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USB web cam suddenly doesn't work (was: installation cd)
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 11:49 pm
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Posted by gewg_ (3940 messages posted)


It's obvious that you made an effort, but here's how your post looks:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1250748341

The first 2 paragraphs here are worth reading:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1217046552


Adele wrote:
|usb web camera was working for about 3 mths. 
|Uploaded new Firefox and [then?] cam has not been [working] since.
|
I think the correlation is just a coincidence.
...and I don't think "uploading" means what you think it does:
http://google.com/search?q=define:upload

When you have a problem with a *device*, you should look in Device Manager.
A yellow mark indicates a problem.
(...and sometimes a device driver is broken and Windoze doesn't flag it.)
The first step is to Remove the old driver (using Device Manager)
and restart the computer.

|I have the installation cd but when I put it in the drive nothing happens.
|Thought I would try to re install it again... that might help.  
|
You have to be more careful when you say "it".
Do you mean the camera?

It sounds like you might be talking about reinstalling Windoze.
That is unlikely to help.  Windoze doesn't include USB drivers in its default install.

Do be specific.

|Does not have instructions on how to install it.
|Nothing happens when I put it in the drive.
|
Ah.  A Windoze user expecting everything to magically just work.  8-)

Surely you know how to navigate about in your file manager (Windows Explorer).
Find the CD-ROM drive there--probably D: or E:
What files/folders do you see there?
Make sure that file extensions are displayed--not the stupid M$ default.
Examples of file extensions:  .exe  .inf   .txt




Written in response to:
RE: installation cd (Adele: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 11:05 pm)

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All messages in this thread [show all]
-RE: installation cd (Adele: Wed, Aug 19, 2009, 11:05 pm)
*USB web cam suddenly doesn't work (was: installation cd) (gewg_: Wed, Aug 19, 2009, 11:49 pm)
*re: RE: installation cd (Ed: Thu, Aug 20, 2009, 9:31 am)
-re: RE: installation cd (C K: Sun, Aug 23, 2009, 4:08 pm)
-FireFox and Windows 98 (was: installation cd) (Ed: Wed, Aug 26, 2009, 8:42 pm)
-re: FireFox and Windows 98 (was: installation cd) (gewg_: Thu, Aug 27, 2009, 10:08 am)
-re: FireFox and Windows 98 (was: installation cd) (gewg_: Thu, Aug 27, 2009, 10:17 am)
-re: FireFox and Windows 98 (was: installation cd) (Ed: Thu, Aug 27, 2009, 1:45 pm)
*re: FireFox and Windows 98 (gewg_: Thu, Aug 27, 2009, 2:52 pm)
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