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99 Responses for "Enable Show My Webcam on Windows Live Messenger 2009 Workaround"

1. john bosco February 12th, 2009 at 4:07 pm 1

   nice work man……….

2. john bosco February 12th, 2009 at 4:08 pm 2

   nice work man……..

3. Jose February 12th, 2009 at 4:31 pm 3

   Welcome Back Raymond!!!

   Thank you for your advice.

   Best regards,

   Jose.

4. kevin February 12th, 2009 at 4:42 pm 4

   the new MSN also has another bug.

   if you have a flash based screen saver on, the moment the screen savers starts, MSN will crash.

   i’m not sure if its only me, but i used to use the polarclock screensaver and everytime it starts MSN will crash.

5. HellNoire February 12th, 2009 at 4:49 pm 5

   Raymond, do you have any tips on making it flash on the traybar when you get a message? For some odd reason when I’m using it and it’s in the tray bar, (I work on homework while being on MSN, I know it’s bad but still) and for me, the beta doesn’t flash when you get a message and it’s minimized.

   I think it might be a bug in the beta, but I’m not sure.

6. Sohail Ahmed February 12th, 2009 at 5:19 pm 6

   kevin, are you using a beta version of Windows Live Messenger 2009 ?

7. Liliput February 12th, 2009 at 5:23 pm 7

   Hi Raymond,

   Welcome back. Tks so much for your advise…

   Btw, Kaspersky was website hacked & customer activation codes exposed few days back… What a pity for them.

8. Raymond February 12th, 2009 at 5:38 pm 8

   @HellNoire: I’ve tested on both of my computers and whenever I receive a new message, I get a notification popup window plus it will flash at taskbar. Can you post this problem in forum so we’ll take a look at it?

9. dino February 12th, 2009 at 6:03 pm 9

   THX RAYMOND~!

10. Juhani February 12th, 2009 at 6:34 pm 10

    Hi Raymond!
    The 2009 version seems to be a bit odd, I couldn’t find my contacts online nor add any new contacts. I had to visit filehippo.com and download the 8.5 version. Anyone else experienced this kind of a problem?

11. Voon Kashin February 12th, 2009 at 7:12 pm 11

    Windows Live Messenger
    Version 2009 (Build 14.0.8050.1202)

    Raymond,
    do you mean this version is the public beta version? i always thought it was final already.

12. Raito_Kun February 12th, 2009 at 8:35 pm 12

    Yes, Juhani, it’s a bug , my friend experienced the same issue, but me no. It’s a common bug of this version i hope microsoft will fix it soon.

13. **Neo** February 12th, 2009 at 10:28 pm 13

    first you need to go under the tools-options-personal and make sure that you have checked Allow others to see that I have a webcam … this worked for me

14. Juhani February 12th, 2009 at 11:32 pm 14

    Thanks, Raito_Kun, I thought it was my computer:)

15. prabowo February 13th, 2009 at 12:16 am 15

    thanks for u informations

16. HellNoire February 13th, 2009 at 1:36 am 16

    Indeed I will, since I use my name here as on the forum too.

17. Joe February 13th, 2009 at 9:36 am 17

    From Wiki
    \”On January 7, 2009, the same build was released as the final version of Windows Live Messenger 2009.[32]\”

    It is final…

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Messenger#Windows_Live_Messenger_2009

18. Tata February 16th, 2009 at 11:54 am 18

    thx raymond but i cant use the option on actions>video> view a contact’s web cam, i guees it’s the same problem, i was thinking it was a problem with XPx64 but is not.

    thx again

19. saheb February 19th, 2009 at 12:15 pm 19

    kaspersky download 2009

20. siiita February 20th, 2009 at 7:48 pm 20

    Thank you Raymond !

21. Ezequiel February 23rd, 2009 at 5:51 am 21

    Thank you very much…
    i had the same problem..

    and following your steps it worked so nice!!

    Thanks man.. keep it up !

22. Natasha February 27th, 2009 at 8:58 am 22

    Hi
    Ive been having this problem too. I read this post about it yesterday and followed your steps and it worked but today its gone right back to having show my webcam greyed out. I tried your steps again a couple of times and it didnt work this time. Im using windows XP. Do you have any other suggestions?
    thanks

23. josh February 27th, 2009 at 12:38 pm 23

    I’m not exactly having the same problem as you. I can start a webcam or video call and hear/see the other person and their webcam. I can see my own webcam as well.

    but the other person says they cannot see my webcam or hear me, when i can see it just fine. I hate this new crap

24. jack February 27th, 2009 at 8:38 pm 24

    hey guys.. same sort of problem.. can do videocall no problem.. but when i click on show my webcam it starts and shows my picture for like 5 seconds then cuts out.. my contacts see nothing..???

    used to be fine.. but now on this version of msn.. nt working..

    any suggestions?

    tks for your help!!

25. tennis March 10th, 2009 at 8:34 am 25

    this solution worked for me, but when i want to see how i look like before i send a request to show my webcam, i can\’t see \”Tools>Webcam Settings\” option. there\’s just \”Tools>Audio and Video Setup\” option to use in this way, but it shows my mirror image, not the real one.

26. Maky March 16th, 2009 at 5:45 am 26

    this solution dos not work for me. I disabled Kaspersky and restarted messenger and “Show my webcam” is steel grayed !?
    Do somebody have another idea or workaround?

27. dave March 20th, 2009 at 5:20 am 27

    NO JOY FOR ME RAYMOND, your solution did not work.

28. guy March 21st, 2009 at 2:03 am 28

    omg that really worked!!

29. bill March 30th, 2009 at 2:55 am 29

    I have the same problem as Josh # 23. The sine out/in does not work for me. any ideas??

30. Mtumi March 30th, 2009 at 3:27 am 30

    Problem solved, thanks Raymond

31. Jarmon March 31st, 2009 at 10:16 pm 31

    It worked. I am using Vista Home Premium, MSN Live 9 on Dell 1525 inspiron.

    I signout from file menu and signin and viola! I can see show my webcam

    I also enabled “Allow others to see my webcam”

    Thanks!

32. Allan Sutton March 31st, 2009 at 10:46 pm 32

    Thanks for the info it was very helpful

    Thanks again

33. Vanessa April 1st, 2009 at 4:49 am 33

    Hurrr Durr… The signing out then back in thing didn’t work for me.

    It worked a few months before but then my msn went back to being useless last week. Um.. I went to my settings and ticked the box that says “allow others to see my webcam”.

    That might be the key? I had it unchecked.. so others were not allowed to see my webcam.. therefore the “show my webcam” bit was greyed out. Possibly.

34. Haisys April 3rd, 2009 at 1:50 am 34

    i took your advice, and i tried to signed out by exiting the whole thing, try to sign back in and it won’t let me :S
    but when i unplug my webcam, it signs me back in.

35. Demetra April 8th, 2009 at 3:28 am 35

    it didn’t work…. i can’t “show my webcam”

36. Cris April 9th, 2009 at 9:45 am 36

    Thanks! Your insight was very helpful.

    Windows Live needs to take some lessons from Skype in User Interface design… They have made it too complicated!

37. Grant April 9th, 2009 at 3:05 pm 37

    thank you!

38. nicky April 9th, 2009 at 9:09 pm 38

    it doesnt work with me!

39. ny April 12th, 2009 at 7:48 am 39

    thanks alot, my cam works now, but the “show cam” option is grayed out still
    can only use video calls
    any suggestions?

40. isaac April 12th, 2009 at 12:18 pm 40

    man this really works, good job

41. Lollo April 12th, 2009 at 5:55 pm 41

    Thanks Raymond! Great work!

42. rifshan April 12th, 2009 at 7:54 pm 42

    Thanx.. v helpful

43. Sara April 12th, 2009 at 10:41 pm 43

    OMG How did u get so smart.. lol Thank you so much this pissed me off so much

    THANK YOU!!!

44. pui April 15th, 2009 at 4:22 am 44

    add me now wanna show my cam

45. ryan April 16th, 2009 at 6:07 am 45

    i have the same problem but………….. I’ve tried signing in again like you said but that didn’t work for me

    can you help?

    or is there a way of letting the windows live team know this bug so they can fix it ?

46. Jdai April 17th, 2009 at 5:56 pm 46

    thank u so much

47. vicky April 22nd, 2009 at 8:01 am 47

    ok do you know how to disable the web cam from live messenger?

48. Sophie July 13th, 2009 at 4:59 pm 48

    since i downloaded the new msn beta, my webcam wont work..how can i get it to work again? thanks

49. archie July 16th, 2009 at 3:25 pm 49

    hey,

    thank you so much raymond. i also had the same problem like you did, but i’m using the public version of windows live 2009. i sign in and off, then the show my webcam option is available now!

    much thanks from indonesia,
    cheers

50. webcamstellen July 20th, 2009 at 6:01 pm 50

    how do i enable my webcam in windows?

51. emma July 20th, 2009 at 10:34 pm 51

    i’ve tried all the above and still nothing is working how can i get the show my webcam to not be greyed out???

    thanks

52. mary July 22nd, 2009 at 2:39 pm 52

    how do i enable my webcam in windows??? can u help me

53. Nanarrr July 24th, 2009 at 5:16 am 53

    WHOOOOOO!!
    Thankyou. Thankyou. Thankyou!! =]
    It works!!
    =]xD

54. Jessa July 24th, 2009 at 4:16 pm 54

    Thank you! yay

55. james July 31st, 2009 at 5:06 am 55

    thanks for that it really helped me… now i can use jsut the webcam!!!

56. Ian September 13th, 2009 at 10:22 am 56

    That didn’t work for me. But what did work was disconnecting the webcam and plugging it back in while logged in. Slightly less of a hassle than logging out and in again too.

57. Veno September 19th, 2009 at 4:04 am 57

    hi everyone .. does anyone know how to make the webcam size big on the 14.0 .. it only shows small and i hate it …

    thanks
    Veno

58. Igguidor September 21st, 2009 at 4:25 pm 58

    I had wlm9 since a long time but a few weeks ago my webcam kept on disconnecting every 30-40 secs. I thought there were some kind of bugs installed by windows update for wlm9 so i downgraded to 8.5, but same problem, then i tried 8.1 same sh**. After some research i found a few posts on Mcafee Antivirus issues. I’m not using mcafee but i reduce the protection on the instant messaging applet and voila.

    Antivirus: Avast Home 4.8 (Configured all modules for high sensitivity protection except for instant messaging)
    Os: Windows X
    CPU: Intel P4 3.2Ghz
    RAM: 3.5Gb

59. amy fox September 23rd, 2009 at 10:31 pm 59

    my webcam works on my laptop and has sucessfully installed but my partner cant see it. everyone else can and it works fine but when i ask him to view and he accepts it says session ended please help he is away alot and i like to c him

60. Anas September 27th, 2009 at 3:12 am 60

    * Go to Tools/Options ‘Allow others to see that I have a webcam’.
    * Restart MSN.

61. Rizwan September 29th, 2009 at 12:14 am 61

    Hey guys
    i have found the solution that how webcam can work on new windows live messenger…
    From Local Area Connection Properties
    clear the check of QoS Packet Scheduler
    and Stop the IPSec Service from Administrator Tools
    it will work for sure!!!

62. ramy September 29th, 2009 at 8:40 am 62

    i have problem withe cam ..when i send single invitation it doesnt appear even when i make video invitation ti works but i can see my friend cam but my cam looks frozen ,,i use msn 2009 please any help?

63. ramy September 29th, 2009 at 8:45 am 63

    and sometimes it gives me this error code 0×80ee000c Starting a Video Call with oooo …
    End call (Alt+Q)

    Messenger is not available right now. Please try again later. (0×80ee000c)

64. steve September 30th, 2009 at 7:49 am 64

    it sounds stupid but i did it and it works

65. Amit October 10th, 2009 at 2:36 am 65

    Cheers man it worked!

66. Frank October 11th, 2009 at 2:39 am 66

    thanks man, this so solved my problem!!

67. Helmi October 28th, 2009 at 11:33 am 67

    Raymond, you’re a genius! man this new live messenger sure got bugs all around.

68. stuart October 31st, 2009 at 8:50 am 68

    the webcam still doesn’t show up, i’ve followed all the advice you given and still nothing. Can you help please

69. Chris November 9th, 2009 at 1:26 am 69

    Thanks for the fix. Signing out/in does work.

    *Why are there pretty serious bugs with a major MSN app? Do they not test or care? I’m so angry. Something else must be p***ing me off but this is pushing me over the edge.

    

70. Lee November 11th, 2009 at 4:16 am 70

    Hi I am having major problems with this new live messanger my video call and cam every time I send an invite or I get invited I nbeed to do end task and end program I freeze all the time and everything blocks this is so annoying I never ever had such problems and now all this .I thought updates were for a good reason yeah sure and I also emailed microsoft and stil no answer help anyone have an ideas on how to fix this thanks Lee

71. luki November 15th, 2009 at 11:21 pm 71

    hi there
    i have web camera problem
    my cam is integrated on dell studio One.
    i use windows vista home premium sp1.
    my problem is:
    when i talk in live msn 2009 and when i send invitation or my friend in chat send me invitation,the invitation doesnt appear and it is like we didnt send invitation to each other.
    what to do any suggestion pls
    and by the way it works perfect on skype without any problem.
    thx Luki

72. Ry@n November 16th, 2009 at 3:11 pm 72

    i have my webcam plugged in but no even the webcam symbol shows up
    Can someone please help me ??

73. chickenwatt November 20th, 2009 at 2:31 pm 73

    I was so happy with messenger 8.5 with mess patch an msn plus it was the perfect messenger until this MF force me to put this messenger that is worse in everything,,i think that the main reason was eliminate sharing folders, why? now you have to upload the file to their servers so they can monitor everything but instead of making a 8.6 without sharing folders they contract a gay minimun to design this garbage called messenger 9 and I have that bug now of the greyed send my webcam that was ok in the 8.5 and signing in and aout and in again solve the problem as raymond find this way to solve this,,thanks Raymond

74. Ashleigh November 21st, 2009 at 7:55 am 74

    YOU LEGEND! I’ve been trying reinstalling everything drivers, msn, msn plus, etc for hours, and then I do such a simple step and it works? Pretty crazy.
    Thanks mannnnnnnn

75. Osman Vielma November 22nd, 2009 at 12:29 pm 75

    Great Work Raymond…
    effective as hell

76. deb t November 28th, 2009 at 10:17 pm 76

    signing out of live messenger and signing back in worked on the grayed out ’show my webcam’ – thanks!

77. Nasir December 3rd, 2009 at 7:24 pm 77

    It works bro perfecty fine thanks alot but i am still wondering what is causing this problem??? any ideas?

78. johnpaul December 9th, 2009 at 12:59 pm 78

    Actually if you sign in to messenger, open a conversation window with anyone (online of course) and open your e-mail from messenger, then go to the top where it says messenger, sign in to web messenger then sign out, you’ll see that your messenger will sign out too, but your conversation window is still open, sig in to your messenger again and TADA! your webcam is ungreyed now!. Hope it helped.

79. Tina December 14th, 2009 at 4:14 am 79

    thanks so much for the help , i love u , this thing was gonna make me crazy !!!! <3

80. Christian December 22nd, 2009 at 8:01 am 80

    OMFG DUDE!!!!! I was getting so fucking pissed off at this thing for not working, and when i was about to give up, i found this. And it totally got it working again. Thanks so much dude, YOU ROCK!!!

81. Rob December 26th, 2009 at 3:54 am 81

    Very well done my friend you have saved me so much time thx again

82. NIChoLasVance December 26th, 2009 at 7:15 am 82

    I found this myself . It works for me
    1. Go to Tools
    2. Select Audio and Video Setup
    3. Click Next
    4. Disable your webcam
    5. Repeat 1,2, and 3
    6. Enable your webcam

83. Alex December 28th, 2009 at 4:00 am 83

    It works now,
    thank you very much!
    regards,
    Alex

84. coral_surfer January 4th, 2010 at 2:32 am 84

    Thank you so much! I couldn’t resolve this problem until now, and I have to say you’re my hero for posting this resolution! (:

85. sickboy_xl January 5th, 2010 at 9:02 am 85

    Worked beautifully. But for some reason when I select “Start A Video Call”, I can see the other persons webcam, and they can see me, but I can’t see myself. Instead it displays a picture of a webcam with an X through it. Any idea why I can’t see myself?

86. Lora January 11th, 2010 at 11:47 pm 86

    Ths, sooo much. Now worked very well.

87. jessa January 16th, 2010 at 12:56 pm 87

    tbh mines built in and it dont even ay i have webcam at side,how can i make it show up ?

88. Wes Weiss January 21st, 2010 at 1:13 am 88

    Man – I was having the same fucking problem! Thank you VERY much! I was really pissed off because it was just too stupid: I couldn’t figure out why my cam would work in one account, but wouldn’t in another account in the same laptop! I did as you said and there it is! It works again =) Thanks dude

89. Wesley January 23rd, 2010 at 2:19 pm 89

    I fixed mine by going to menu…tool…audio and visual setup….next…and then disable your webcam and re enable! It worked for me.

90. Mike Qin February 1st, 2010 at 2:37 pm 90

    Thianks, Dude, Excellent.

    It solved my issue by signing-in and signing-out. Now “show my webcam” works perfectly.

    I searched all the web, and I couldn’t find a solution until I found your post.

    Again, thank you so much.

    Mike

91. henryhu February 4th, 2010 at 6:41 pm 91

    Thanks! This fixed my problem.

92. عادل February 7th, 2010 at 7:39 am 92

    يسعدنى الاشتراك معكم

93. Paul February 10th, 2010 at 7:35 am 93

    Many thanks – sorted out the problem. Many thanks again.

94. matt February 18th, 2010 at 1:27 am 94

    hi my cam works for every one elses but one person it say it loads and we can see are own cam for while then it cutts off when it never used to do that because it used to work all the time

95. Lucas February 26th, 2010 at 12:14 am 95

    Thanks, this worked for one account, but not the one I used the most…

    I did what “NIChoLasVance” said:

    1. Go to Tools
    2. Select Audio and Video Setup
    3. Click Next
    4. Disable your webcam
    5. Repeat 1,2, and 3
    6. Enable your webcam

    Worked a treat… thanks a lot!!!!!

96. make money and help people March 3rd, 2010 at 8:30 pm 96

    after you have done the step rung the video and voice set up again .

97. Isabel March 10th, 2010 at 6:27 pm 97

    omggg. your a genious! thank youuuuu ((:

98. youssef karhani March 14th, 2010 at 6:36 pm 98

    show my web cam

99. Jamie Curtis March 18th, 2010 at 2:38 am 99

    It worked for me. I think the “Allow others to view my webcam” box has to be ticked.