IG E500 have an LG E500 Notebook - when I first got it the Smart Cam worked fine.I when i download (VISTA FOR .YAHOO AND MSN Messenger NOT WORK

The camera might be bad. Try another one that connects to a USB port.

You will need to make sure that Smart Cam is compatible with Win XP or not also if it compatible then Download the drivers of Smart Cam for Win XP and then install them.

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Jimmy

Just press FN+F10. It'll activate the webcam.

we are using windows xp

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i have a gateway fx gameing laptop!! i was having probs with the cam going dark on me after a bit while using yahoo messenger..it was also freezing up but that i found out was cause yahoo SUCKS **** LOL...
i downloaded msn messenger, not msn live, and the cam works fine.. so it is yahoo.. i do know that sometimes my cam will sometimes go darker in resolution if i bend the top down a bit.. its doing that because the cam is thinking that im turning it off by shutting the laptop!
does the web cam work with the software it came with? can u turn it on and see urself when NOT using a messenger? if so then it might just not want to work with those 2 messengers which is weird!!!!!
MAKE SURE THAT U DO NOT HAVE THE PROGRAM SOFTWARE on that came with the laptop at the same time as trying to use it with the messengers!! see if that works and ill check back with you!

laptops did not come with the high end state of the art web cams! they were made for ease not for exceptional quality!

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Hi please try to reinstall the software for your webcam.. note...first uninstall the software then reboot system then install the software then reboot again then connect the cam on your laptop... Please rate.. have a nice day...

Normal 0 Go to Control Panel and Click on Sounds, Click on Audio, then Click on the Microphone. Then Click on the drop down and select Camera Microphone.
Click OK and it should work.
Hope this helps. Bud

Thanks a lot for posting this.
Today my LG E500's Smart cam also stopped working after my battery was down too much. Didn't know what to do. And I didn't know about this Fn+F10 combination for the webcam.
My webcam works now after activating it by Fn+F10. However, I don't know what made it stop functioning.

Thanks.