>>>What is the make/model of the laptop and what OS you running on it?
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>>>Do you see webcam when you goto my computer? Know it seems odd but I have a Sony that does that...
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>>I have Windows 7 64 Dell Laptop. I can go to Skype and take a snapshot of me (could not figure out how to save it, though - save doesn't seem to do anything).
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>>I'll try from my computer now.
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>http://en.community.dell.com/dell-groups/digital-entertainment/f/217/t/19127538.aspx
>http://dell-webcam-center.software.informer.com/questions/
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>My mom has a Dell Studio 1737 T6400 laptop with built-in webcam. I have no idea how the webcam software works, but she was born in 1938 and figured it out from the links above so I recommend you ask Dell. Their customer support is pretty good for that type of thing.

My mom is born at the same year...

I checked the links and looks like the problem is common. In the first link the user suggests to download software - I guess I should try it, right?

BTW, the camera works fine from Skype - it is just I don't see any program I can use to try it outside of skype