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Thurrott August 19 2016
'Microsoft Has Broken Millions Of Webcams With Windows 10 Anniversary Update'
'On August 2nd, Microsoft released the Anniversary Update for Windows 10 and when the bits arrived on computers around the globe, it brought with it new features and also broke webcams for millions of consumers. If your webcam has stopped functioning since the release of the Anniversary update, you are not alone but the good news is a fix is coming, hopefully in September.'
'[Update] Rafael has figured out a workaround that should hopefully stop the freezing issue; if you are comfortable tweaking the registry, make this change.
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My software was deleted. It is not simply freezing! As of this publication, neither myself nor two other friends that researched have found any fix for this issue.
My Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 worked well, and I presented several audio/video entries on You Tube/Blogger with material produced. Last week with a required Windows 10 update, all my Microsoft webcam software was erased.
Therefore, in a sense, I am one of the people that had his/her webcam broken by Microsoft. Yes, the physical webcam still works fine, but there is no quality Microsoft software in support. The default Microsoft 'Camera' software freezes. Any other 'free' software loaded on my hard drive has been poor quality that also freezes up and associated spyware has been loaded onto my hard drive. Now thankfully, destroyed.
