Help me with a web cam problem...
 

I bought this web cam but it has a problem with some sort of driver signing.. Apparently the webcam and my Windows XP dont like each other.....

does anyone know if I can download this "driver signing" or somehow cheat the XP system into accepting the new hardware (webcam)????


Thanks

slim

What type of Webcam did you purchase? I find it odd that XP would have a problem with any of the basic webcams out there.

Did you try and install the driver anyway? Just because a driver isn't signed doesn't mean that it won't work. It just hasn't been tested by microsoft yet.

well, it wouldnt ask me, would you still like to install it, it was basically like, nope, no soup for you, no driver signing, good bye....

I read somehwere I can tell my computer to just down right have it ignore driver signings :) working on how to do that right now though, lol.

Try this.
Goto the control panel and open "Administrative tools", then open "Local Security Settings". Under "Local Policies\Security Options" look for "Devices: Unsigned Driver Installation behavior" and set it to "Warn but allow installation"
That should do it.

apparently now the damn thing is installed but a pitch black thing comes out as the image, anyone know or seen this before? :(

what are you using to view the camera? original software, or something like yahoo messenger?

afaik yim requires vfw.

It normally happens when the software tries to use a capture device other than the camera. Look in the options for your program under capture device and make sure it's set to your camera.
Also, since you have WinXP; in the My Computer folder double-click on the icon of your camera. A small video window should pop up in a new folder. Is it still black or is there a picture? If it works then your camera program is configured wrong, otherwise it's probably the drivers.

In any case a look at the camera's website for the latest drivers wouldn't hurt.