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Thread ID: 38913	2003-10-21 21:29:00	dse web cam	mongrel (1788)	Press F1

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185522	2003-10-21 21:29:00	Hi people, I have a DSE web cam (the one that came with the Use Your Head software....which was crap).......however I have been unable to find a suitable driver for XP..........was wondering if there is anybody that has one of these working properly under XP The model number on the cam is SC612X-C.....In my search I have found a few people that say that they have the right driver however they never actually work........andy help would be appreciated :-)	mongrel (1788)
185523	2003-10-22 02:25:00	You're probably out of luck. :D I bought one of them too when DSE had them on special at $29. It works on Win ME, but Linux doesn't know it. :-( I thought DSE might have been quitting them as non-XP, but I see they have more on the shelves at the "full" price.	Graham L (2)
185524	2003-10-22 02:49:00	I have seen one going on XP but was unable to get the drivers off the guy.........at least you only paid $29....it cost me $70	mongrel (1788)
185525	2003-10-22 03:58:00	If you cannot get the web cam to work at all I would suggest you return it to DSE for a refund or exchange for one that does work.	tommy (2826)
185526	2003-10-22 07:06:00	I have had one exactly the same running on one installation of XP, briefly. That device has the distinction of being one of only 2 devices to manage to crash Windows XP to a blue screen. Its not XP compliant, and probably cant be made so as far as I could find out. Its still sold by several retailers though, just not for XP.	godfather (25)
185527	2003-10-22 08:03:00	The win 2000 driver actually works for this camera under xp but it isn't exactly a straight forward install. You load the 2000 driver which then throws a belly ache because a certain file is missing ( I forget which since I did this a year ago). A web search failed to locate this file but on a hunch, lo and behold the file was located within the win 2k driver folder. Point xp towards that file and a couple of reboots later you have a working cam ( note cam, not software) Irfan view recognised it as a usb cam and was minimally functional, windows movie maker didn't reallty want to know it, but the big suprise was that messenger had no problems with it and the guy I installed for still uses it for web conferencing. It still remains a poor camera under anything less then bright daylight or arc lights but is better than nothing.	the highlander (245)
185528	2003-10-23 03:26:00	I see that DSE are still selling it at $29. There is a line in the specs page: "This product is not Windows XP compatible".	Graham L (2)
185529	2003-10-23 19:37:00	woohoo....spent and hour or so stuffing around with some drivers that I dragged off the internet and after a little bit of swearing the cam is working fine. Even did video conferrence with it yesterday afternoon :-) So if there is anybody out there that wants to run one under XP flick me and email to todd.webster@team.xtra.co.nz and I will send you the files....	mongrel (1788)
185530	2003-10-23 20:53:00	> I have had one exactly the same running on one > installation of XP, briefly. > > That device has the distinction of being one of only > 2 devices to manage to crash Windows XP to a blue > screen. > > Its not XP compliant, and probably cant be made so as > far as I could find out. > > Its still sold by several retailers though, just not > for XP. I have used the 2000 driver under XP and don't trust it due to the blue screens. After an e-mail corespondence with a nice fellow at use your head corporation it turns out that the camera is made by Dolphin and there is an XP driver. The problem is Dolphin don't have a download for it and refuse to offer any support via e-mail, instead choosing to send an autoreply saying your mail has been deleted due to too much spam originating for that domain. Alas is seems to do this from ANY domain! :)	BIFF (1)
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