Windows 10: Webcam keeps getting disconnected Error code: 0xA00F4289 and 0xA00F4244

I'd like to ask regarding the problem that I have with my webcam. After I switch on my webcam, after some time, it will keep turned off and on, and when it's off, it seems that my webcam was not detected.


Attached are the videos converted to GIF, one is produced using Zoom meeting, and other one is from the Windows camera app.

Using Zoom:





Using Camera App





Device as stated in device manager is BisonCam, NB Pro. I tried to update the driver but Windows said that the best drivers are already installed.

Is this a software issue or hardware issue?


Windows Version: 10.0.19041.610

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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:

 

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

 

Error code: 0xA00F4244

Hello GetuShiferaw,

If you're getting error code 0xA00F4244 when accessing your webcam, please answer these questions:

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• What is the make and model of your Windows 10 device?
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