Built in Webcam Viewer like XP?

I have looked for over an hour and searching returns only garbage 'free' software.
XP had a built in webcam viewer, just by double clicking the camera in my computer, I can't seem to find this functionality anywhere in Win 7.
Was this feature removed from this OS?

Hello funman1 ,

Built-in?

I don't think so.

Maybe your camera software had some type of web cam, but as far as I remember there's no built-in web cam.

Are you still running XP?

A clean copy of XP with just drivers installed and I get this option.





When I click on it I get this



Which has a live feed from the camera, it's very basic viewing, but does allow you to take a snap shot and save the image.
I can't get this to work in Windows 7, or even find this viewer?

That can't be a fresh install when you have extra partitions and network drives showing.

You also have to have some type of device hooked up to your system for that USB Device entry to appear.

Or you have some type of video add-on card installed.

Hello and welcome,

In order to troubleshoot your problem we need to know more detailed specs of your system hardware.

1. Go to Start > Run, and type msinfo32, look under the Components section for hardware identification
2. Go to Control Panel > Device Manager and look for any entry that has a yellow flag beside it
3 Please fill out your computers specs in the User Control Panel here on the site as well. It will then appear next to your name. look at my posting and you'll see the drop-down arrow.

The exact make and model of your motherboard and would be of great help also.

In Windows 7 there is a hidden feature called Problem Steps Recorder. maybe this will help you.

Go to Start > Run, and type psr and hit enter. Click on the Help icon for instructions on using it

It's on my Acer Aspire One 10.1
The reason it's partitioned is because I loaded XP Pro on it and then decided to try Windows 7, used partition magic split the drive in two.
That was a clean xp install when it was working just as shown, yes I mapped a drive to my server not sure how that effects a webcam.

The webcam is built into the laptop so I don't have anything external plugged in.

The webcam drivers are installed on both OS's and I have no Yellow triangle exclamations in the device manager.
The webcam works fine in Windows 7 with an application that uses it (Messenger)

As you can see from the XP pictures that's just a windows dialog not some 3rd party app.
I can't find that dialog or anything simmilar in Windows 7
This is all I can find native in the OS and when you click on it it just brings up properties of the device

I see now

You didn't say it was a Notebook, I assumed desktop, Sorry.

I would suggest you follow this link, although I couldn't find your particular model.

Try downloading PC WIZARD 2008 for more detailed information about your computer.

Here's the spces from Acer..
http://www.steveries.com/temp/aspireone.pdf

Maybe this software link may help:

Acer Crystal Eye webcam 1.8.1.0

Good luck

Nope just gave it an official name but still no windows viewer?

Sorry,

I gave it my best shot.

You could shoot them off an e-mail

You can also check Microsoft's Hardware Compatability list here:
Windows Vista Compatibility Center