I have brought a new webcam today, a pretty cheap Adomax AP-3211. I am running Windows XP SP2, and figured I'd have no problems installing it, however it's been a nightmare. It came with a CD that has the drivers on, but once installed, Windows won't recognize that the webcam is connected. I also went to the manufacturers site to get the latest driver, but the same result applies. The USB usually picks up that there's a connection, but when I try to assign a driver from the CD or the downloaded driver, it always comes up "Cannot connect hardware as failed to find software", despite selecting the .exe and folder / CD with the driver in there. I've tried going into device manager and I believe it's just showing up as USB Device, with a yellow question mark next to it and a "!" over it. It also lists the "Code 28" error in properties. I can't update the driver for it this way either. Same result. As of right now, my webcam isn't working what-so-ever, and despite the blue light being on and connected, nothing. Is this a USB connection problem? Is there anything I can do to sort this out? I feel I've tried everything to no avail and I'm sure it can't be broken as I got it today brand new. Kinda wish I went for the Logitech, maybe. Thanks in advance for any reply.
You might be able to use 7zip to extract the installer you downloaded from the internet...drivers are not .exe they are .inf
