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Chicony Web Cam Driver problem
Laptop: Toshiba Satellite A305-S6905
OS: Originally Vista, now Win7 32-bit (however, I'm getting those annoying popups that my copy isn't "genuine" even though it was upgraded via CD.)
Anyway,
I've gotten many codes with this. Most notably, Code 19 and now Code 10 (Device cannot start). If I try to open Camera Software Assistance, it tells me the "webcam is either disabled or failed. Please check webcam settings". I've uninstalled, reinstalled countless times. I've run CCleaner to clean up the registry and reinstalled that way too. I've gone to the Toshiba website and downloaded the Chicony software etc that way. My webcam worked perfectly when I had Windows Vista, the second I upgraded, it suddenly doesn't function anymore.
I was going to downgrade back to Vista, but I cannot find the CD for the life of me. So that option is out. It keeps telling me that a "necessary entry" is missing. I've updated the driver but it keeps saying that the driver has the latest update installed. The closest I've gotten to have it work was scroll to the side and have the Camera Software Assistance toolbar come out and get the error: "Please turn on camera"....to which no matter what I did, the bloody thing wouldn't turn on. The only way I was able to get that far was through a System Restore. I'm at my last straw...any help would be greatly appreciated.
Oh yeah, my hard drive works perfectly, I've had my laptop checked out to be sure, but yeah the webcam just refuses to work...