and this "http://www.maketecheasier.com/disable-auto-brightness-adjustment-in-windows-8-1/" doesn't help. Any other ideas? Thx Ingolf
PD10 allows Windows to control display gamma in full screen mode. It's likely that gamma settings in your VM were adjusted making it look brighter. You can either disable VM Configuration > Options > Full screen > Allow Windows to set display gamma option (VM needs to be shut down for that change) or reset Windows gamma settings: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/calibrate-your-display.