Satellite U400: webcam does not work with MSN - it is used by another prog

My chicony webcam will not work on windows live messenger I want to use it for video chat.

An error message appears saying 'we couldn't start your camera. Please check that your camera is not currently being used by another program, and then try again. "The camera is not currently in use, as far as I know I have closed camera assistant software and you have disabled the camera at startup.

Please help with this problem!

Also, I tried using a different logitech webcam, but the computer doesn't seem to recognize it even though I installed the software.

Any advice?

I U400 and I use the webcam in the Skype!
Everything works perfectly.

If you closed the camera assistant software then the webcam would not work without problems.
Have you tried to start the webcam software, then MSN?
Select this check box.

I also disabled the webcam software in the msconfig-> Startup tab
This prevents the webcam software to start during windows startup

In the worst cases, you must remove the software from the webcam of the system and after restarting again, you must reinstall the software again
Generally, this allows in most cases

PS: Your operating system should be always up to date!

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