Webcam goes black in Skype, but works outside Skyp...

Title says it all. Basically, whenever my current program that I am using is Skype, my webcam is black. It's working and everything, but the screen is just black. When I tab out, or go into settings or tools in Skype, the camera works just fine, and I can see myself. The person I am Skyping cannot see me when I am in Skype either. It's black for them too, but works for them when I am tabbed out. I just need to know what's going on. I am using the integrated webcam in my Dell Precision M3800. Please help me.

@Fxry, are you using the latest 6.21 version of Skype?
http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-w​indows/downloading/
Please,  run the DirectX diagnostics tool (32-bit version).
Go to Windows Start and in the Run box type dxdiag.exe and press the OK button. This will start the DirectX diagnostics program. Run this diagnostics and save the results to a file. Please, attach this file to your post.
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