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    Webcam problem Dv9000z vista ultimate

    Discussion in 'HP' started by lien, Jun 23, 2007.

  1. lien

    lien Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a problem with my webcam, at first it worked but the next time I used in windows messenger it did not work anymore. It said the webcam was not connected. So I real installed the drivers and rebooted and the webcam worked. But now it stop working again. Does anyone know how to fix this and are there good working drivers for the webcam in vista 64-bit? and where to find on the site from HP there are no drivers for the webcam

    Thanks for the help
     
    lien, Jun 23, 2007
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  2. Zcott

    Zcott Notebook Consultant

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    On my DV6000, if I sleep/shut down/restart the computer, the webcam stops working. It means I gotta install the drivers everytime I need to use it, which is a major pain!

    Hopefully HP are working on a new driver asap.
     
    Zcott, Jun 23, 2007
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  3. Johnnyc256

    Johnnyc256 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The problem is caused by Windows messenger. That program causes all other webcam programs to malfunction saying the webcam isn't connected until the computer is rebooted. The problem doesn't alway occur when using windows messenger. If you disable windows messenger from starting up with Vista and use a different program such as Yahoo messenger, then your webcam will always function. as long as windows messenger isn't running or has run since you booted up your computer.

    I can't believe HP hasn't notified Microsoft about this problem and fixed this problem yet. Windows Live Messenger has better video than Yahoo messenger.
     
    Johnnyc256, Jun 23, 2007
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  4. Zcott

    Zcott Notebook Consultant

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    I don't think it's right to blame Messenger for it: I don't have Messenger set to run on startup so it's nothing to do with that. I think it's just a bad driver.
     
    Zcott, Jun 24, 2007
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    ira wheaton Newbie

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    I have a new HP9000 laptop with Vista.Sometimes my webcam will work and other times it will not.The problem occours regardless of any program i am running.To get it to work i have to shutdown and restart a number of times to get it to work again.I have followed all the instructions from HP help and still the problem exist.I wish someone could tell me how to fix it.
     
    ira wheaton, Aug 16, 2007
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  6. DylanBennett

    DylanBennett Notebook Guru

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    Try this fix I used:

    http://forums.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=149463

    Maybe it will work for you.
     
    DylanBennett, Aug 16, 2007
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