MSN/WEBCAM help!

[jackie]

I have always used webcam to chat with friends on msn, but lately about 10-20 minutes into the chat, my computer freezes and I have to reboot the whole system. I can't figure out what is going wrong! I reinstalled msn messenger in case it was corrupted, but still nothing.

It is driving me insane, any ideas please?

[Catlady711]

Only things I can think of are:

MSN has a glitch they need to work out

Your webcam software needs some kinda update

Your internet has a hiccup (in which case don't try using honey lemon tea with it, the circuits don't like that). lol

Only other thing I can think of is possibly a virus or spyware causing a problem, in which case, make sure your antivirus and spybot software is up to date and run scans.

Otherwise I'm as baffled as you are. Good luck getting through the problem.

[Catlady711]

Just found this article online and it reminded me of your delima.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus2mar02,1,7188297.column

[jackie]

Thanks for the advise Catlady. I am still trying to figure it out!

[Jessika]

My only suggestions are to make sure all of your software AND drivers are all up-to-date. How old is your video card? Has your computer always frozen up or has it just started freezing recently?

My thought (and this is just a thought) is maybe your video card or computer/inet can't handle the streaming video?

[jackie]

i don't even know what a video card is. :o

I am hopeless when it comes to computers.

[Jessika]

i don't even know what a video card is. :o

I am hopeless when it comes to computers.
A video card is what you hook your monitor into and what makes things appear on the screen :)