Satellite A300 - 1 5: webcam has stopped working - Webcam driver open fail

Hello

features of my laptop here: ([A300 - 1 G 5 | http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/jsp/SUPPORTSECTION/discontinuedProductPage.do?service=EU&com.broadvis ion.session.new = Yes & PRODUCT_ID = 1055589]) for any need details...

The problem is simply, the webcam has stopped for some reason, an error messeage said "driver fail open Webcam. "Please restart camera or computer.

I noticed that whenever I put the computer in mode "sleep" I was getting on the bar notification says "USB device not recognized..." I was not aware of what it was - he thought because of the mouse USB is connected... but I think that its related to the camera...

the software is installed, but camera does not work and cannot allow him... I download the latest driver from the toshiba site, but still does not...

Currently, my laptop runs Vista HP SP2 32-bit, Windows defender enabled, Windows Firewall enabled, the Windows UAC enabled, Ani-Virus of Kaspersky 2009 Enabled. I only use Windows Live Messenger (which I think to date, version: 14.0.8089.726) I used camera with, I quite using recognition of faces a long time ago and rarely use the webcam... I didn't install or update all drivers and used to have the laptop works perfectly...

So what happened now?

Hello

I had a similar error message and might solve this problem by disabling startup webcam software.
In msconfig-> Start Up tab I have disabled the Chicony webcam software.
This prevents automatic loading.
I don t use MSN but Skype and the Chicony webcam software is always off (unsigned) if Skype is running.

Maybe you should try that too.

In addition, you can try this:
Go to Device Manager, mark the webcam (peripheral video imaging peripheral USB) and removed from the list of devices.
Then restart the laptop and wait until the webcam is recognized again.

Then test it.

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