Windows Vista
Windows Vista is a version of Microsoft Windows. It was announced in 2005 and released in 2006. Windows 7 has now replaced Windows Vista. Find more Windows Vista news, information, and pictures here.
Trick to Use Logitech QuickCam Messenger in Windows Vista
Officially, older batch and most of the Logitech QuickCam Messenger is not supported and not compatible with Windows Vista, although you may misleading believe otherwise as QuickCam 10.5 software supports Vista is provided for free download. However, in most of the case, except Logitech QuickCam Messenger with P/N no. of 861225 and USB/PID of 08DA will fail in installation during the webcam setup, where Vista unable to detect the webcam even though you have inserted the webcam.On the other hand, using Windows Vista Add Hardware Wizard will not detect any driver for the webcam, even though you have extracted the driver files from the executables, no matter the Wizard search automatically online and locally or been asked to browse and locate the software drivers on the unpacked location.
In addition, Problem Reports and Solutions applet may appear after the failed driver installation for Logitech QuickCam Messenger with the following message:
Windows Vista does not support Logitech QuickCam Messenger
This problem was caused by a compatibility issue between Windows Vista and Logitech QuickCam Messenger.
Logitech QuickCam Messenger was created by Logitech, Inc..
Recommendation
—————-
To search for similar devices that are compatible with this version of Windows, visit the Windows Vista Hardware Compatibility List website online.
However, it’s not totally out of hope for owner of Logitech QuickCam Messenger who has upgraded to Windows Vista. The following hack will use Windows XP driver (a common trick to use non Vista compliant device) to install the webcam in Vista:
1. Download QuickCam 8.4.8 with driver for WinXP.
2. Install WinRAR if not already installed yet.
3. Open the setup installer qc848enu.exe and unpack its contents to a folder. Alternatively, right click on qc848enu.exe and select “Extract to qc848enu\” option.
4. Insert or plug in the Logitech QuickCam Messenger to a USB port if not already done so.
5. An “Driver Software Installation” icon in systray (notification area) should appear, which will pop up detailed message if click. It should fail, and “Add Hardware Wizard” dialog window will appear. Choose to install the driver manually by instructing the Wizard to locate and look for the web cam driver inside the Drivers folder under the unpacked folder of the qc848enu.exe setup program. You can use browser button to select the folder.
6. Windows Vista should grab the XP driver and install it properly.
7. Download the latest version (10.5.1) of Vista compliant QuickCam software from Logitech to install the software on Vista.
8. Run the setup (qc1051enu) normally. You may need to skip the detection of webcam near the end of installation process.
Voila, you can now use the Logitech webcam to capture images or use it in conjunction with video chat in IM programs such as Windows Live (MSN) Messenger, AIM Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Skype or run Logitech VideoCall.
This hack may work on other Logitech QuickCams that doesn’t yet or will never support Windows Vista too, such as Logitech QuickCam Zoom Silver, QuickCam Notebooks Deluxe, QuickCam Express, QuickCam Chat, Quickcam Orbit/Sphere, Quickcam Pro 4000, QuickCam Orbit MP, QuickCam Chat and etc. However it’s not tested. If you willing to try out and feedback is appreciated.
In addition, Problem Reports and Solutions applet may appear after the failed driver installation for Logitech QuickCam Messenger with the following message:
Windows Vista does not support Logitech QuickCam Messenger
This problem was caused by a compatibility issue between Windows Vista and Logitech QuickCam Messenger.
Logitech QuickCam Messenger was created by Logitech, Inc..
Recommendation
—————-
To search for similar devices that are compatible with this version of Windows, visit the Windows Vista Hardware Compatibility List website online.
However, it’s not totally out of hope for owner of Logitech QuickCam Messenger who has upgraded to Windows Vista. The following hack will use Windows XP driver (a common trick to use non Vista compliant device) to install the webcam in Vista:
1. Download QuickCam 8.4.8 with driver for WinXP.
2. Install WinRAR if not already installed yet.
3. Open the setup installer qc848enu.exe and unpack its contents to a folder. Alternatively, right click on qc848enu.exe and select “Extract to qc848enu\” option.
4. Insert or plug in the Logitech QuickCam Messenger to a USB port if not already done so.
5. An “Driver Software Installation” icon in systray (notification area) should appear, which will pop up detailed message if click. It should fail, and “Add Hardware Wizard” dialog window will appear. Choose to install the driver manually by instructing the Wizard to locate and look for the web cam driver inside the Drivers folder under the unpacked folder of the qc848enu.exe setup program. You can use browser button to select the folder.
6. Windows Vista should grab the XP driver and install it properly.
7. Download the latest version (10.5.1) of Vista compliant QuickCam software from Logitech to install the software on Vista.
8. Run the setup (qc1051enu) normally. You may need to skip the detection of webcam near the end of installation process.
Voila, you can now use the Logitech webcam to capture images or use it in conjunction with video chat in IM programs such as Windows Live (MSN) Messenger, AIM Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Skype or run Logitech VideoCall.
This hack may work on other Logitech QuickCams that doesn’t yet or will never support Windows Vista too, such as Logitech QuickCam Zoom Silver, QuickCam Notebooks Deluxe, QuickCam Express, QuickCam Chat, Quickcam Orbit/Sphere, Quickcam Pro 4000, QuickCam Orbit MP, QuickCam Chat and etc. However it’s not tested. If you willing to try out and feedback is appreciated.
Related Articles
Comments
Showing last 25 of 26 (show all)
Hi Nirvick,
The hack works for me fine !!! thnx for the advice....
I tried this on Vista 64bit and it does not seem to work for me
Didn't work for my Quickcam Express (Vista x64)
Thanks for the workaround nirvick. My Webcam Messenger now works with Vista Home Premium(32-Bit)
Thanks for this great hack. I was about to go and buy a new webcam before I read your post. Saved me quite a bit.
welcume
doesnt work with hp elite q6600 3 gig rsm 720 hdd . nivida 8600gts
any tips? i have vista 32 bit everythingelse on my cpu 64 bit or higher windows ratting 5.3 it still tells me downlaod logitech software drivers cant be found
This worked for me. First I had to find qc848enu.exe by doing a web search. It took a little while to download but once I did, I told the install wizard to look into that driver folder specifically in qc848\ and then VISTA found and installed the driver for the camera. However, for VISTA you have to then install the 10.5.1 quickcam software as instructed. For this to work properly in VISTA (if you get error 2738)...
>This is actually a problem in the Vista system.
> Please try the following steps to remedy this:
>
> a) Open the command prompt as administrator (search online to find out how to do this as an ADMINISTRATOR, if you don't know how).
> b) In the command line type regsvr32 vbscript.dll
>
That's it....HOWEVER,
> IMPORTANT! :If you don't run as admin, it won't work
> and you'll get another error message.
i test quicktime express is working in Win vista 32
thanks a lot!
i test Quick time is working pretty well in Vista 32
thanks a lot!
can you give proper step?
which one software i must download for using quickcam 8.4?
shit...doens;t work here ( in Holland...maybe that's the reason??) Please help me
Vista would not find a driver for my Quickcam Traveler using this trick. No luck so far...
Quickcam Traveler update: Downloaded the XP driver for the Traveler provided on the Logitech website. Installed normally and rebooted. Vista disallowed the autorun installer part2 and the new hardware detection came up but I noticed the webcam was already streaming by this time. So I cancelled the new hardware wizard and rebooted and ALL GOOD!
I was wondering, is it possible to use the Microphomne aswell? How and where do i set it to be the microphone if i use an ASIO card as main? I've tried it all, but doesen't seem to work with my Ventrilo 3.0.
thank you!! my logitech quick cam, web messenger finally works!! tnak you very much.
Many thanks... It took a couple of attempts (my fault) but I got the hang of it eventually and now everything works perfectly.
Obrigado! funcionou perfeitamente aqui!
Thanks! here works fine!
I got it to work but the mic won't anyone know how to fix it
worked for me
It works, but no mic.
Thank you
Thank you
Step 6 didn't happen for me unfortunately...
please help it didn't work on vista X64
About the Author
From Our Partners
People in Pictures
Top Geek Articles
 |
Celebrities on the Phone
Cell phones are to celebrities like bats are to baseball: no one runs too far without them.
|
 |
Why every guy should buy their girlfriend Wii Fit.
Gratuitous...
|
 |
Hot Geeks -- The Sexiest Geeky Girls
These girls are gorgeous AND they'll play Warcraft with you. Doesn't get much better than that.
|
