How do I figure out why webcam stopped working

How can i figure out why webcam stopped working. Sometimes rebooting helped but now it does not go on when software comes up

Hi,
Please use this to fix
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02452221&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3761191
Links for XP & Vista are in there too.
Good luck.
BH
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