Modern laptops are mostly equipped with a webcam.This device allows you to see the person with whom you communicate in Skype, web conferencing and business negotiations.But you comb your hair, settled in front of the screen, it includes Skype ... and it turns out that the webcam is not working.Do not worry: it may be that the device is simply not connected.How to set up a web camera man far removed from the knowledge of computer devices?This is done quite easily.
first step - turn on the camera.Most notebook manufacturers believe that all end users know how to set up a web camera, but in practice, the opposite is true: there is that users do not even imagine how to approach this.To turn on the camera, it is necessary in a strict sequence, follow these steps.If your computer has a built-in web camera, then its keyboard should be the Fn (it is usually located in the lower-left corner next to the Ctrl).At the top of the keyboard has a number of keys that start with the letter «F».Look for these keys are among the desired button with the icon or image of the camera.Press the Fn key and hold, simultaneously press the camera icon.On the monitor, the picture will be "On" or "Off".Move the cursor to "ON" and turn on the camera.
You can configure the web camera and using the utility.To do this, click on the "Start" button, then click on the "All Programs."There locate the folder "Camera" (it may be the English name Cam or Web).Start the device, and when it appears on the monitor interface, go to the settings and turn on the webcam.
Some new laptops built-in camera is turned on by default itself when you just go in and making a Skype video call.Thus, the easiest way how to set up the built-in web camera, will simply run the program Skype (Skype).
Sometimes there are no built-in camera, and autonomous.In this case, inspect the web camera and check that it has a button to "On".Connect your camera to your laptop via USB-port.Turn on the camera.You should see the application interface and turn around.How to set up a web camera, if the computer indicates "Found unknown device"?Click Start, mouse, go to "Control Panel".There, find the "Device Manager" or "Manager hardware", click it.Before my eyes there a structured list of the different components of the computer.By clicking on the "+", you open a nested list, which will be the string "image processing device".Go to her.In the actual list, find the name of your stand-alone camera, click on it, right click and select "Enable."We can only click "OK" to confirm the switch.
If you can not find listed in Device Manager icon of your webcam, which means that your software is not necessary drivers, and you need to install special drivers webcam.In this case, to get the computer to work with the camera, you need to go to the Windows Device Manager and are likely to download the necessary software from the site.
happens that you have done all this, and instead of the image in front of you a black screen.This means that you need a driver to work with the camera.How to set up a web camera if you do not have drivers or boot disk with drivers?To begin, remove the previous driver, that interfere with your new web camera to operate.On the Internet, please visit the manufacturer of your PC / Laptop.From the main page go to the section "Maintenance" and "new driver".Download the appropriate driver, which are suitable for the model of your camera, and install them.If the webcam is working - it has to make.
