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LeeCC

Flightless Bird
Hello! Friends:

I have a built-in web camera in my note book (Win XP Pro). When I clicked on
the USB Camera Drive from MY COMPUTER/SCANNERS & CAMERA, it gave an error
message: "video preview not available and my be used by other applications".

Anyone has a solution to this? Many thanks.


Lee CC
 
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Shenan Stanley

Flightless Bird
LeeCC wrote:
> I have a built-in web camera in my note book (Win XP Pro). When I
> clicked on the USB Camera Drive from MY COMPUTER/SCANNERS & CAMERA,
> it gave an error message: "video preview not available and my be
> used by other applications".
>
> Anyone has a solution to this? Many thanks.


Uninstall the camera drivers/software.
Reboot.
Install the camer drivers/software.
Update it as needed.
Make sure you only have one thing accessing it at a time (Instant Messenger,
Skype, etc.)

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
 
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LeeCC

Flightless Bird
Thanks for the response.

Have tried (UNSTALL/REBOOT/INSTALL), but it doesn't work. No other
applications are in used.


Lee CC
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"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> LeeCC wrote:
> > I have a built-in web camera in my note book (Win XP Pro). When I
> > clicked on the USB Camera Drive from MY COMPUTER/SCANNERS & CAMERA,
> > it gave an error message: "video preview not available and my be
> > used by other applications".
> >
> > Anyone has a solution to this? Many thanks.

>
> Uninstall the camera drivers/software.
> Reboot.
> Install the camer drivers/software.
> Update it as needed.
> Make sure you only have one thing accessing it at a time (Instant Messenger,
> Skype, etc.)
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
> .
>
 
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