After many more attempts since my last post here trying to install W11, I finally succeeded. Yeah!!! Yeah??? Well, maybe...
For the friendly people here who spent time trying to help me, I do owe the solution to my problem. I had been trying with 5-10GB more than the announced free disk space mentioned by Microsoft to enable an install of W11, but it always broke off (sometimes at 95% install). What worked was freeing up my disk space to more than double what MS mentioned. Call it the luck of a layman, who doesn't accept failure... (I am no IT-geek!).
My current problem (Acer A517-51G):
I only sporadically used my (integrated) webcam before, but I will need it regularly now. And the quality is just AWFUL! Nothing is sharp, at no matter at what distance (I won't even mention what it does with artificial light, even with 2 lamps behind the screen...). It quite resembles what this user is saying: Web cam driver on Acer Aspire 7 A715-71G missing - Acer Community
I found out that W11 (installed in July 2025) seems to make my webcam work on a generic driver dating back to 21 June 2006!
Device mgr, informs me: Manufacturer: Microsoft. Device installed 12-Jul-2025. Information: "Device USB\VID_0408&PID_A060&MI_00\6&391c16c1&0&0000 requires further installation."
I found out that my webcam must be from Quanta Computer Inc. But I could find no driver anywhere.
I did find this (don't know if it's helpful): Quanta Computer, Inc. HD Webcam - h-node.org
I did install OBS (in an attempt to get rid of the flickering/lag when using blurring or a virtual camera). But since the camera itself isn't working to its optimum, OBS gives the same non-focused image.
Is there any way I can make this webcam work the way it was intended? A driver update from Quanta/MS, a substitute driver, some app?
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After many more attempts since my last post here trying to install W11, I finally succeeded. Yeah!!! Yeah??? Well, maybe...
For the friendly people here who spent time trying to help me, I do owe the solution to my problem. I had been trying with 5-10GB more than the announced free disk space mentioned by Microsoft to enable an install of W11, but it always broke off (sometimes at 95% install). What worked was freeing up my disk space to more than double what MS mentioned. Call it the luck of a layman, who doesn't accept failure... (I am no IT-geek!).
My current problem (Acer A517-51G):
I only sporadically used my (integrated) webcam before, but I will need it regularly now. And the quality is just AWFUL! Nothing is sharp, at no matter at what distance (I won't even mention what it does with artificial light, even with 2 lamps behind the screen...). It quite resembles what this user is saying: Web cam driver on Acer Aspire 7 A715-71G missing - Acer Community
I found out that W11 (installed in July 2025) seems to make my webcam work on a generic driver dating back to 21 June 2006!
Device mgr, informs me: Manufacturer: Microsoft. Device installed 12-Jul-2025. Information: "Device USB\VID_0408&PID_A060&MI_00\6&391c16c1&0&0000 requires further installation."
I found out that my webcam must be from Quanta Computer Inc. But I could find no driver anywhere.
I did find this (don't know if it's helpful): Quanta Computer, Inc. HD Webcam - h-node.org
I did install OBS (in an attempt to get rid of the flickering/lag when using blurring or a virtual camera). But since the camera itself isn't working to its optimum, OBS gives the same non-focused image.
Is there any way I can make this webcam work the way it was intended? A driver update from Quanta/MS, a substitute driver, some app?
Thank you in advance for your suggestions!
Judiver
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