Want to disable internal iSight

Can someone tell me how to disable my internal iSight. I need to use an external camera to take pics of people on other side of computer.

Hi
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23346/isight-disabler-applescript
Tony

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    Ability to change properties of an all user remote access connection. If you enable this Group Policy setting, then affected users can modify the properties of a remote access connection that is shared with the other users on the computer.
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    Prohibit connecting and disconnecting a remote access connection. If you enable this Group Policy setting, then affected users cannot connect by using any remote access connection, or disconnect any that are currently connected.
    Prohibit changing properties of a private remote access connection. If you enable this Group Policy setting, then affected users cannot change the remote access connection properties that are not shared. By default, standard users can modify
    connections that are not shared.
    Prohibit renaming private remote access connections. If you enable this Group Policy setting, then affected users cannot rename remote access
    connections that are not shared. By default, standard users can modify connections that are not shared.
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