My laptop cant detect its own built in webcam

[Dennemi³]

i have this Acer laptop i got back in 2016 but a few month ago after a factory reset (due to a virus) no program be it skyoe twitch and what not cant turn on the webcam because they dont detect one any help?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Most likely doesn't have the driver, check Windows Updates.

[Dennemi³]

İlk olarak Bad_Motha tarafından gönderildi:

Most likely doesn't have the driver, check Windows Updates.

so i updated my windows how can i check if it works?

[Omega]

Rightclick the Windows start button > Device Manager > Imaging Devices > Rightclick the camera > Update Driver Software...

Does the camera have a ! next to it?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Might be a Driver that you have to get from Acer

[Sikobae]

Your computer should have came with a driver disc or two.

[Omega]

İlk olarak Sikobae tarafından gönderildi:

Your computer should have came with a driver disc or two.

PCs nowadays have restore partitions on the HDD/SSD (which you should not use, BLOATWARE!!).

And also you can easily create a bootable Windows installer via the Media Creation Tool which you can download from the Microsoft website and the drivers can be downloaded from the manufacturer's website.

[Seven7]

check that installed & enabled:
intel inf driver
intel power management
synaptics driver
webcam driver
visual c++ 2010
.net 3.x
camera enabled by fn+F6 (and it enabled in BIOS\UEFI)

if not help - webcam or inner usb port dead - this is common problem
then either buying a new camera module and installing it by self (it's very simple, you just need to be careful, an ph1 (mini\clock) screwdriver and a piece of plastic like an old credit card and double-sided adhesive tape 3M (if the old one can't be used again), or repairing RC chains on mobo
in any case, the lack of a built-in web camera and microphone is not a problem, but rather, the benefit ;)

[Dennemi³]

ok so i went full ♥♥♥♥♥♥ on this one i i thought it would be a good ideo to try and "delete" it and now i dont even have that imaging section in device manager

[Omega]

İlk olarak Denemi™ tarafından gönderildi:

ok so i went full ♥♥♥♥♥♥ on this one i i thought it would be a good ideo to try and "delete" it and now i dont even have that imaging section in device manager

Either reboot the PC or select "Search for Modified Devices" (the monitor with the magnifying glass icon in the Device Manager).

[Dennemi³]

İlk olarak Omega tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Denemi™ tarafından gönderildi:

ok so i went full ♥♥♥♥♥♥ on this one i i thought it would be a good ideo to try and "delete" it and now i dont even have that imaging section in device manager

Either reboot the PC or select "Search for Modified Devices" (the monitor with the magnifying glass icon in the Device Manager).

so i click on it it says scan for hardware changes an it doess a quick scan of about 1 second and nothing
i also restarted my laptop multiple times yet nothing
p.s its windows 10

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

my old acer laptop (2007?) has a folder which contains all the drivers needed. idk if acer still does this to newer laptops

[Dennemi³]

İlk olarak chiefputsi✖✖✖ 上 没什么 老挝 tarafından gönderildi:

my old acer laptop (2007?) has a folder which contains all the drivers needed. idk if acer still does this to newer laptops

can you get any more specific please?

[Omega]

İlk olarak Denemi™ tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Omega tarafından gönderildi:

Either reboot the PC or select "Search for Modified Devices" (the monitor with the magnifying glass icon in the Device Manager).

so i click on it it says scan for hardware changes an it doess a quick scan of about 1 second and nothing
i also restarted my laptop multiple times yet nothing
p.s its windows 10

View > Show Hidden Devices


Also, it might be unrecognized by Windows if it is it will be listed somewhere else. To fix that install the drivers from the Acer website.

[Dennemi³]

İlk olarak Omega tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Denemi™ tarafından gönderildi:

so i click on it it says scan for hardware changes an it doess a quick scan of about 1 second and nothing
i also restarted my laptop multiple times yet nothing
p.s its windows 10

View > Show Hidden Devices


Also, it might be unrecognized by Windows if it is it will be listed somewhere else. To fix that install the drivers from the Acer website.

ive tried looking for it but coudlnt exactly find it link please?
oh and view show hidden devices dosent change anything

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

İlk olarak Denemi™ tarafından gönderildi:

can you get any more specific please?

acer has pre-allocated a folder on drive C which contains all the drivers. (i.e.: C:\Acer)
you can launch the 'installer launcher' and choose what drivers to install.