Hello folks, i have Samsung RV510 laptop with an intergrated webcam , which i am unable to use , unless i purchase an additional "Cyberlink Webcam" programme.Does this sound right ? or am i doing something wrong? any help greatly appreciated.

Provided the drivers for it are installed you should be able to use it with Skype, MSN/WLM, Yahoo Messenge etc.

If you are wanting to record the webcam feed (e.g. for a YouTube video), then Windows Live Movie Maker should be able to do this: http://explore.live.com/windows-live-movie-maker

i tried the windows live one, it says no webcam found.

Is there a toggle to turn the webcam on and off? Possibly on one of the function keys with the [Fn] button.

no , cant see a webcam fn key

Are the webcam drivers installed?

Is it even a webcam? It looks like an integrated camera to me. Webcam and camera are two different things.

Edit: The samsung site says this is a 0.3megapixel camera. I'd be surprised if you could use something like that as a webcam. 0.3 is hideous.

All the manuals, drivers, firmware, question etc can be found HERE

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Go to Start > Run > devmgmt.msc

If there is an Imaging devices entry, expand it. It should give you the name of the camera.

If there isn't such an entry are there any unrecognised devices further down in the list?
The spec list in TheDr's link says "Integrated Camera: Web Camera", yet there isn't a specific driver for any type of camera...

Cheers for the response people , just going out to work , will look at whats what tomorrow , thanks Pete

under imaging devices, it says , WebCam SCB-0355N