Hi Paul,

Philip's lists no Vista drivers for that model. What are they supplying you
with? An XP one? That may or may not work, what they need to do is provide
you with one for Vista. There is no "setting" preventing installation beyond
the need for an appropriate driver file.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
My thoughts [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/url]

"paul" <paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E892EF29-0928-4ACB-BD17-1DAB2F8C5029@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>I am trying to install the driver for my Philips Webcam TouCam II PCVC 840K
> on Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium. The webcam works on Windows XP
> and
> it is connected to my PC through a USB port.
>
> I downloaded the driver advised by Philips but, during installation, Vista
> says that Windows cannot find the driver software for my device. Philips
> say
> that a setting in my Windows may be preventing the installation.
>
> Do I have to discard a webcam which I bought approx. 2 years ago for about
> 70 Pounds Sterling?
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
>
>
> "Dave" wrote:
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>> I had to buy a new webcam that was Vista compatible, as my old one was
>> not.
>> Is yours compatible?
>>
>> If you tell us which webcam, and which software you are trying to
>> install,
>> maybe someone here can help.
>>
>> Also, did you install the software before plugging in the webcam, as
>> instructed?
>>
>>
>>
>> "cheryl chong" <cheryl [email]chong@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
>> news:3D635AEC-9704-4757-8963-85EC233325FE@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Hi there,
>> >
>> > I tried to install a webcam but it was unsuccessful and Vista told me
>> > that
>> > there was not enough storage to operate the installation. I have
>> > currently
>> > 254 Gb of free HDD space. I tried to search for the driver but Vista
>> > could
>> > not locate it, i even tried using every USB port. I managed to install
>> > the
>> > software required, but when i open the programme, it says that I do not
>> > have
>> > any video capture hardware. Vista has been giving more problems than
>> > this
>> > alone.[/color]
>>
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