Camera Icon keep flashing

[AndrewTeoh]

The gray camera icon keeps popping up on my screen.  I am not using the camera when this happens.  Sometimes it pops up, showing active sometimes; it has the line drawn, indicating it is off.   I have updated the drivers for my camera, bios and even upgraded the OS to Win11, but these have not helped.  I cannot pinpoint anything I am doing to activate changes to the camera to make this appear.  When it pops up, the light does not turn on at the top of the screen. 

I found some similar posts on the same problems, but it seems no single solution worked 

Can anyone provide a solution to this?

[Nirvana_95]

Hi @AndrewTeoh

Welcome to the HP Support Community. Thanks for bringing this to our notice.

I see that you are facing camera icon-related issues on your system. Do not worry, we are here to fix it.

May I know from when are you facing this issue?

Did you make any hardware or software-related changes to it?

- Try reinstalling the Webcam driver from Device Manager

 - Select the Start button, type Device Manager, and select it from the list of results.
- Look for a Camera or Imaging Device and expand the List
- Look for Camera driver then right-click it, and select Update Driver.
- Select Search automatically for updated driver software.
- If these steps don't work, try reinstalling the driver: Open Device Manager, right-click the Camera driver, and select Uninstall. Restart your PC and Windows will attempt to reinstall the driver.

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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