Dell webcam My webcam is showing a blank screen, it is able to click picture but nothing is captured. I used the DELL support diagnosis but it is saying that the camera is alright

Othman othman,
You can click the link below for troubleshooting and resolving webcam issues.
Using and Troubleshooting Dell WebCam and Dell WebCam Central Software.
http://dell.to/1uKHrO5
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Dell-Jesse L

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Your Dell Latitude E6400 laptop comes with a built-in webcam at the top of the LCD screen. This camera can take still pictures and record video for use with video messaging. You can access the camera via a software program already installed on the computer. This program can be accessed right from the desktop screen.

1.Turn on your Dell Latitude and click on the "Start" tab on the main desktop screen. A list of options will appear in a drop-down window.
2.Click "Dell Webcam" from the list of options in the window.
3.Click on "Dell Webcam Center" and the program will open. A capture window will appear on screen. Beneath the capture window will be a control panel.
4.Click on the camera icon to take a still photo.
5.Click on the "Record" button to record video with the webcam.
I hope you find it helpful. Best regards.

I believe the Dell logo is hard-coded for the Startup, but you can change the Wallpaper form the Dell logo, to an image of your choice:

From the Setup Menu, or Others Menu, you can go into:
SCREEN SETTINGS—Select and press checkmark to activate screen settings. The screen
settings menu consists of the following options:

CAPTURE SCREEN—Select and press checkmark to capture the screen display, the following message appears on the screen.

NOTE: To capture a full image, ensure the input signal that is connected to the projector is 1280 x 800 resolution.

SCREEN—Select Dell to use the Dell logo as wallpaper. Select Captured to set the captured image as wallpaper.

RESET—Select and press to delete the captured picture and set back to the default setting.

More information available on the Manual here: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/acc/4310WX/en/ug/pdf/4310WX_en.pdf

The below steps are to enable your webcam standalone...i.e. not with some application like gtalk or yahoo messanger.
1. In right bottom side of your computer screen you will get an icon called "Dell Webcam Manager".
2. Double click and open it.
3. Click on Webcam Center
4. Under "Photo Capture" Tab click on Start.

Your webcam is enabled and will show your photo.

This is happening because the Dell webcam central is accessing the webcam at the same time as yahoo messenger. Click on start and click on Run(XP), Type MSCONFIG in start search (Vista) and you'll get the system configuration utility. Open it and go to the startup tab. Uncheck anything related to Dell webcam. Click on Apply and OK and restart the computer. If yahoo messenger shows a black screen uninstall Yahoo messenger and reinstall with the more recent version.

I would go to start, right click my computer, click properties, click the hardware tab, click device manager and see if you see any yellow shields. if you do please email me at [email protected]. what you have to do is go to www.support.dell.com and get the drivers for webcam it could also be on the wrong sorce camera

Next thing I would check is the VGA cable between PC and monitor.

Make sure is in at both ends and if possible try another one.

Do the Dell Menus come up with no VGA cable plugged in? Is the light amber? Flashing or static?

Normal 0 Try this:

In some cases, the preview capture may not appear only a black view.
To fix this:
- Unplug the web cam and plug it back in.
- Or -

Lower the video resolution of the.
Hope this helps. Bud