Webcam Notebook
Help needed as Creative's support isn't enough. Running Windows XP Sp2 on a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo M7400. Installed the software according to instructions. Installation hangs at 5% and after re-started again at 6%. Boring stuff. After prompted to connect the camera the system detects the camera as a "Creative WebCam Notebook" but says there was a problem with the hardware installation: "Cannot Install this Hardware" - "Creative " - "An error occurred during the installation of this device" .
Downloaded another driver from Creative's download pages, but didn't help. Updated BIOS and all system and hardware drivers. Still the same error message. Uninstalled, installed, followed all suggestions by Creative Support but... "back to square one".
Is there anyone with the solution or should I throw the camera to the rubbish
Hi Agnes,
Thanks a lot for your reply, questions and suggestions. I solved the problem by simply clean installing the Operative system. Apparently the problem was with the OS and not with the camera. I will keep it and won't throw it to the rubbish.
Acesnof
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MODEL:
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PRODUCT NAME:
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PRODUCT HOMEPAGE:
http://www.creative.com/products/pro...53&product=629
I brought it at the days of 2004 when the mic was yet not included in the package case.
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What is the physical hardware capability (not software interpolated) of the PD70 web camera to capture still images?the Device Manager error message reads:
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Salve a tutti. Ho comprato una webcam notebook, ho installato i programmi necessari, ma quando vado ad aprirli, il led luminoso della cam si spegne e non posso visualizzare nessuna immagine. E' come se la webcam smettesse di funzionare. Qualcuno mi venga in aiuto vi prego! Come posso risolvere questo problema? La stessa cosa mi capita con MSN Messenger. Appena voglio regolare le impostazioni della cam, la luce si spegne. Ringrazio in anticipo tutti coloro che mi saranno d'aiuto.
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I have it installed in this computer, but I'm trying to install it on my dad's because the skype program works on his laptop. Installing it hasn't really worked, but I was able to find the driver file in my system32 folder. would it work if I just copied that onto a disk and then just paste it in the same place on his computer?
Message Edited by acolunga on 0-27-2008 08:28 PM
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when a 'driver' is installed it can sometimes be only one file in the system32 folder. other times it can be changes to the registry and other files in different folders.. but after opening an exe for a driver downloaded from this site it looks like it copies a lot of files. dll's and such - so you're better of downloading the driver for the camera from creative's download section.
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