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Webcam advice needed
05-01-2009 7:34 PM
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I too have one in my laptop but have never used it. Please could someone point me to (very simple) instructions on this? I thought that we could practice between us before 'going live' so to speak.
The children of another friend use Messenger with their webcam but am not too sure about this. Can you do it with Gmail Chat as I have an account and can easily set one up for my friend?
I know that it is pretty basic stuff which I ought to know about (every 5-year old seems to be an expert) but it really is not something that I have been bothered with until now, and I can't help my pal without some information.
Re: Webcam advice needed
05-01-2009 10:41 PM
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One thing I would say is that with HP their telephone help is first-class and if I phoned them I am sure they would talk me through this.
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05-01-2009 10:49 PM
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Edit: Just had a look and the facility is now available.
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Re: Webcam advice needed
05-01-2009 11:04 PM
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Re: Webcam advice needed
06-01-2009 7:35 AM
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Quote from: pierre_pierre I have only used it on Skype, didnt have to do anything, it just worked on XP,
Ditto for me.
I have used skype and the webcam several times to talk to my friends around the world.
Do you know about skype?
You can telephone all over the world for a fraction of the normal costs...AND if you are talking to someone who also has Skype, it is absolutely FREE!
Just in case you don't know about Skype go to www.skype.com
cheers
Re: Webcam advice needed
06-01-2009 8:00 AM
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Would just have to set up a gmail account for my friend as I already have one. Presumably she will then have to make sure that her recipients have one too. Hope that it is as easy as it looks. Where I got confused is that I have a console and something about Creative avatars on my Dell but no instructions on how to use it for chatting to someone else. Looking forward to having a play.
Artmo - if you have the chance to call HP it would be interesting to know what they have to say about it. Would you post back if you do telephone please?
Pierre - have heard of Skype but thought that you needed to pay for extra equipment. According to you link though, you just download it free. If we both installed it on our computers could we then set up a link to try it out? This looks good.
Re: Webcam advice needed
06-01-2009 8:12 AM
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06-01-2009 10:35 AM
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Calls are very cheap though.
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06-01-2009 11:19 AM
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I think that gmail might be the best bet so am going to have a go with that.
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06-01-2009 12:12 PM
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06-01-2009 12:46 PM
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