Please Help! Can't restore VF0380 operation after many recovery attempts

My model VF0380 webcam has been operating effectively for over 5 years. Until two months ago it had been operating on my current computer (HP Pavilion running Windows 8.1). The webcam still functions on another PC (running Vista). When plugged into any USB port on my computer, Driver Manager identifies VF0380 under 'Other devices' with a yellow exclamation point (code 1) - actually there are two identical VF0380 device items. Any attempt to update the driver fails - it reports that a driver can be found but 'errors when attempting to install it'. I've made many attempts to reinstall the current version of the software (LCOR_0380_PCDRV_LA_1_03_03) - using the exact downloaded file that installed and operated this webcam previously (and I used a new copy). After initial failures, I uninstalled (and deleted) everything in the file system about Creative software or the webcam. During installation, after extracting the files, setup reports 'An error occurred while setting up the driver' (setup exits after clicking 'ok'). I've compared the driver files under system32 on my PC with the same files on the (Vista) computer where the cam still operates - driver files in system32 have the same names (some have different sizes and dates). There are no system restores back to the period when the cam was operating. There is nothing unusual about my computer - there are no viruses. I can only imagine that a file is missing, the registry is corrupted, or there is a dll conflict - but I stumped. Please help!

After more hours of investigation, I discovered how to restore my webcam operation. The DeviceInstall service had Stopped (I don't know why) - it was Stopped even after reboot. After setting the service to Running, a device was installed. I reset the Sevice's default state by using RestoreDeviceInstallServiceWindows8.bat that I found online. I found the dead installer because I was (subsequent to my webcam hassles) failing to install another device (an iPhone service) - so I looked at Services via the Task Manager for anything suspicious. Learning how to install iTunes through the back door (see link) led to a lot of other learning I hadn't planned to do. But, it helped me to discover how to restore my webcam (which I did through WinSxS - I was never able to get the LCOR 1.3.3 install to work since the original install.

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