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General Category => Hardware => Topic started by: cantonarv on April 23, 2002, 10:28:52 AM

Title: Who really knows his stuff?
Post by: cantonarv on April 23, 2002, 10:28:52 AM

I want to be able to disable/enable a webcam connected via USB port at will via either VB or vbs. Is this possible and if so how. I was thinking that there might be a registry entry or something that would toggle it on/off. If not what solution can I take,

Title: Who really knows his stuff?
Post by: rdc on April 23, 2002, 05:12:50 PM

Why not simply disable it in the device manager , imaging devices , and enable it when you want to use it .The most simple way is to unplug it .
The only occasion I see when you need to do this is ,when you double boot , and one of the operating systems doesn\'t support the software or  driver

Title: Who really knows his stuff?
Post by: cantonarv on April 24, 2002, 03:23:25 AM

Because I am trying to incorporate it into a program

Title: Who really knows his stuff?
Post by: rdc on April 24, 2002, 09:09:42 AM

Programming is not my piece of cake .
Good luck