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Patric1 · 09-05-2010, 13:58

Hi, can anyone help- I had a toshiba laptop then got a plug and play webcam. I plugged the cam in and a window appeared on my desktop and we could see whatever the cam was pointing at i.e. us, the wall or our curtains etc. we used this to watch the hedgehogs in the garden at night.
To see this window all we did was click on the cam desktop shortcut icon and the window appeared.
We now have a new laptop and there is no window. We can't find anywhere the camera is working on the computer even though it says the cam is working properly - it does work well on skype so we know there is no problem.
Does anyone know how to reproduce this window?

09-05-2010, 13:58	#1
Patric1 Inactive Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 5	using webcam as a video Hi, can anyone help- I had a toshiba laptop then got a plug and play webcam. I plugged the cam in and a window appeared on my desktop and we could see whatever the cam was pointing at i.e. us, the wall or our curtains etc. we used this to watch the hedgehogs in the garden at night. To see this window all we did was click on the cam desktop shortcut icon and the window appeared. We now have a new laptop and there is no window. We can't find anywhere the camera is working on the computer even though it says the cam is working properly - it does work well on skype so we know there is no problem. Does anyone know how to reproduce this window?