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My webcam has stopped working

By noor_ennayef on Sep 13, 2008

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my webcam has stopped stopped working suddenlly please tell me how to find it again or how to fix it

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Solution #1

posted on Feb 03, 2009

yooperbud

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Normal 0 Probably has corrupt driver.
Try disconnecting the Camera from the USB port and reinstall the CD or Downloaded software program. When the program asks you to connect the camera to the USB port, do so and it should work.
Hope this helps. Bud

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