's nothing in the now playing area.

I'd agree that rather like a graphic EQ, those settings should remain
locked until the user wishes to reset them. Though of course then we'd
have a flood of posts "video too dark" in this group, from people who
forgot they adjusted the settings."

Ah, okay. Well, I can't adjust my monitor settings any further. It's all maxed out, and it's still too dark. Oh well... Thank you for finding an answer. So we know that certain video files cannot have their brightness ALTERED in WMP, but is there any other way to make videos appear brighter? Keep in mind that I've ALREADY bumped up my monitor settings to the max. What about some kind of stand-alone program to further enhance the brightness/contrast of one's monitor?