Shoutbox

Can I interrupt here? Thankyou.

The problem here is not drivers or faulty install: as he says, the camera clearly works (if you can see it in the tuning wizard, it's installed correctly).

The problem here is that, basically, there's a bug in MSN Messenger, whereby it doesn't always pick up the webcam. Sadly, there's nothing that can be done about this.
All I can recommend is: make sure nothing else is using the webcam, and if necessary, close the conversation window and reopen it.