Windows 10: Camera suddenly stoped working on HP laptop Win 10, Device manager says cant load driver...

windows HP Starwars laptop, Camera not detected in Skype. Has been working perfectly until yesterday. Now drive manager says can't load driver The specified image file did not have the correct format; it did not have an initial MZ.

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Camera failure in Windows 10 laptop

Hey guys, I have a Dell inspiron 3576 laptop Windows 10 home version 21H2 installed on January 2022 OS build 19044.1645.
So this is the Camera that came with this laptop i'm referring too. I pinned the app to my start menu and when i open it says that this device can't find the camera, most of the time. So i open device manager and there is no camera device listed. BUT what i do see is a yellow triangle way down at the bottom in Universal serial bus controllers that says Deposit descripter device failed. So i update the driver and my camera would list with all the other devices and start to work again. So my question is, Is the camera driver related to serial bus controllers and "WHY" does my camera quit working??

Thank you, larry

 

windows camera not working on HP laptop

Hello,

Can you post up a little more information on your system. First what is the model of your HP laptop?

Is your camera built into the laptop (usually at the top front of the screen)?

Can you share the driver name of your camera?

To get this information you will need to open up Device Manager:

Steps to get camera driver name:

1. Hold down the Windows key and press R (Win+R)

2. Type devmgmt.msc, then click OK

3. Find 'Imaging Devices' and expand it by clicking the '>' to the left.

4. Right click on the device listed and select 'properties'

5. From the window that pops up, copy down the device name listed at top and post to this thread

Also, if you are familiar with how to take screenshots, it would be very beneficial to post up a screenshot of your driver details. While you have the device properties window open, complete steps below to get driver details screenshot.

Steps to share driver details screenshot:

1. With the Imaging Device properties window open as per steps above, click on 'Driver' tab

2. Click the 'Driver Details' button

3. Hold down Alt-PrtScn key on your keyboard

4. Hold down the Windows key and press R (Win+R)

5. Type mspaint, then click OK

6. Hold down Ctrl-V to paste your screenshot

7. Hold down Ctrl-S to save your screenshot, save in a location you can find later like your pictures folder

8. Post the driver details screenshot to this thread using the 'Insert Image' option on the reply window toolbar.

Thank you.