deathly figure appears on webcam screen

[Guest]

after accepting invitation to view webcam on msn messenger from another
online contact my cam picture comes on ok but after a few seconds the other
persons webcam screen appears and has a has a horrible deathly/scary like
face moving sideways across the small screen and after a few seconds the
other persons computer shuts down completely and switches off prior to that
messenger worked ok with no webcams on my comp has XP professional on it the
other persons has XP HOME EDITION

will this eventualy harm there computer and how can it be removed or stopped

 

[Gio]

after accepting invitation to view webcam on msn messenger from another
online contact my cam picture comes on ok but after a few seconds the
other
persons webcam screen appears and has a has a horrible deathly/scary
like
face moving sideways across the small screen and after a few seconds
the
other persons computer shuts down completely and switches off prior to
that
messenger worked ok with no webcams on my comp has XP professional on it
the
other persons has XP HOME EDITION

will this eventualy harm there computer and how can it be removed or
stopped

It would be nice to see a screenshot of that "death-face" ;o)
Sometimes Messenger f.u.b.a.r.´s in the video-codecs - either because of
too bad quality/bandwidth one or the other way. By seeing a screenshot of
the actual problem, we might be able to distinguish between Poltergeists
and other, more earthly, problems.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Never heard of Messenger having any supernatural entities living within it.. but I'm open to
new things

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Associate Expert
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[Gio]

Never heard of Messenger having any supernatural entities living within
it.. but I'm open to new things

It´s software! You´ll never know....

 

[Guest]

thanks for all comments so far,the comp is still going off when a webcam is
acepted by it i have had them go to task manager and look what performance
meter says and the CPU is running at 100% the top of scale but mine has same
reading for a short period then drops.
the cam has been tried with another contacts today and the same problem
happens the comp closes down completely then re- boots on its own .

NOW YOU ARENT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS i have since seen the figure(deathly
face) on my comp today it is a advert for a terrifiying film called HARD
CANDY thats about to come out (from www.hardcandymovie.co.uk) how it kept
appearing in the other person webcam window is anyones guess so thats answers
that part ,

so still open to suggestions why comp closes down.

Thanks Dave B

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Agreed.

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
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[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Dave,

Actually now that I've thought about this more, Messenger does make you look at an
advertisement for a few seconds before your actual webcam conversation starts, since what
you're describing is for a movie, this may be what you're referring to.

As for the computer shutting down part, that usually sounds like a problem with their webcam
drivers. They might want to head over the webcam manufacturers website and see if there are
any updated ones.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.