Can't Use iSight on MacBook Pro

I am trying to video chat in iChat but I am being told that it is in use by another application. I restart my Mac and made sure nothing else is using it, but I still get that message. How do I release it?

Hello Mikey,
I've heard a number of different reasons/solutions for this, though none that seem to work in all cases.
-Have you booted into safemode?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107393
If not, try safebooting, then rebooting normally and see if there is any progress.
-Is this problem isolated to iChat? What about other iSight programs like photobooth?
-Have you ever successfully used the iSight before?

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