The webcam is not working after I reformatted my laptop.

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I reformatted my Acer laptop. After this process, I installed all the drivers and software from the Acer CD. When I tried the Crystal Eye built-in webcam it failed. Every time I try to open it, a text box appears saying "Camera Not Found". Do you know how I can fix it? I followed the instructions but I'm not sure why it's not working.

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i have the same problem..it always appears the message camera not found..what can i do? help please..

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I reformatted my acer laptop, after the reformat i installed all the drivers and stuff that is in the acer cd, however, when i tried using the crystal eye bulit in webcam it doesnt work. every time i try to open it, a text box appears saying "CAMERA NOT FOUND!" do you know how can i fix it? I followed the instructions but im not sre why its not working.. do you have any idea where i went wrong?

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same with me! this is soo confusing! help!

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I had the acer webcam on my computer when i bought it but now it's saying dll not found and it wont come on what can i do...

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The only thing I did with my laptop was reinstall everything after installing my vista or xp install the crystal eye web cam driver from Acer CD and install the VGA installer, restart your computer. 100 % work with me I try reinstall 10x No problem and If you want to record video with crystal eye web cam just used google picasa 3 it will work... and also the software is free... good luck!!!

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I reformatted my acer laptop, after the reformat i installed all the drivers and stuff that is in the acer cd, however, when i tried using the crystal eye bulit in webcam it doesnt work. every time i try to open it, a text box appears saying "CAMERA NOT FOUND!" do you know how can i fix it? I followed the instructions but im not sre why its not working.. do you have any idea where i went wrong?

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Me too. After upgrading to Windows 7. Even though I reinstalled the driver for Win7 from Acer website and the problem still remain. Need help?

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have the same problem..it always appears the message camera not found..what can i do? help please..

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um i've had the same problum and im to lazy to fix it bu ti think i know how. if you have windows 7 go to "computer" were it shows your data disks. then hit "systum propoties" top left beside "organize" then it will say "device manager" on the left side click that and it should say crystal eye web cam and just re-instal that and it should work. but like i said i havent tryed it yet cuz i dont use my web cam so i dont really need it. :D

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Ok so here is my problem. When I go to Skype it says that I have to close other programs that are using the camera. I go to Crystal eye and it says 'camera not found'. What should i do?

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