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Hi,the webcam works fine with other apps,but when I try to us it with skype,it tells me that the cam is being used by another app,but it is not.

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You may have programs like MSN messenger running from startup, this may be whats using the webcam when you dont realise it.
Stop all unneeded programs from loading at bootup.
You can use CCleaner/startup to do this or msconfig in windows (run/msconfig/startup folder)

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