Over the past 3 months I logged 3 support cases with Dell due to same Webcam issue. The numbers are:
<To protect your privacy, all private information was removed from this public post. DELL-Admin>
I spent hours with Dell Techs on the phone while they re-installed drivers remotely which did not fix the problem. They then said it was a hardware problem. They sent our a field tech that replaced the camera, mic and motherboard but the problem remained. Dell closed my cases despite the field tech not able to fix it.
I then proceeded to do a Win11 re-installation (in place install) for the second time. The sound and mic is now working and it detects external webcams but still cannot detect the internal webcam.
I then swapped the NVMe and inserted one having a clean Win11 installation and then the camera works. So this confirms it is a driver issue. I asked the field tech to do that but he told me this is not their procedure.
I have made a copy of the Win 11 driverstore of the installation that works and another one of the installation where the drivers fail. Is there anyone that can assist in determining which drivers are causing this?
Yes — in Windows 11 the quickest way to list installed drivers is with Command Prompt or PowerShell. driverquery shows a full list of drivers, and Device Manager lets you inspect drivers device by device.
Open Command Prompt as administrator and run:
text
driverquery
That lists the installed drivers in columns such as module name, display name, type, and link date.
Tnx Ann but as stated, I already copied all the drivers from the driverstore. Using the RAPR tool is much easier than command line. Getting the drivers is not the problem.
I was hoping someone from Dell would be interested to have 1) a copy of the full driverstore that does work on the XPS 14 including the camera 2) a copy of the driverstore that Dell Support Assist fails to fix for the XPS14 with camera, sound and mic not working.
This will allow them to see which drivers are causing the problems and fix Dell Support Assist to get it to install the correct drivers.
Please explain to the team that facial recognition requires a working internal webcam to take a picture of your face. 1) In the case of 1 above the camera is working 2) In the case of 2 above, the internal webcam is NOT BEING DETECTED, the webcam is NOT WORKING and it is therefore IMPOSSIBLE for facial recognition to work.
The intent was to compare the list of installed drivers.....
""I have made a copy of the Win 11 driverstore of the installation that works and another one of the installation where the drivers fail. Is there anyone that can assist in determining which drivers are causing this?""
I assumed that when you stated you had/have an install that works, and an install that don't, a comparison would be beneficial.
However I realise I don't know where/which "Win 11 driverstore" you are referring to.
However the clean install must have a list of drivers that make the camera work, and yet again it's an assumption, that an update, either a W11 or installing a piece of software to use the camera is where the problem lies.
SO a before and after driver listing with driverquery will show any W11 changes and hopefully pinpoint the problem, or at least remove W11 from the equation.
@PeterMousetailThat sounds incredibly frustrating, especially after going through multiple repairs and still ending up with the same issue—it really does point toward a driver conflict rather than hardware at this stage. I’ve seen similar situations where a clean system behaves differently simply because of hidden driver mismatches or corrupted configurations, so your approach of comparing driverstores makes total sense.
Thanks gailhamilton. Yes, I have copies of the 2 sets of drivers and I thought that someone from Dell Support would be keen to analyse and compare. This will enable them to fix SupportAssist which is unable to find or resolve the problem. This is further aggravated by the XPS 14 firmware not having a function to test the camera (unlike the sound for example). Therefore, the conclusion of Dell support is to send out a tech to do hardware replacement while the problem is in fact related to driver mismatch.
Unfortunately, the service level of Dell is not what it used to be. Buying a support package having a 3 day on-site turnaround it not worth anything if they have not been able to fix this in 4 months. No surprise that Dell sales of laptops are declining while Lenovo increased sales by 20% YoY with a market share of 27% (Dell 18%). Guess what brand my next laptop will be.
Hi I have a similar situation making the Webcam works on a similar, XPS 14 DA14260
On my side I know it's not an hardware failure since I restored system with OS recovery and the webcam works fine from the factory Dell image. Trying to make the webcam work from our custom corporate image is being a nightmare so far.
Still have hidden devices without driver: USB4\VIRTUAL_POWER_PDO&VID_8086&PID_E433&REV_0001
USB4\VIRTUAL_POWER_PDO\4&1EDC24B6&0&0
Webcam on the driver side looks fine, it's listed but fail to work after few second.
There is mention in the eventvwr sorry for the French interface.
Nom de l’application défaillante : svchost.exe_FrameServer, version : 10.0.26100.8521, horodatage : 0x6588a4b7 Nom du module défaillant : IntelDeviceMFT64.dll, version : 71.26100.0.20219, horodatage : 0x691d6e8e Code d’exception : 0xc0000005 Décalage d’erreur : 0x0000000000084028 Identifiant du processus défaillant : 0xC4C Heure de démarrage de l’application défaillante : 0x1DCFF5780118C88 Chemin d’accès de l’application défaillante : C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe Chemin d’accès du module défaillant : C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iacamera64.inf_amd64_bda90aa2d055501b\IntelDeviceMFT64.dll
anne_droid
5 Journeyman
•
2072 Posts
•
7695 Points
0
0
Posted April 13th, 2026 11:35
Hi
Try...
Yes — in Windows 11 the quickest way to list installed drivers is with Command Prompt or PowerShell.
driverqueryshows a full list of drivers, and Device Manager lets you inspect drivers device by device.Open Command Prompt as administrator and run:
driverqueryThat lists the installed drivers in columns such as module name, display name, type, and link date.
To export the list, run:
driverquery > C:\Users\YourName\Desktop\drivers.txtThat creates a text file you can search later.
Even better is my old favourite............
Open Windows Terminal / PowerShell as Administrator and run:
driverquery /v /fo csv > "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\installed-drivers.csv"This saves a CSV file on your Desktop with the verbose driver list.
Better CSV with more control
If you want more readable columns, use PowerShell:
Get-CimInstance Win32_PnPSignedDriver | Select-Object DeviceName, DriverVersion, DriverProviderName, DriverDate, InfName | Export-Csv "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\installed-drivers.csv" -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8This exports a CSV containing common driver details such as device name, version, provider, date, and INF name.
Then, of course, open it with LibreOffice.
Don't be surprised if you see drivers for a parallel port (parport) and other obsolete stuff.
(edited)
Kind Regards
anne_droid