I have a dead pixel right in the middle of my screen. Can anything be done about this?

Hi Catty

All you can do is Turn the Color down a shade As for rejects on Dead pixels, it has to be a rash before the maker will accept its a Dud ,Individually I think is about 20 dead pixels Plus before the Return for replacement Rule is applicable. Not sure may vary between makers?
I have several of these And the chances of getting a 100% perfect screen are Pretty slim
It is something Nearly everybody with a LCD monitor has to put up with this issue.
Sorry

That's what I was afraid of, bedstor. I have never had a dead pixel before. It's annoying, but tolerable. Thanks for answering.

Well, what do you know. It's gone. I just noticed that right now. The Lord works in mysterious ways, indeed.

Weird
Catty
Have you a screensaver running of any description ?
If the answer is yes then Lessen the timings. Open Display Properties in the Control Panel

Click the Screensaver Tab then reduce the time in the "wait" box underneath to 5 minutes
and..leave the adjacent "password" box unticked unless you have to go away, and have to keep the display from prying eyes

And as regards screensavers you'll find that you will pick up a small selection with certain programs The Seti /Boinc group are the best known
I have 2 from here and there are perhaps 2 dozen more
My other 3rd party savers are AOL Pictures with a solitary saved Photo
And Avast! antivirus which is a starfield effect...runs a scan while its Idling

On my other computer I have Google Picasa whose screensaver can be configured several different ways...Shows all the archived images on the computer


And for the "What's the purpose of a screen saver?" crowd

It stops the monitor burning an image in the screen Won't happen overnight, but over time a monitor tube can be ruined and the only remedy is a New monitor ...which are expensive Laptops? looking at a new machine!!
Tip from me turn the Monitor Color Temp.down a touch /Contrast too and That lessens the screenburn chances

Never Run a Monitor at Max Contrast tube life is reduced....And if the Only picture you can see is with the contrast "maxed: or near Maxed out then Buy a new monitor...same advice applies to TVs

Is a good check to do if you ever going to buy a 2nd hand Monitor or TV ...Walk away if the setting looks on the high side

Wow, what a lot of great information that is, bedstor dear. I will instantly follow your instructions. Thanks a bunch.

It may just be a "stuck" pixel, which can sometimes be fixed.

See: http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Stuck-Pixel-on-an-LCD-Monitor