Intel Pro PC Camera

Beware not compatible with 64 bit or windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, or 10.

I have the OS windows ME and have been unable to compelte an installation of this camera! Even with the able assistance of the Dell technicians (who need not have helped at all in my opinion since the problem wasn't with their 4100 machine) some items never register. There is a patch available for ME systems -- but it didn't work either.My next step may be to try and sell the thing on Ebay.

In my own words, a letter I sent Intel.--------------------------------------Dear Support,I called tonight to try to get a copy of the driver for the Pro PC Camera. I was told the driver was not available as they had no copies of that CD available to them, could not be placed on an ftp for me to download as the server would not allow them to do this, and could not be emailed to me as the firewall would not allow attachments. I was told the only way for me to receive this necessary file was for me to order another CD. So I was given the phone number to the distribution center (as the tech was ALSO unable to transfer) which I called.It was closed.I called back and was once again transferred to tech support. Once again I got a tech that was unable to help me. I asked how often they received this request and she said "All the time." It seems to me that placing this file on the website would save you many calls in the queue. The Windows 2000 drivers are readily available for download, but not the Windows 9x drivers. Why is this?I do not want or need the Create and Share software, any of the other goodies on that CD, or even the CD itself. All I require is a small file to make this camera work, yet Intel seems unwilling to supply this to me.Please contact me with a resolution to this problem.Ben Grogan

I hope this is not one of the best in it's class, but it does the job. The pics are grainy in low light, but at least you can get a picture without having to turn on every lamp in the house. It adjusts pretty good, but color varies widely depending on the source of light. If I have the window open in full daylight, all the white's turn pink? The software is mostly useless for anything I wanted to do with it. A contrast slider would be nice! Would be fun if they included a stop-motion animation software package, or maybe some sort of movement or facial recognition module, but instead, you get a couple dumb ball-bouncing games that get boring after about 2 minutes. The manual focus works, but autofocus wouldn't hurt either. Gotta be a better cam for the price.

I got this web cam as a gift almost 3 years ago. I still use it! It's dropped in price by quite a bit since then. Briefly, here are the main features worth mentioning. ^_^You can record videos, and crop out parts from the beggining/end. For me the frames per second rate was always quite slow. Making videos of my daughter for her father was out of the question. The cam would freeze on one frame or blur too bad to see anything. Move in slow motion when making a video.There is a autosnap feature. Set the refresh time, add a caption (pick the font, color, size, put it on the top or bottom, and select an optional time format) if you want, then pose while the camera takes a autoshot. Be warned, it saves over the previous picture so turn off the autosnap and resave the first one under a different name if you want to keep it.Pictures can be saved to a certain file on your hard drive, upload via FTP, onto a disk, or to e-mail.It has sticky tape at the bottom of the stand (I haven't used it, don't plan to) and is very easy to change the camera's angles. There's also a purple button on top of the cam, push it to take a picture (when the snapshot program is open) rather than having to use your mouse.The settings are easy to reach and easier to change. If you don't know about the settings than change them one at a time and don't save if you don't like the effect. The light in the room will also effect how the image turns out. Keep that in mind.It comes with pointless games that waste space (play them instead of staring off into space if you get bored). Your cam must be on to play them.A family member dropped my webcam several times and even tried to open the case up. It still works perfectly for the most part. Every now and then when it would heat up it would get horizontal lines scrolling up across the cam image, or a weird tint (like green or purple). That was a major annoyance. It hasn't done that in a long time thankfully.I really like this webcam. As long as videos aren't important to you, give it a try!

I'm sure there are better cameras out there, but for the price, this is top of the line. The video input is extremely handy, plug the audio into your sound cards audio input and BOOM, you can transfer any of your videos to your computer. Intel is an A1 company and they have yet to disappoint.

[I tried to] install [it] on an Windows XP computer running and Athlon 1600XP processor. First install didn't work and I had to MANUALLY delete files because the uninstaller wouldn't take the files out. Second install worked, kind of. Image was less than desirable, didn't support NetMeeting, basically got a cheesy app.Looking for answers I went to the Intel Website and found an "upgrade" (read "PATCH") for WinXP that I could have for $6. Ordered it, came in four days, and loaded it up. Didn't work, no drivers came with it, didn't see the hardware (XP did, but no drivers...).After an hour and a half long distance on MY DIME with their "support center", it went through three levels of escalation and now "the engineers are taking a look at it and they'll get back to me".This may be a good product, but I don't know yet. Talk about vaporware!