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hi. i have msn 7.5. when i use my webcam with it, after about 5 mins of having the camera on, my pc restarts itself. can anyone help? thx.
the drivers i have are from the cd that came with the webcam. its from argos (uk). no error message. just suddenly restarts for no reason! anymore help would be much appreciated! thx
Yes but you can just uninstall and then reinstall the drivers from that cd like Stigmata suggested and see if you’ll expirience the same issue then.
Does it restart only when your webcam is on? Do you have any other program open at the same time?
Depending on how old your cam is and I would guess what kind you have. Although some cheap webcams will work and have for older versions of messenger. as things improve and become faster some of the older cams will have problems keeping up with these newer versions. Your fix could be as simple as needing a new webcam. One way to find out would be to find someone who has a newer cam and let them hook it up to your system and see if the problem is still there.
I make this suggestion because you say it works for a little while then crashes that sounds like an upgrade in equipment is due.
if I find anything else I will let you know. good luck
I have similar problem. I have MSN 7.0 now. I can chat with web cam about 5 min then I can’t start it any more. Also the sending of files stop. And finally I found out that nobody can’t get my messages but there’s no error messages. I can’t understand what’s wrong with msn. I’ve done already 4 times format c:. I occured same problems with MSN 7.5.
the weird thing is that i use skype alot and with the latest version of that, my webcam is fine! my cam is about 2-3 years old now. and to answer princeG, yes it only restarts when my webcam is on. a few small programs open but thats it.
Yeah I really don’t think that it being old plays any role to the problem, my webcam is even older than Gohan’s and i use it just fine with msn.
yeah I have a cam about that old and works fine in all places with the exception of msn and netmeeting but when I bought a new cam well it works everywhere fine. although this may not solve your problem just thought I would offer it up as an option. good luck
so does anyone have anymore ideas apart from reinstalling the drivers? i doupt it could be the drivers if it works on other applications such as skype.
I really can’t believe someone hasn’t asked this yet.
To provide accurate support, we need more details.
What webcam?
What version of Windows?
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