Low screen brightness on Satellite Pro A200 psae1 with XP

I installed XP Pro with sp2 on this laptop and now when i power up the screen is really dull, so i have to put it into stand by and then turn on again and then the screen is fine. What could cause such a problem? All drivers are latest release. Please help as i have rolled out 30 laptops to our users and all are giving out to me!!!!

I wonder if you have tried to set the display brightness to the higher level by using the FN+F7 key combination.
The FN+F6 or FN+F7 combination decreases or increases the display brightness
Usually the installed Toshiba power saver controls the different power modes and the display brightness to save the battery power.
I would recommend checking this button functionality

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