HP Compaq Web Cam Driver & Application For Windows 7

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For HP Compaq Laptop users, if you are migrating to Windows 7, then you need to have some of the drivers compatible to Windows 7.

If you see, unlike Windows XP, Windows 7 supports most of the basic devices with its inbuilt drivers like the sound card. And even if it doesn’t support the device, it tries to download the driver from the internet and installs automatically.

For the Web Camera, the driver can be directly downloaded using device manager of Windows unlike in the case of Acer Laptop PC where you need a different driver download. But the Web Cam needs an additional application to run. Here we have given both how to download the driver and the Web Cam application.

Note: Connect your Compaq PC to the Internet before performing these steps.

Downloading the driver:

Open Device manager. Right click on Computer and select properties. In the properties click Device manager.

open_device_manager

Now Click on Scan for hardware changes button as shown below:

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scanning_hardware_changes

Under the Imaging devices section if your Web cam is already present then no need to download the driver. If it shows as an unrecognized device with a yellow exclamation symbol then, right click on it and select Update Driver Software…

update_driver_software

Select Search automatically.

update_driver_from_internet

It will automatically download and install the Driver software to your Compaq PC.

Install Web Cam Application Software:

You have to download the Cyberlink YouCam application software to run your Web camera. You can download it from the official hp link:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp37501-38000/sp37849.exe

Size: 49.5 MB

Extract it and install it. You can run your web cam and use it.

cyberlink youcam

The updating of the driver software is applicable to all the hardware devices in your computer. If any unrecognized device is found, then you can try updating the driver software.

The above given method has been tested successfully in Compaq Presario C783TU. Hope it will work for other models also. Any feedback can be posted as a comment below.

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36 thoughts on “HP Compaq Web Cam Driver & Application For Windows 7”

  1. thanks… i will try it.. mine is a compaq c783tu laptop and i have installed windows 7 and my inbuilt webcam in not functioning………..

  2. yeah..mine also got the same problem.
    same model of compaq with recent installed of win7.
    hope someone can help us..

  3. Hey my compaq 610 upgraded to win7.Also my device manager under “imaging devices” says ‘HP Webcam 2MP fixed’.But how can i use it.In my previous win xp i can access webcam inside my computer.But how in case of win7?Adobe photoshop doesnot importing from webcam or it doesnot found the device.Please give me a solution for this?

  4. Thanks Dennis for the Cyberlink YouCam v.1 link. Just did a fresh Win7 install on a Compaq CQ1 and everythings great! After install it auto-updated to v.2.3. 

  5. Hai friend,.When I do the automatic driver update it shows that “Windows was unable to install your unknow device”.But i have downloaded the you cam software n installed.The real problem i think that i have no video device driver.plz help me.My laptop model is Compaq presario c-794wu//….

  6. i followed all the steps yet still under imaging devices there is no camera device, im litrarly ripping my hair out, will someone help!!

  7. Sir,
     
    I am using Compaq presario A900 and currently install window 7 but there is i am many problem i facing.
    1st – Webcam driver is not searching in Internet.
    Please send Link
     
    Bablu Roy
    +917407837463 (Kolkata)
     

  8. Louie Hernandez stole my account record with my payment and placed my account name on the 15 day trial mode which has now expired,….so I paid for his cyberlink camera??? I was disconnected???

  9. Hi. I tried following these steps, but my webcam isn’t even SHOWING under Imaging Devices nor is there an undetected device. I have a COMPAQ CQ45. Can someone help me out?

  10. I have the same problem with AS… my webcam is not showing under Imaging devices. I am using presario C700.. Please help me.. Thank you.

  11. ei..i need help…im using a presario cq 40 and my webcam is not installed…where do i get the installer? 
     

  12. Dear Friends, for a week i have been trying to install webcam driver for my Compaq 610 ( Windows 7), but while installing it fails, i downloaded and tried from many drivers but unable to install successfully, please help me,

  13. Hi frineds, When I try to install webcam driver software, coming err “Can’t load SKUtil.dll” please help me how to solve this..

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