Pavilion dv2911 Web cam

How/where do you turn on the web cam for the Pavilion dv2911?. We're using IE and Vista. We've had this lap top since 2008 and still haven't figured it out. It has come on sporadically a couple times, but we don't have a clue how it happened. Thank you.
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in theory by default the webcam should be off by default and only activate when you use applicable software to use the webcam like skype or youcam. Try loading those programs to see if you can use the webcam, if you cannot then it could be a driver or hardware issue
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