Built-in iSight on iMac

Hi, I just bought a new 20" Intel iMac. I did some tests with the iSight camera and everything was perfect. The next day I tried to work with the camera I got the message: "Photo Booth cannot open because no camera is attached or the camera is in use by another application - Make sure your digital video camera is properly attached and turned on. If you are using the camera with another application, close that application before trying to open Photo Booth again."
I have not started any other application and since my camera is built-in I can't figure out how it got disconnected...
How can I make sure I have no other applications using the camera or even better how to find out if it's "connected" properly?
Thanks a lot for your support!
Pablo

As I have been posting all over this discussion board, there is NO SOLUTION to this problem. People everywhere are having trouble with their iSight cameras and there is no permanent fix to their loss of function. In fact, I posted a topic on this very issue--discussing the fact that there seems to be no solution to people's iSight problems, and it has now been largely ignored. It's obvious here on this post that people are having problems and need solutions.. but there is like only one person here on this board who really tries to provide help on this issue but he really doesn't have the answer. I am frustrated and I want my iSight to work again.. but I guess it has a limited lifetime (in my case) of 3 days. Your iSight is basically broken until somebody from Apple decides to figure out why their product is defective.

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