How to Install Logitech Webcam in Windows 7
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I have this:
QuickCam® Messenger™
I cannot find a way to install it even google a lot. Any idea?
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I hate to be captain obvious, but did you try plugging it in?
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Originally Posted by hermitmaster
I hate to be captain obvious, but did you try plugging it in?
it is not offically supported by logitech for windows 7 and vista, have to have some hack way to do so.
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Plugging it in should be enough, W7 looks for drivers automatically
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Plugging it in should be enough, W7 looks for drivers automatically
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as I just said, logitech made old webcam doesn't work in windows 7 and vista, have to have hacking way to solve it
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Plug it in, please!
told all of you that it doesn't work. Windows 7 would just tell you it is not even compatible.
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I have tried method 1 but still it says cannot find a suitable driver. I am not sure if windows 7 has fixed this "bug" in windows 7 update.
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I have tried method 1 but still it says cannot find a suitable driver. I am not sure if windows 7 has fixed this "bug" in windows 7 update.
Buy a new webcam then. Good luck.
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Buy a new webcam then. Good luck.
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really suck to give up a working webcam...
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I thought someone here must know how to solve it
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Why is it sad? You have an old webcam that has drivers which are incompatible. Old tech is old tech, we can't help you.
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That's like being upset that someone in a ferarri shop has no solution for fixing a 60's plymouth, just not happenin. On another note, go to their website and download the general driver installer, I can't link to it because the search resets when you go to the link
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Originally Posted by driftkidd2323
That's like being upset that someone in a ferarri shop has no solution for fixing a 60's plymouth, just not happenin. On another note, go to their website and download the general driver installer, I can't link to it because the search resets when you go to the link
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Pretty poor response by all on here to an honest question ...
First - most webcams work off similar base chips - so you could circumnavigate all of this by trying a base reference driver for the chip used by that Logitech webcam.
Second - Windows 7 does try to install an appropriate driver. Well, it does for me ... so all you need is the software that uses it. In this case, run the setup, wait until it coughs over the signed driver bit, then navigate to C:\Users\<--your user ID-->\AppData\Local\Temp and find the latest folder date/time wise (mine was actually called Logitech but yours may differ). Inside there should be a few other folders - one of them is called LWS - which is the Logitech Webcam Software that uses the driver. That should install just fine ...
BTW - if you don't have the installed driver under device manager, in that folder is all of the DLLs that make up the driver plus the INF for the installer - fiddling with the INF (its a text file) and pressing "UPDATE DRIVER" under device manager and pointing it in this direction may also work, but I doubt it. My best suggestion would be to locate the base driver for the chipset.
Third - the various snotty responses about "get a new one" - that's really not helpful or constructive is it people. As a new member here, it really surprised me - all you have to say is "I am unsure - it sounds as if Logitech couldn't get it signed by MS" (which is the case). Not say very unhelpful things.
Hope it helps.
Paul
PS - this is how I got my Logitech quickcam to work under Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit ...
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Wow, why are we bumping this thread?
How to Install Logitech Webcam in Windows 7
Source: https://www.overclock.net/threads/how-to-install-logitech-old-webcam-in-windows-7.1221346/