Windows 10: We can't find your camera, error 0xA00F4244<NoCamerasAreAttached>

Jcarlos13 · Mar 19, 2021

Hello, my device is a DELL G5 SE 5505 laptop with integrated camera and it only has 2 weeks of use. Yesterday March 18th, 2021 worked smoothly and today March 19th, 2021 this error code suddenly appears when trying to use the Camera App from Windows, obviously the camera is not being detected on other apps such as Zoom, Google Meets, Discord, etc.

I already tried to follow the steps suggested by the virtual assistant from Windows, but at the end it just says that it don't have more steps for the solution of that problem. Over here I'm gonna say what I have already tried to do by myself:

-Access the Device Manager window to update the drivers, but the camera ones doesn't appear unless I click on the "View" menu and then click on "Show hidden Devices". So I enabled the hidden camera I don't even know why is hidden and updated its drivers with the "Search automatically" option, but it throws the message that says that it is up to date.

- Turn off and then turn on the laptop.

- Verified if there were any pending updates from windows, there weren't.

- Verified in the camera privacy section in Configuration if the access was available for apps, and it was.

- Verified in the BIOS if there was access to the Camera and there was.

Until now that's everything I have tried, but I don't know if I should follow aditional steps or maybe repeat them or something like that. I am grateful for anyone who reads this and help me to solve the problem.

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Cliff S · Mar 19, 2021

Error 0xA00F4244<NoCamerasAreAttached> for Microsoft webcam

You can try using the windows default driver.
Right click the device in device manager, and select update, then browse for drivers my computer, then select let me pick from a list, then select USB Video device:

Paultx · Mar 19, 2021

Error 0xA00F4244<NoCamerasAreAttached> for Microsoft webcam

I have this old Microsoft Lifecam Cinema webcam, which I purchased back in 2013 for my desktop PC. But since I didn't use webcams frequently (when occasionally needed, I used my laptop's) I forgot it inside a drawer for years. A few days ago I found it while housecleaning and decided to test it with Windows 10. It didn't work. I tried another USB port and it worked.

The app interface and a photo taken with it.

Webcam in the Device Manager.

I didn't use it for a week or so. Today I tried to use it again, and again it didn't work.

When I search for solutions, I find many answers mostly with the same steps (use Windows troubleshooting, reinstall driver, etc., blah blah blah) that just don't work!

Even the issues get different names, descriptions, etc. At some point, I just unplugged then plugged the USB cable back to the same port, then I got this "Unknown USB device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)" in Device Manager. Tried another USB port, then got this "96120" thing supposedly "ready". But then nothing, no webcam, and now I have this "96120" thing as "Other devices" in Device Manager.

Device "ready".

As a last resort, I tried to install the webcam model's Windows 7 driver, but the program can't find the webcam to continue.

I don't understand why it's so problematic to run a Microsoft product on a Microsoft operating system. What's worse is that one day it works, the other day it doesn't... It's incredible!

So I wonder if there is some sort of "universal" or "generic" driver or program I can use to take over the whole thing, so I don't have to wait for Microsoft to solve this webcam issue. Any idea? TIA.

Windows 10 Pro 1909 18363.815