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"Removing Hardware from Win XP"

I recently got a new webcam and now whenever i want to use it over messenger, it doesnt work. The old camera seems to be still setup in messenger as the defualt one. I can change it evrytime i open messenger with the audio tuning wizard, but its getting annoying now.

Any ideas how i can remove the old camera settings/drivers for good?

Cheers :)

tried M$'s Registery cleaner then? Its freeware available from the M$ site that checks for dead or old links.

Tried removing it through regedit last night. Now it still comes up but the name of the camera just comes up as blank..!

lol WINDOWS...... caps it off really :D

§n][pe® wrote:
> lol weird.......... if ur talking about software thats different to
> hardware...... software u just go to uninstall programs and it'll do
> it, hardware the old one SHOULD normally be taken over by the new one
> or be removed when u remove the software.....

The software (Messenger) is set up to use the old camera. As far as the PC is aware, the old camera is still installed, therefore Messenger still trys to use it.

Yeah, but Windows is gay and needs drivers - software.

lol weird.......... if ur talking about software thats different to hardware...... software u just go to uninstall programs and it'll do it, hardware the old one SHOULD normally be taken over by the new one or be removed when u remove the software.....

But the software is configured for the old one, and as far as it knows, the old camera is still there...

lol normally the old hardware should be taken over by hte new one o.O

Darkus wrote:
> Wicked idea, but no, i dont have the old camera anymore.. :(

Might work without plugging the camera in, worth a try..

Tried plain uninstalling it?