Preamble...
I have this smallish HP Pavilion with detachable keyboard that lets you use it as a ?tablet?
It was a gift. It runs on Win 10.
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Introduction
Well, today I started it up and installed Skype.
--Now I didn't notice whether it was "ON" before Skype or not, BUT
after installing Skype I noticed the light for the built-in webcam BLAZING
away... Skype itself said it could not detect a webcam, otherwise it ran OK.
I checked for any programs that would be running the camera - Task Manager -
and found NONE... Next, checked Device Manager and found a message to the
effect that the camera was not working, so checked driver was updated, then
uninstalled/re-installed, disabled, re-enabled the device. Still nothing... And so,
checked for the same problem reported online - YEPP! Heaps of them.
Attempts at Solutions... A bit of Device Managing as above, returns to HP, roll-backs of
Win updates (for earlier versions like 7 and 8). Some produced temporary fixes of days
to weeks. Mostly, though it was wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Question...
Has anybody here had the same and has fixed it?
Don't you find it lamentable that this machine (and there were lots of other models
it happened to) fails at doing what it sets out to do? - I mean it's NOT a powerful
computer, so a bit of web-camery is about all you'd use it for...
Conclusion...
Glad I didn't buy it