Computer Question

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The integrated WC is malfunctioning on my laptop. I have disabled it and am using an external cam now. The picture sucks when it's dark. I figured it was the cam. WRONG. I just hooked the cam up to my new laptop and it works great. Anybody have any idea why it would work so good with the new one and not the old one? The picture quality on the integrated cam is excellent and still is when it works. The problem is sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

P.S. Yes I've restarted! I've done everything I can think of, including reinstalling the software

Some webcams are more sensative to lighting and certain settings. I use yahoo messinger, on the messenger bar click the drop down then click preferences. Click on webcam from the left menu then click camera settings on the right side. You can move the settins around to adjust the picture. What makes the most difference is the Indoor/Outdoor setting brightness and contrass. Try adjusting those until you get the picuture you want. I have the same problems and that seems to work for me

That was it. I just had to reset it.