How to return to the webcam after the Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Vindovs / / December 19, 2019
Microsoft is once again embarrass. This time it turned out that the recently released Windows 10 Anniversary Update breaks webcam. In this article, we'll show you how to fix them.
Great anniversary update for Windows 10 Microsoft programmers preparing for almost a year, but even this was not enough time to avoid the annoying errors. how inform users Worldwide, Anniversary Update makes completely impossible to use third-party Web cameras. This happened due to the fact that Windows 10 has been removed support for popular codecs MJPEG and H264, which are necessary for their work. As a result, during the sharing session, the picture is just freezes and no attempts to resume the broadcast did not bring any results.
The company admitted its mistake and reported that work on its elimination. However, according to a Microsoft blog close Thurrott.com, Will not patch until September. What do you do for those users who can not because of the broken web camera to solve their daily personal and business affairs? Wait until September?
No, there is a solution easier. Here are step by step instructions that will help you fix this nuisance.
1. Simultaneously press Win + R.
2. enter the command regedit and then click OK.
3. Go to the following address:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ WOW6432Node \ Microsoft \ Windows Media Foundation \ Platform
4. Right-click in the right-hand side of the window and select the context menu "New" and then "DWORD (32-bit)."
5. Give you create a parameter name EnableFrameServerMode.
6. Double-click the parameter and make sure it is set to 0 (zero).
7. Restart the computer.
After the reboot, test the operation of their webcams. Very many users of this manipulation of the work, and then they can once again fully enjoy the video communication, including via Skype.