Reasons and Countermeasures:
1, Camera Damage:
If the camera is damaged, the XP system does not recognize the camera, and the camera icon is not visible in my computer.
2, the camera and computer connection is bad:
The reason for the bad contact may be the USB port on the camera, or the USB port on the computer host, usually we can test it by updating the USB port or plugging the camera into another computer.
3, the driver is not installed:
Any camera needs to be installed, while some models are system driven and others are not, then we need to install a driver on the camera to get the camera to work without the driver's own camera.
To see if the drive method is not installed:
Right-click on My Computer--Properties--Device Manager, then in the Device Manager to see whether there is an image device (the image device is usually installed in the case of the driver), or whether there is unknown equipment, if there are unknown devices so it is likely to be the driver is not installed, then we go to the Internet to download the camera driver, Or a universal camera driver installation can be.
4, there are users of the camera driver what is normal, in the QQ and other software can be used normally, but accidentally XP system My Computer camera icon to delete, this does not affect the use of the camera.