for those of you that are not using xandroid and their awesome app that automatically disables the windows autobacklight feature before booting into android, here is an app that you can use single press of a button instead of going through 5steps/submenus to get to the actual setting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687076
the reason i dont post cabs or more info is because if i where the author i would want more traffic on my threads and thanks rather than just people thanking "someguy from somewhere" or a "i cant rememeber". they do all the hard work and deserve better recognition.