If you have trouble using Microsoft’s LifeCam Web Camera with Windows 7, here’s a simple tip that works for all NX and VX series.
Open device manager from your Windows 7 control panel and uninstall the drivers for LifeCam (it could be listed as USB Camera).
Microsoft LifeCam is a freeware video recorder app filed under drivers and made available by Microsoft for Windows. The review for Microsoft LifeCam has not been completed yet, but it was tested by an editor here on a PC.
Restart the computer (if required by the uninstall module), do a search for Lifecam 3.0 exe (it’s available on the Microsoft hardware site for both 32 bit and 64 bit windows) and install the utility (you can skip Windows Live Essentials).
Once installed, open the Lifecam software from the Windows start menu and it should work just fine.
If you go through the Windows update route in Window 7, it might download version 2.9 of Lifecam software that can have compatibility issues so use Google to directly download the right version of Lifecam Drivers.
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November 11, 2009
LifeCam3.0.exe
30.1 MB
96,214
Input Devices
Windows 7
Download the latest drivers and software for your Microsoft LifeCam webcam. Late Breaking and Known Issues:,/b. Windows N and KN versions require installation of Windows Media Format 11 SDK * On Windows 7 N and KN, versions, you need to install Windows Media Format 11 SDK to enable LifeCam functionality. For more information, click here to view the Knowledge Base article on this topic. * On Windows Vista N and KN versions, you need to install Windows Media Format 11 SDK to enable LifeCam functionality. For more information, click here to view the Knowledge Base article on this topic. Windows 7 E version requires installation of Internet Explorer On Windows 7 E, you need to install Internet Explorer to enable LifeCam functionality. You can install Internet Explorer from the Microsoft Download Center. Windows 7 requires that .NET be enabled for LifeCam software to run On Windows 7, if you have .NET turned off, you will be prompted during LifeCam Setup to enable it. If you choose not to do this during Setup, you will not be able to run the LifeCam software- the software will close automatically when you try to open it. In order to use the LifeCam software, you will first need to enable.NET in the Windows 7 Control Panel. For more informacion please visit: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/digitalcommunication/lifecam/readme/en-US/default.mspx
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