Not sure if it's related but the internal mic also stopped working a few months ago, and I've been using a USB headset mic instead. Realtek (in device manager, my driver page said Realtek) SP85691 (this is also the name of the original file I downloaded, so not sure why the other two folders are there) But I still don't have the cam in devmgr.įYI, other choices the downloaded file unpacked were: I went to C:\SWSetup\SP85691\Realtek and ran setup.exe, which seemed to install it, and I rebooted. The driver unpacks to C:\SWSetup, which leaves a bunch of folders and subfolders and no instructions (unlike what the driver website says, which is follow the onscreen instructions). I downloaded HP Universal Camera Driver for my laptop model from:
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Download & Update HP Webcam Drivers Using Windows Update How To Download HP Webcam Driver Using Automatic Method 4. Download HP Webcam Driver Using the Manufacturer Website 3. Download & Install HP Webcam Driver Using Device Manager 2. I don't think that's required though is it? I think that's one of the many default apps Windows installs that either I or my work tech support removed, as they did remove several of them through pushed updates not long after we got these laptops. How To Download HP Webcam Driver Using Manual Methods 1. I've been trying at the HP community forums with MANY others and they have all kinds of talk but to solution that works and NO driver update. I have no camera app under Settings > Apps > Apps & features > Camera. Has anyone with a HP laptop been able to update or fix the webcam. Settings > Privacy > Camera > "Let apps use my camera" is checked. I clicked action>scan for hardware changes, but it didn't work. Then also as suggested, I removed the device (and driver) from device manager, and rebooted, but Windows didn't reinstall the cam and now it's gone.
But the cam still wouldn't work.Īs suggested by online guides, I tried clicking roll back driver, but after asking if I really want to, and clicking yes, it wouldn't do anything.
Then under View, I checked show hidden devices and Imaging devices appeared, with my cam in it. Under device manager, I had no "Imaging devices" listing, and no cam under "Sound, video and game controllers". One day my integrated webcam worked, the next day it didn't and hasn't since.