ISight in Boot Camp - Unusable?

Hello, I bought a new white MacBook (May/2009) and I'm trying to use the iSight camera in Windows XP. I installed all the Boot Camp drivers, and although the camera is detected and installed, it's barely usable, refreshing the image every 10 seconds or so.
The camera works perfectly on OSX, the problem is only happening on Windows. If I open it via "Apple Built-in iSight" under Windows Explorer, I can see that it works for about one second (with normal refresh rate) then it freezes and starts updating every 10 seconds. If I try to use it as a capture device in Windows Movie Maker, it just crashes the app.
Any toughts on that? Is it the "expected" behavior on Windows?

Bob, you got me thinking....I ASSumed that by keeping the USB drive connected while installing win7 that it would install the appropriate drivers etc. Initially they did, as my screen, mouse, keyboard all worked fine.
When I was searching thru the flash drive for appropriate drivers etc. I noticed "setup.exe. I ran it and it went thru the process and essentially solved the problem.
My comment to readers is to be sure that when in the windows control panel to make sure that BootCamp is listed there, as this was my clue that the installation did not go completely right.
All is OK now, with iSight, trackpad, nVidia control panel, Bluetooth all in operating condition.

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Welcome to Apple discussions, DualOSuser
I no longer use YM in any OS, so I have no problems with it.
If your only problem is with Yahoo video, have you checked a Yahoo Help search like this one? Yahoo should be able to give you the best help either to tell you how to make their software work with your system or to tell you the limitations of their software.
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Taken from Boot Camp setup guide PDF, Page 16.
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last update wrote:
I just installed window vista on my mac, everything work perfect but the the cam, i got a MacBook pro and my boot camp is 2.0 ...
forgot to mention, I only need my cam to use with MSN messenger nothing else,
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I don't use Windows®, but the results of this search of the iSight Forum may help you:
http://tinyurl.com/2wg96fg
If you need more, try the results for this search of the Boot Camp Forum:
http://tinyurl.com/3amftuj
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I do not run Windows®, so I do not have a specific suggestion for you. If you do not get the answer you need here, consider the following:
• You may find your answers at http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
• User satcomer claims external iSight works with Windows®7 Professional 64bit here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=13135622&#13135622
• This search may help you: http://tinyurl.com/5v6s2tt
• Search or post here: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1244
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frankiko wrote:
Thank you for your quick response.
You're welcome, frankiko
Is it true that in your opinion it should work?
No.
I will try your suggestions ... send back the LED cinema display... it seems to be working with MacOS.
Your new information is helpful. Because your system, including iSight, consistently work properly when running Mac OS X, your LED cinema display, iSight, Mac, and Mac OS X, are obviously working properly.
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