CAN YOU PLZ TELL ME WHY MY WEBCAM IS NOT WORKING. I USE LENOVO 3000 Y 410 LAPTOP. THE WEBCAM IS DETECTED BY THE CAM DIAGNOSIS SOFTWARE BUT NOT DETECTED AS USB VIDEO HARDWARE. GIVE ME A SOLUTION

fistly you check ur bios setting & registry setting.

is that possible cam is disable by bios or registry, so kindly check it & reinstall ur cam driver.

1. disable all streaming files and apps first.
2. run system restore, restore the point when webcam was working fine. if fails.
3. uninstall / reinstall webcam driver. if fails.
4.

you need to install the webcam drivers for the webcam. if the problem remains u can get free diagnosis at
http://tinyurl.com/mlkl2k

Yeah this series of Lenovo's 3000 is using a webcam of another manufacturer. So Vista can't detect it because by default Vista doesn't have its driver. So I recommend you to go to Lenovo's website & then go to DRIVERS & DOWNLOAD section...and then enter your model number..

After that it will display u whole list of drivers available for this laptop.
And then you can download your webcam's driver for VISTA 32 BIT...
Install that and it will surely fix your problem.

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With Regrards,
Shyny

you need to re-install your webcam driver.
-first uninstall the web cam driver you are currently using to do this follow these steps:
-go to start, control panel, programs and features then look for the driver of your cam, click un-install).
-restart machine
-download the driver of your webcam from www.lenovo.com/support. type in on the search bar Y510 drivers then look for the webcam driver
-install webcam driver and test it

Hopefully you are using vista 32 bit operating system.

Press fn+Esc to enable the webcam if not already available.
If you suspect that drivers are not available then you can collect the driver from the following location.
http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/en/DriversDownloads/drivers_show_895.html

hi! just a tip, try to uninstall and re install the camera drivers for the web cam. hope this helps! goodluck

try this link for the drivers

hmmm there might be a preloaded software like 'QUICKPLAY'
Run this software, and click on Music/CD/Cam icon.
Then double click on your cam name wich will be display in a list after double clicking on the Music/CD/Cam icon.
This will open your cam, and you can take your Photo and Videos..

Thanks
Iqbal