Reinstall Vista, impact on HP Pavilion webcam

Starts here in the forum Vista, I can move to a forum of material on the line (you'll see why).  My question is so about the approach of my system of resettlement/reconstruction, so let me explain how I got there where I am currently.

I have a HP Pavilion DV2660se under Vista Home Premium (32 bit) SP2.  I bought it 2 years but recently I tried to use the integrated webcam.  Regardless of the different applications, I've tried, none recognized the webcam, or they thought that it was already in use.  In the process of troubleshooting, I visited the HP support site and tried various steps proposed it.  In the middle of everything, I suddenly started getting a 'blue screen '.  After I did not know it was not a hard drive problem (even had a 3rd party test it under an extended warranty), the conclusion was that the BONE was damaged and I had to do a full restore.

I did the recovery using the recovery disks that I created when I first bought the PC.  Then I went through Windows Update to install the various necessary updates.  After the first round of about 100, there were a few updates which "failed", and it was to keep SP1 update automatically.  Since SP1 is required to load SP2, I have put mannualy updated for SP1 by downloading the full update from the Microsoft support site.  I left and then Windows Update go through its various updates.  But, because there were still a few updates failed showing, SP2 is not automatically updated, so I've manually updated to SP2.  And once again that Windows Update to install updates that are required as a result of SP2.

And well, I just checked, and the webcam worked!  But I had a few problems with other things, and I ran a diagnostic said I had a few carrupted files (sorry, no longer have the detail that I experienced so many things...).

So, I thought what the heck, I'll recharge the system again.  But this time, after I did the initial installation using my recovery discs, I went straight to the full load of SP1, then to the full load of SP2, then let Windows Update install future updates.

And, Lo and behold, the webcam again did not work!  And I got another blue screen.  But this time with the blue screen, Windows automatically determined to restart that a pilot was missing and it took me the Intel site for it to install.  I have not had another blue screen again... yet.

So, at this point, my question is...  Is the second way, I rebooted the system valid?  And is there any ideas as to why this would have an impact on the functioning of my webcam?  I checked, and the webcam driver was the same in both scenarios.

Right now, I'm just trying to determine if I need to go through another rebuilding...  I get a lot of practice...

Thanks in advance!

There's nothing wrong with the way in which you reinstalled Vista.

After installation > go to the HP Web site > drivers and downloads Section > key in your model number > look for the latest Vista drivers > download/install them.

It seems to be a driver problem you are having with the material of HP.

It comes with Vista, upgrade install and activate Forum.

Try to repost your question in Vista Hardware and drivers Forum:

http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistahardware/threads

See you soon.

Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

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