Re: XP home and PC cam?????

I had a similar situation and couldn't figure out how I was making this
process so complicated. Turns out the camera was bad. The new one worked
right out of the box.
"Peter" <peterf41@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:uLEs1OdPDHA.3020@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Try ALL these things.. First, go into Device Manager in Control Panel and
if
> there is a yellow question mark next to that particular device, right
click
> on it and try to update the driver.. (assume you are using XP?)..
> The delete the device from the system, reboot and allow XP to re-detect
> the device hooked to the USB port..
> try these things one at a time...... You will probably have to install
some
> of the software that came with the camera, usually XP has most other
> compatible drivers for stuff, but in the case of the camera, maybe not..
> Final thought; have you checked to see what kind of USB situation you
> have? Is it USB2 or 1.. The camera will undoubtedly work on either 1 or 2
> but it would help to know if you have an 'enhanced USB control device' in
> there anyway for the future stuff you may want. Good luck...
> "y2kentori" <y2kentori@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:051c01c33dc3$e70f4300$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> > I recently bought a usb pc camera and tryed to use it.
> > The only thng that happened was that it detected it and
> > then it said it was an unknown device, even though i
> > installed it like it was told. Any help?????
> >
> > I have a Biostar M7VIG Pro motherboard w\ AMD Duron
> > 1.3Ghz processor.
>
>