S205 - Camera image is VERY red!

I started using the built-in camera on my S205 with Skype this week (the first use ever, with any application), and the color is very, very red.
So far, the only color adjustments I have located have been via the Cyberlink YouCam app (ver. 3.1.3623 - Standard), by selecting the icon for "Video Enhancement" and then selecting the "Advanced" radio button. This gives me access to 6 sliders, Brightness, Contrast, Gamma, Hue, Saturation and Sharpness, all of which are set to 50 by default.
I have reset Brightness to 45; Contrast to 81; Gamma to 20; Saturation to 10; and Sharpness to 100.
But the one I really need to adjust is Hue, and moving that slider does absolutely nothing. 0 is no different from 100.
My sense is that this is a busted driver. Is a more recent version available?
FYI, the current driver is from Vimicro, dated 9/21/2010, ver. 1.10.921.1. Here is a link to the Vimicro download page: http://www.vimicro.com/english/product/pc003.htm All of the files have dates older than the driver that is installed.
Anyone know how to fix this, or have a source for a more recent driver?

have you tried the drivers from lenovo support page?
http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/uk/en/DriversDownloads/drivers_list.aspx?CategoryID=228051

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