alright, well i've got a spanish Acer Aspire 5600 laptop with a built-in Orbicam. 98% of the times i try to use the webcam (just by opening the program or through AIM, MSN, ect) i get a message saying "la c?mara est? en uso en otra aplicaci?n." meaning "the camera is in use in another program." unfortunately for me, no other programs are running. and the times when it works and get this message seem to be completely random. anyone have any suggestions?

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Alright, well i've got a spanish Acer Aspire 5600 laptop with a built-in Orbicam. 98% of the times i try to use the webcam (just by opening the program or through AIM, MSN, ect) i get a message saying "la cámara está en uso en otra aplicación." meaning "the camera is in use in another program." unfortunately for me, no other programs are running. and the times when it works and get this message seem to be completely random.
anyone have any suggestions?

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Hello!

The is problem on the application program that let the cam errors, please ;

try scan your system with a potent antivirus and then unistall the cam driver and reinstall it again.

if the problem persist, i would recommend you to reinstall the windows operating and install all the necessaru drivers.

may this help.

best regards, melnavz

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