How can I take a picture with my built-in laptop camera with Windows 7?

In Windows XP, My Computer showed me cameras as devices that I could use to take pictures or videos without any third-party software.

How can I do the same in Windows 7?

Solution 1:

There are a number of websites that can take pictures. Usually they use Flash to access your webcam. Here's one: http://www.cameroid.com

Also try searching the web for "take webcam pictures online."

Solution 2:

Usually if the computer doesn't come with a native program, I use Live Movie Maker which does have webcam feature in its latest iteration.

Solution 3:

You can use Media Player Classic or VLC, both can open devices as source, and then save the video as image.

MS paint can also capture images from webcam (menu > from camera...) but unfortunately sometimes it can't recognize the webcam correctly