Changing Cameras on some websites on Windows 8 System

MrMikie

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I cannot change cameras I want to use on some websites (Skype and yahoo ok). When I go to try to select an external cam on some websites which merely show "About Adobe Flash Player" in the "camera area", I can't seem to pull up the icon which allows me to select the external camera. The internal camera works just fine on those sites, but if I disabled the internal camera "hoping the computer" would recognize the external camera as the "new default" camera, I then have no camera whatsoever on those sites. Missing something. Help!?
 

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That should be controlled through the Flash Control Panel item - It's "Camera and Mike settings by Site" - You may have the sites you want blocked.
 

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Thanks for the reply!. My problem seems to be that although I can access the pop up menu you refer to on Skype and yahoo messenger, I cannot do so on the other sites I'm trying to enable my external cam on. I have approved these sites in the puter generally, but, beyond that, a wall I can't get over or around - so far. If you can help me get to such a pop up menu (process should be the same for all such sites I think), I think my problem would be solved. Unfortunately, I don't see any way to get beyond "About Adobe Flashplayer", which shows me what I need to do, but gives no guidance on how to get to the darned pop up menu on such sites.

Mr. Mikie
 

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Flash always seems to do what it wants, not what you want. Have you upgraded to the latest version? Maybe you should remove it, run a cCleaner Registry clean, and then maybe you can re-install it fresh. Sounds like it has accumulated some settings you don't want. Maybe a removal, a registry clean, and then clean out your Temp files with ccleaner, try that.
 

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    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
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    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
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    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
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    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
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    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
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    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
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    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
Thanks for sticking with me on this!!! I'm told I can't un-install Flash Player without risking an even bigger mess because it comes embedded in Windows 8. Joy! Since I'm obviously not terribly adept at this sort of thing, I'm reluctant to risk that. Any other suggestions sure welcome!
 

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    Internet Explorer
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