Hi,
The webcam is a reasonably priced unit from "RL Supplies"
http://www.rlsupplies.co.uk
a well known locally based computer supply outlet.
It was not bought from Ebay.
The manufacturers address is on the package,
Labtech Inc.
1499 SE Tech Center Drive
Suite 350
USA - vancouver WA 98683
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It wasn't until later that i noticed
"Made in China"
in small letters on the back at the bottom.
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My problem may be nothing to do with this webcams drivers
I am going to do a search for files since 14-APR-10
and have a quick look through.
I looked at files CREATED since 14-APR-10
and the CryptnetUrlCache came up.
The CryptoAPI certificate chain validation logic seems to have been altered.
I may be able to alter it back, i dunno.
I dont know why it should have been changed anyway.
Wether or not this is the problem i dont know, but
according to
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887196 the time-out interval when
checking for validation has been changed to 15secs each and 20secs per group.
If it has many groups to check, that could be why its holding back for a while.
This page of info does not say what the previous time-out was, but it
must have been really short if this is the source of the delay.
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I am somewhat out of my depth here, but i think that there are back-ups of system
files somewhere on this machine.
Or i may see how it runs without these files
CryptnetUrlCache\Content\0797C381B2F87EB5A1D5573BD15BA4F4
CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\0797C381B2F87EB5A1D5573BD15BA4F4
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Hoping for some advice, as i may be going up the wrong tree here.
John