Jonathan
Wed Aug 20 14:38:03 CDT 2003
Hi Peter,
The 'Video Conference' option is only available in Windows XP, and there are some other
factors which prevented it from having its own button. I'll add it to my list however.
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Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources -
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"Peter Odryna" <po4599@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> Jonathan, can you send a request through the channels to
> add 'Video Conference' as a default button at the top
> level? This change has caused endless confusion. Webcam
> is nice, but most users seem to think 'Webcam' is a
> replacement for Video conferencing.
>
> -Peter
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Itay,
> >
> >The 'Webcam' option usually only works for 'Webcams',
> which your Canon A100 doesn't really
> >classify as.
> >
> >However, you can probably get it to work by using
> the 'Video Conference' option instead
> >(which is the same thing that was in MSN Messenger 5).
> To do so, click the Actions menu,
> >then 'Start Video Conference'.
> >____________________________________________
> >Jonathan Kay
> >Windows MVP, Messenger
> >Associate Expert
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >Messenger Resources -
http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> >"Itay Weinberger" <itay@joola.co.il> wrote in message
> >news:OFY7jBdYDHA.384@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've looked at the earlier posts but no answer worked
> for me.
> >> I'm running Windows XP with MSN Messenger Version
> 6.0.0602
> >> I own a webcam "Canon A100", when I click the web
> camera settings on my
> >> tools menu, I get a message saying "MSN messenger
> cannot detect a camera", I
> >> must say that I've used the camera before with version
> 5 and it worked fine.
> >>
> >> Nothing seems to help, what should I do?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Itay
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >