webcam

Dear Dal, I run Windows Vista on a new Toshiba Satellite 200 laptop. When I try to make a video skype call I get the following error message; "Skype cannot access your webcam". Are you able to provide some suggestion as to how I remedy this problem?

Thanks in advance, Terry

Are there any programs running in the background using it? Try and find AMCAP on your PC. If you find it, open it. It will show your webcam image. If it works, you know that the webcam itself is working. Then, close it. Try Skype again, if it doesn't work, back up AMPCAP to disc or something, and delete it. It's only an EXE file and doesnt appear to have any system files.
If it still doesn't work you may or may not wish to put the file back. I had problems with cam until I deleted it. I reinstalled it from CNET and my webcam was fine after that for msn and skype.

Hope this helps

-Paul

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