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Christian_Stokes
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Mar 20, 2020
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Camera freezes in Teams

Hi,   I've had around 6/7 users contact me regarding their camera freezing when doing a video call on Teams. During the ringing stage the camera works fine but as soon as the person they are ringin...
Camera Freezing
Camera Issue
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    Sonia2020
    Mar 30, 2020

    Foliero 

    The registry hack I found here fixed my camera freezing problem

    https://windows101tricks.com/webcam-freezes-windows-10/

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Shamejais
Copper Contributor
Apr 14, 2021
Yes, in all my cases UNINSTALLING and INSTALLING web camera, worked !
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whoamiamh2o
Copper Contributor
Apr 29, 2021

Shamejais 

 

super easy fix

This issue can be resolved in Command Line using an elevated command. Launch CMD as administrator and then type the following command:

 

chkdsk /f/r

 

and then it will tell you that it will need to run at the next boot and want to know if that is okay. Say Y

 

then restart the machine and let it run its system checks and processes. be patient.

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