Camera with windows 10 is not working

Thomas_Holding

I get this error message.
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the camera.
Changing the driver.
Updating windows
Rolling back windows updates.
All are the same - I have looked for ages on google - any ideas?



Thanks a lot in advance

Were_Doomed

Is this a webcam integrated into a laptop? If not, can you try it on another PC? (The camera itself may be faulty).

HereToday

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/595415/my-webcam-is-not-working

Neil_Jones

Check you've enabled access to the camera in Privacy Settings -> App Permissions (these also apply to non-app "normal" programs, never mind what the label says)

Thomas_Holding

Thank you all.  It is an integrated web cam and an external one does work.
@HereToday I tried all of those
@Neil_Jones I tried that and it didn't work either.
Fortunately I only bought this in April so will go back to Argos.
 
 

forgotmyname

Several places to enable the camera. Windows 10 is a mess of old and new.   How many options do you need to access one page

and how many pages do you need to change to enable one setting?

My likes to restore Edge as the main browser, probably every minor update even though its set to Firefox.  And the other day it

blocked access to my NAS completely.

returnofghandi

Thomas_Holding said:

Thank you all.  It is an integrated web cam and an external one does work.
@HereToday I tried all of those
@Neil_Jones I tried that and it didn't work either.
Fortunately I only bought this in April so will go back to Argos.
 
 

Is it a laptop?  If it is, boot into the BIOS and check the webcam is enabled.  Here is an example BIOS showing webcam access.  HTH

smilin

Some antivirus product disable the camera also. I had one in last week which was caused by this. Also look for a function key on the keyboard to enable/disable the webcam.

Thomas_Holding

Thank you all, system restore fixed it - a real pain but at least it works now.