I have, better my contacts, have the same problem too.
My cousin in the Netherlands and my wifes relatives in Istanbul have all the same problems. They use the wizard, have picture and when at the moment supreme: black sceen. At least that is what I get !

NL: is using a trust Spy@cam 100 webcam, Turkey is using a Creative webcam (dont know which version).

See some references to registry.
Is there any solution that works always?

I downloaded 6.1.0.211 today (beta?) but was not able to try as all others where offline.

I have seen another friend with my PC so it is able to work.

PS: Also audio doesn’t work with all. But seems a common problem with MSN. Maybe Yahoo is the solution???

Thanks in advance for any help !