Vista - Webcam not connected error

I have a Philips SPC520NC Webcam and although i see it on audio/video setup
when I try to use it or I go to webcam setup, I get the message that it is
not connected or is used by another program. The webcam works fine with skype
and I see myself in audio/video setup of windows live messenger. I already
tried to unistall it and install it again, but it didn't work.
I have windows xp and the latest version of windows live messenger (8.1).
Any ideas?

Greetings,

Generally is usually a driver problem. Phillips cameras have been noted for this problem
before. I'm not really sure if this will help, but it may worth upgrading to the latest
version of Messenger (8.5) to see if this problem may be corrected:
http://get.live.com/WL/all

Just to explain what you're seeing though; what you see in the Setup wizard is separate from
Messenger's actual video functionality. The real Messenger video functionality is tested in
the "Webcam settings" dialog where it indicates it doesn't work.

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"fanouli" <fanouli@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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i'm having about the same problem. but when i try to video call a friend,
he/she can see me... and i can see myself. but i can't see them. WLM still
says "waiting for contact", i suspect it has something to do with my
connection speed. then again, it might not be because my friend is receiving
my video live... so it's probably just my WLM not being able to display the
other person's video. why?

i'm using WLM 8.5 on Win XP