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    Vaio FZ190 Camera Problem

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by maheshgv, Jun 24, 2007.

  1. maheshgv

    maheshgv Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey fellow Vaio FZ owners. As you can see, I have a problem with my built-in camera.

    I know I know, update the driver from the sony support site. I already did. I downloaded the patch and stuff.

    Well, heres the problem. Occasionally, just occasionally, whenever I try to use the cam, I get the


    "An attempt to initialize the camera failed. Please check if another software is using the camera."

    No other software is using the camera. This is really getting annoying. Is there another patch I am unaware of from Sony or even from Microsoft?

    Again, when I first bought this Vaio FZ, the cam would not even start up. I had to download that patch in order for it to work. Now, it works...but occasionally, like I said, it sometimes brings up that stupid annoying message.

    So I'm pretty sure there is/are some patch out there that stops this annoyance for good.

    Fellow Vaio'ers, help me out.
     
    maheshgv, Jun 24, 2007
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  2. vince22

    vince22 Newbie

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    FZ 190 myself, don't have any problems your'e having, camera and AV mode button has been working great even after upgrading to Vista Ultimate but i'm posting the driver version my system is using...you can try.....


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    vince22, Jun 24, 2007
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  3. jetsamjestar1

    jetsamjestar1 Newbie

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    i have viao FE n have the same problem VAIO GIVES SO MUCH PROBLEM GRRRRR
     
    jetsamjestar1, Jun 27, 2007
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  4. jetsamjestar1

    jetsamjestar1 Newbie

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    i think i wan call sony...got 3yr warranty so no problem XP i just bought my com
     
    jetsamjestar1, Jun 27, 2007
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    alandoh Newbie

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    Have you got the install zip for this version?
     
    alandoh, Jun 28, 2007
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  6. maheshgv

    maheshgv Notebook Enthusiast

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    Found this link.
    HTML: 
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=132119
    This seems to be working on mine. Its a pain but atleast there's a workarround :rolleyes:
     
    maheshgv, Jul 5, 2007
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