Computers & Networking

[carly]

Okay well I have Windows 7 on my new laptop, and of course I would go out, spend a ton of money and buy a webcam , then a few months later recieve a brand new laptop find out windows 7 doesn't function with this webcam, so i have to go out and buy another one! The problem is, after research, everyone on the internet is saying Windows 7 doesn't function with any webcam at all! Now I know there has to be at least a few.... so... please lemmie know which webcams work WITH WINDOWS 7 , where to get it the cheapest (hey, you have to admit, best buy isn't the cheapest) and how much it would cost me. kay, thanks for the help.

[hockeycanuckjc Trusted Contributor]

If a Windows Vista driver exists for it , you can try using that, because the driver coding is almost the same. If you attempt this, please set a restore point before installing a Vista driver on Windows 7.

You can learn more about it here:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/system-restore

[carly]

No, I've already tried basically everything. My webcam will never work on Windows 7...its 'to old' ...... i just need to buy a new one.

[Beradon]

What webcam are you referring to?  I had the same issue with my Logitech Quickcam 4000 and was able to install it in compatibility mode.  It works fine.

[carly]

minicam pro from jasco products

[Nokia]

There's your problem. If you buy peripherals from small, no-name companies, you can't expect driver support. I can guarantee if you would've bought one from Creative, Logitech, MS, etc., there would be W7 drivers.

[carly]

yeah thats what im saying. i know it doesn't work, jasco is BS and if i would've known before that their products are crap i wouldn't of bought it. but theres no reason to try and fix it when it won't work, so now i just wanna go out and a buy a new one. Alls i wanna know is what webcams will work on Windows 7 , for sure, so i don't have any more problems with my other ones.

[Nokia]

Any webcam that BB sells will work.

[carly]

oh also, my Minicam pro won't uninstall now. I want to get it off my computer, but everytime i try to uninstall it, it keeps coming up with a error then says "specific module can't be found" please help?

[carly]

whats BB?