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I wasn’t able to fix the problemthe normal way, but I did find a way to solve the problem!
What I finally figured out was that the ‘real’ problem was that Yahoo was trying to use my Video Capture Card instead of my Camera!
I did some more Registry sluething. Found the following:
HCUSoftwareYahooWebcamUploadPreferredSrcit had value of 0xffffffff
I changed it to a value of 0 (0x00000000) and viola! The cam test at Yahoo asked me to choose my source!
Yahoo Messenger asked me to choose my source!
I’m back on-line.
Interesting that the value has stayed at zero, and Yahoo has never asked me for which cam to use again (though I am able to go to the selection screen now). So I think this is more of a flag, rather than the actual selection criteria.
Hope this someone else when they are having problems
Thanks for the tip.
Yes I tried unplugging the camera. But just to be sure, I did it again. And then clicked on “My Webcam”.
Results:
Pop up box reminding me of the abuse policy, etc. I clicked ‘Ok’ and Yahoo Messenger is now “frozen”.Since I am able to get the camera working with MSN Messenger on the same computer, I’m sure that what I’m seeing is the ‘symptom’ and not the problem. It’s almost like something in YM is not configured correctly, but I don’t know where to look. The registry looks about the same between the working and non working systems, and the only difference between when this system was working and now is:
New memory installed in machine
uninstall/reinstall/reinstall of Yahoo messengerAnything else I should try?
