The Inspiron 1545 laptop internal web cam and microphone was killed by the installation the windows 7 upgrade on top of Vista. I fixed mine (with the laptop shut down) by removing the top 4 screws that hold the bezel to the display and gaining enough room to carefully unplug the flat web cam cable from it's connector by prying with a small flat blade screw driver. Start the laptop with the camera cable unplugged and after a few minutes do a normal shut down. Carefully reconnect the camera cable and restart Windows again. Wait a few more minutes and Windows will discover the camera and install the right windows drivers. Install the 4 screws and you are done. There are no downloadable external drivers, they are built into Windows 7. For some reason the upgrade does not install them properly.
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mahfuzar12,
Try reading...
Using and Troubleshooting the Dell Webcam and Dell Webcam Central Software
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Download r230103 see guide for Windows 7 install below.
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The Inspiron 1545 laptop internal web cam and microphone was killed by the installation the windows 7 upgrade on top of Vista. I fixed mine (with the laptop shut down) by removing the top 4 screws that hold the bezel to the display and gaining enough room to carefully unplug the flat web cam cable from it's connector by prying with a small flat blade screw driver. Start the laptop with the camera cable unplugged and after a few minutes do a normal shut down. Carefully reconnect the camera cable and restart Windows again. Wait a few more minutes and Windows will discover the camera and install the right windows drivers. Install the 4 screws and you are done. There are no downloadable external drivers, they are built into Windows 7. For some reason the upgrade does not install them properly.