I literally bought this laptop abouy 6 hours ago. The webcam has been working fine until a few minutes ago. It still opens up and you can still see yourself and take snapshots but when I try to record it says "locked by another application". What the heck does this mean and how can I fix it?? Ive tried restarting the computer, and Im still getting the same error message. Im gonna be really PO'd if I have to return this thing after owning it for less than 24 hours!
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Brand new Gateway Laptop webcam not working?
Did you perhaps install a few programs? Your camera is being used by another application which seems to be loading at start up. Go to pctechland.net and ask your question in the PC Troubleshooting section, they have a team of techs over there that will help fix you up and answer any questions you may have.
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the most likely issue is that maybe another program is using your webcam.
are you using an instant messaging program and you are displaying your webcam to a contact (or anything else)? if so try closing it and try again.
if its not that im not sure.