Video capture driver problems: how can I disable a driver?
Some video capture device drivers crash when no device is connected. To disable these badly behaved device drivers, go to Control Panel | System | Hardware tab | Device Manager button | Imaging devices (or Control Panel | Multimedia | Advanced | Video Capture Devices), select the driver that you wish to disable and press the Properties button. Now you select the radio button “Do not use this video capture device” and press OK several time until you have left the dialogs. Finally, you must restart Windows for the changes to take effect. When you next restart The vOICe, it will no longer attempt to load the badly behaved driver, and the driver will no longer be listed in the Drivers menu. The above procedure can also be used to enable a video capture device driver again by selecting the “Use this video capture device” radio button. • My system locks up or crashes after a while This can happen if you are running the oldest version of Windows-95 (not OSR-2) and you have no video capture de
Some video capture device drivers crash when no device is connected. To disable these badly behaved device drivers, go to Control Panel | System | Hardware tab | Device Manager button | Imaging devices (or Control Panel | Multimedia | Advanced | Video Capture Devices), select the driver that you wish to disable and press the Properties button. Now you select the radio button “Do not use this video capture device” and press OK several times until you have left the dialogs. Finally, you must restart Windows for the changes to take effect. When you next restart The vOICe, it will no longer attempt to load the badly behaved driver, and the driver will no longer be listed in the Drivers menu. The above procedure can also be used to enable a video capture device driver again by selecting the “Use this video capture device” radio button. • My system locks up or crashes after a while This can happen if you are running the oldest version of Windows-95 (not OSR-2) and you have no video capture d
Some video capture device drivers crash when no device is connected, or you may want to disable a driver to prevent that The vOICe selects it by default (e.g., disable the built-in camera). To disable these badly behaved device drivers, go to Control Panel | [System |] [Hardware tab, if there is one |] Device Manager | Imaging devices (or Control Panel | Multimedia | Advanced | Video Capture Devices), select the driver that you wish to disable. Right-click to get the context menu and disable the driver (the relevant option may be in the context menu directly, or else found via the Properties entry). When you next restart The vOICe, it will no longer attempt to load the unwanted or badly behaved driver, and the driver will no longer be listed in the Drivers menu. The above procedure can also be used to enable a video capture device driver again. • My system locks up or crashes after a while This can happen if you are running the oldest version of Windows-95 (not OSR-2) and you have no v
