I have a XV-1000 working under Vista and have never had any problems.
Have you tried the latest driver available from:

[url]http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/digitalcommunication/downloads/default.mspx[/url]

Theo

Pluizer wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello everyone,
>
> Yesterday I bought the Lifecam vx-1000, as I was looking for a new
> webcam for Vista. The installation was no problem. However, as soon as I
> tried to use the programme of the webcam the problems started. The
> programme was crashing all the time and just doesn't work fine. The
> webcam itself works great, because I tested it on a different PC
> (Windows XP). I suppose you've heard this problem many times before, but
> could you please help me? I'm really frustrated now. Even more because
> the webcam SHOULD work with Vista!
>
> Greetings,
>
> Paul
>
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