ISight & Remote not working...

Dear Mac Support Forum,
This is my first post here at the forums although I’ve been browsing them for some time now.
I hit the trifecta of problems so I wasn’t sure where exactly to do this post. Hope you can help.
Latest Updates:
iTunes 7.5
Quick Time 7.3.1
MAC OS X 10.4.11 Update
Issues:
1. I-pod touch is not showing up in iTunes.
2. I-sight is not working (Photo Booth once selected shows the following message “the camera is in use by another application”). No other applications are running.
3. Remote can not open or run Front Row.
• NOTE: all stopped working at the same time after my latest software update so I believe they are related in someway. No 3rd party apps were installed in the mean time.
Tried & unsuccessful solutions:
1. Fully charged the i-pod.
2. Deleted & reinstalled latest version of iTunes.
3. Disconnected & reconnected the i-pod several times using different USB ports to the machine.
4. Restarted the i-pod several times.
5. Restarted the MacBook several times.
6. Reinstalled (Apple Mobile Device Service).
7. Restarted the MacBook in safe mode.
8. Attempted to pair the remote with the MacBook by holding down the Menu and Next/FFWD button.
9. I reset the System Management Controller (SMC) several times.
10. Under System Preference > Security > “Disable remote control infrared receiver" option is unchecked.
11. Deleted & reinstalled the latest version of Quick Time.
12. Tried using the remote with another MacBook & it worked fine.
13. Went to System Preference > Account > Login Item, and uncheck all the applications.
NOTE:
1. Although once connected to another PC the i-pod is immediately recognized by i-tunes.
2. I-pod only charges once connected to the MacBook.
3. The i-pod, IR receiver & i-sight all appear under the USB section of the System Profiler.
4. Front Row can still be run using the keyboard short cuts.
Can you please come up with any suggestion other then the ones tried above to solve these issues.
Thanks for your support.

Welcome to Apple Discussions, hishamonline
Very well done Topic! Thanks for such a good and thorough description.
You have landed in iSight discussions, and I see that you have tried many of the things that users can do to correct iSight problems. It can be very difficult to try to troubleshoot multiple devices simultaneously, so I will first give you my suggestions for your iSight issue. It is possible that something you try for iSight will fix one of your other problems even if it does not fix iSight. To keep the process as simple as possible, whether a given suggestion fixes iSight, one of your other problems, or noting at all, I suggest you continue to concentrate iSight until we get that resolved. Then we will move on to any other remaining issues.
I see that you have done a lot of updating, installing, and uninstalling. You do not say how you accomplished those actions. If you repaired permissions before and after any install, update, or uninstall that require you to input your Administrator Password, and if you used an Apple uninstaller or followed Apple's directions for how to uninstall, the updates/installs/uninstalls should not have caused any problems. If you merely dragged application folders to the trash, you most likely did not uninstall properly. Don't worry about that now, but, for your future consideration, it is generally a bad idea to move, modify, rename, or delete any item outside your User > Documents folder unless you are an experienced OS X user.
Now, onward to get iSight working. If you have not done so since your last software install or update, your first step should be to quit all running applications and then repair permissions. Then try Photo Booth again to see if your iSight works with it now.
If repairing permissions does not help, your next step should be to disconnect everything from your MacBook, restart, and troubleshoot iSight using all suggestions relevant to your system from How to Troubleshoot iSight to determine whether your iSight needs professional service. If, after using the suggestions there, you can make iSight work with any application in any user account you try, you know that your iSight works. Your problem is in some other part of your system.
If your iSight does not work right after trying everything above, post back and tell us:
(1) which, if any, applications work with your iSight
(2) which apps you tried that do not work with your iSight
(3) if EVERY problem is EXACTLY the same in EVERY user account your tried
(4) whether your iPod touch, Photo Booth, and Remote ever worked correctly
(5) if they did, what changed immediately before each problem began, and
(6) if all three problems began at the same time.
We will offer more specific suggestions based on the details in your response.
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz w/Mac OS X (10.4.11) G5 DP 1.8 w/Mac OS X (10.5.1)  External iSight

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