WLM crashes showing webcam

hey,

im running win xp media sp2 and wlm 8.5, when ever i try to show my webcam
it locks my whole pc up completely

I've tried 2 different camera and wlm 8.1 and 8.5 its all the same, however
it does work ok with 8.1.0178.00

any thoughts?

Greetings,

What two cameras have you tried? Are they both from the same manufacturer?

If so, you may have found a nasty bug.

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"DrewJUK" <> wrote in message
news:41341F0C-3E63-4446-9C51-...
> hey,
>
> im running win xp media sp2 and wlm 8.5, when ever i try to show my webcam
> it locks my whole pc up completely
>
> I've tried 2 different camera and wlm 8.1 and 8.5 its all the same, however
> it does work ok with 8.1.0178.00
>
> any thoughts?

I tried a Philips usb 610NC camera, and also a built in camera from an acer
7003 laptop - its a bison camera, I also tried bison v5 drivers, and v6 but
nothing.

I have formatted my laptop 3 times in the last week, once to XP Pro SP2, and
twice back to XP Media SP2, and everything works except any webcam i connect
fails with WLM, i've even unistalled WLM8.5 and reinstalled 8.1.0178.00 but
that didnt help, because 8.5 had already been installed...

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> What two cameras have you tried? Are they both from the same manufacturer?
>
> If so, you may have found a nasty bug.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
>
> "DrewJUK" <> wrote in message
> news:41341F0C-3E63-4446-9C51-...
> > hey,
> >
> > im running win xp media sp2 and wlm 8.5, when ever i try to show my webcam
> > it locks my whole pc up completely
> >
> > I've tried 2 different camera and wlm 8.1 and 8.5 its all the same, however
> > it does work ok with 8.1.0178.00
> >
> > any thoughts?
>
>

"DrewJUK" wrote:

> I tried a Philips usb 610NC camera, and also a built in camera from an acer
> 7003 laptop - its a bison camera, I also tried bison v5 drivers, and v6 but
> nothing.
>
> I have formatted my laptop 3 times in the last week, once to XP Pro SP2, and
> twice back to XP Media SP2, and everything works except any webcam i connect
> fails with WLM, i've even unistalled WLM8.5 and reinstalled 8.1.0178.00 but
> that didnt help, because 8.5 had already been installed...
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > What two cameras have you tried? Are they both from the same manufacturer?
> >
> > If so, you may have found a nasty bug.
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> > All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> > You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> > --
> >
> >
> > "DrewJUK" <> wrote in message
> > news:41341F0C-3E63-4446-9C51-...
> > > hey,
> > >
> > > im running win xp media sp2 and wlm 8.5, when ever i try to show my webcam
> > > it locks my whole pc up completely
> > >
> > > I've tried 2 different camera and wlm 8.1 and 8.5 its all the same, however
> > > it does work ok with 8.1.0178.00
> > >
> > > any thoughts?
> >
> >

I have the exactly same problem, is there solution?



"DrewJUK" wrote:

> I tried a Philips usb 610NC camera, and also a built in camera from an acer
> 7003 laptop - its a bison camera, I also tried bison v5 drivers, and v6 but
> nothing.
>
> I have formatted my laptop 3 times in the last week, once to XP Pro SP2, and
> twice back to XP Media SP2, and everything works except any webcam i connect
> fails with WLM, i've even unistalled WLM8.5 and reinstalled 8.1.0178.00 but
> that didnt help, because 8.5 had already been installed...
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > What two cameras have you tried? Are they both from the same manufacturer?
> >
> > If so, you may have found a nasty bug.
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> > All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> > You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> > --
> >
> >
> > "DrewJUK" <> wrote in message
> > news:41341F0C-3E63-4446-9C51-...
> > > hey,
> > >
> > > im running win xp media sp2 and wlm 8.5, when ever i try to show my webcam
> > > it locks my whole pc up completely
> > >
> > > I've tried 2 different camera and wlm 8.1 and 8.5 its all the same, however
> > > it does work ok with 8.1.0178.00
> > >
> > > any thoughts?
> >
> >