Haunting Green Light

Every once and a while, more so lately, when I turn my Mac on my green light comes on my built in iSight. It's annoying first off, but also then if I want to use Photobooth I get a green screen instead of the preview screen.
If I restart most of the time it will go away. But that's a pain when I've got 40 different things going on and I have to restart just to take a picture.
Help!

Hello skyy8629
Turning on briefly at startup is not unusual. Staying on when no apps are running is.
Consider the suggestions in this thread about the green light problem by another user:
   http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1446700
Additionally, with "40 different things going on", it is possible that one of your many open apps is causing your green screen problem. Reducing the number of connected peripherals and open applications to a manageable number may help if you are experiencing conflicts.
You should also verify that you do NOT have any running applications, Login Items, or widgets that can use your iSight. (It is easy to forget widgets like Mirror in your Dashboard.)
As explained in Apple's iSight "Your camera is in use by another application" message, iSight can be used by one application at a time.
If your problem persists and you need to post back for more help, we will try to offer more specific questions based on the details in your reply.
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz w/Mac OS X (10.4.11) G5 DP 1.8 w/Mac OS X (10.5.2)  External iSight

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