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    Is it normal for the little white light next to the webcam to be flashing every 10 seconds?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Ryu Hadoken, Aug 10, 2009.

  1. Ryu Hadoken

    Ryu Hadoken Notebook Consultant

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    I have the xps16 and the little white light flashes for a brief moment every ten seconds or so. It is very distracting. Is that normal? Is there a way to make it stop doing that? I would really appreciate it.
     
    Ryu Hadoken, Aug 10, 2009
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    i think i may have fixed it,,, i think it had something to do with the facial recognition. I opened up dell webccam central and when I just it, it said something about face recognition and the blinking stopped.
     
    Ryu Hadoken, Aug 10, 2009
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    There's a white light on the webcam for the XPS 16 when it's in use? I wish my XPS 13 had that...I never know if the webcam is on or not.
     
    nobb, Aug 10, 2009
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    The SXPS 13 has the white light when the webcam is on too.
     
    DemonicHawk, Aug 10, 2009
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    has to do with fast access login, usually when the facial recognition is bypassed with a password before the camera gets a chance to power on. sometimes it even results in loads of photos being taken and posted in the fast access logs folder. dont worry, no one is spying on you, but the blinking can be easily corrected by hitting start key + L, then logging back in.
     
    metroline, Aug 10, 2009
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    Does anyone else get colored bars in the facial recognition box when you first turn on the laptop for about 10 seconds? It kinda makes the feature useless if you have to wait for the picture to show up.
     
    crcowboyfan, Aug 11, 2009
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  7. Ryu Hadoken

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    Kudos metroline. Thanks buddy
     
    Ryu Hadoken, Aug 11, 2009
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    try updating the fast access to the newest version, they improved the on boot load time. mine is currently version 2.4.7
     
    metroline, Aug 11, 2009
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    cool, where can if find the update?
     
    Ryu Hadoken, Aug 11, 2009
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    load fast access -> advanced tab -> click the link 'check for update'
     
    metroline, Aug 31, 2009
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    thanks mate
     
    Ryu Hadoken, Sep 1, 2009
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