Skype webcam freeze

Hello everyone,
I am having a problem with skype on my laptop. When in a skype call, my video feed randomly freezes for the person i am calling with, while i can still see myself and the light on my webcam stays on.
If I then disable my webcam by clicking "Turn off video", the button turns grey, but the webcam light still stays on. After this, I can't re-enable my webcam anymore.
Restarting skype shows the message that another program might be using the camera, while Skype is the only installed program that ever will.
Does anyone know why this happens and how to prevent it from happening?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
I have a Lenovo G580 running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with Skype 7.2.
I included the DirectX diagnostics results in the attatchments.
Attachments:
DxDiag.zip ‏6 KB

Anyone got a clue?

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