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    Acer 5610-2328 Aspire Orbicam Problems

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by ZeroLimit17, Mar 29, 2007.

  1. ZeroLimit17

    ZeroLimit17 Newbie

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    yo is there anyway to fix my webcam, whenever i activate it Windows tells me that there was a problem and it needs to close it, or it comes on and the webcam's light is on but no preview of the picture ever comes up. Can someone please tell me wat to do?
     
    ZeroLimit17, Mar 29, 2007
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  2. Zoomastigophora

    Zoomastigophora Notebook Evangelist

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    Try reinstalling the webcam drivers I suppose.
     
    Zoomastigophora, Mar 29, 2007
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    i tried reinstalling the drivers and software, Windows Vista still keeps giving me that error message or the webcam simply wont activate
     
    ZeroLimit17, Mar 29, 2007
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    Zoomastigophora Notebook Evangelist

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    Oooh Vista. I have no experience with that at all. Sorry, I won't be able to help.
     
    Zoomastigophora, Mar 30, 2007
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    did your notebook come with vista? if it was working fine under xp then it's probably a vista issue and you might have to wait for even more updated drivers
     
    jujube, Mar 30, 2007
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    hmm yea that may be the problem, its just it was working at first then it the next day it just stopped working
     
    ZeroLimit17, Mar 30, 2007
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