Greetings,
It's a bug, and the workaround is exactly what you already suggested (and then it will just
work for that session).
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"Senaj Lelic [DE MVP Visio]" <senaj.visio@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> i have the Windows live messanger and a strange problem: i have a builtin cam in my laptop.
> and in the audio and video setup i do see the cam picture. NOw when i start a conversation
> the cam is greyed out and it looks like my messanger doesnt know about my cam.
> Sometimes i switch a few times between the standard cam and the "cam" (always the same
> hardware) and then it works for one time.. but the next time i have the same issue again
> and most of the time i cannot activate the cam at all.
>
> Any ideas about the reason ?
> the cam works just fine in Skype etc..
>
>
> --
> Senaj Lelic
> maguro DataAssist GmbH
> DE MVP Visio
>
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