Skype video icon disappeared

last night after a Windows automatic upgrade, I noticed my video icon disappeared this morning. Msg says Skype cannot detect webcam. I have the latest version 6.16.0.105 on my desktop. Using Vista. Should I revert to an older Skype version or uninstall the windows upgrades? Thanks
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Riverdance wrote:
Thank you Ruwin - version 6.14.0.104 seems to work!!
Regards from Belgium
Hello again,
Skype version 6.14.0.104 still working fine but I now keep getting a daily invitation to upgrade to the latest version. Decided to go for it today after saying "not now" for the past week or so. Well.... version 6.18 fails to install after several attempts. Keep getting "fatal error - code 1603" ??? Any idea why this is? Am still using desktop pc, Vista Home Edition, and Firefox. Thanks for any help. Till then will stick to version 6.14
Regards to all

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