hmm. I had previously uninstalled OBS not realizing that the virtual camera would remain. got the error message in the camera app that no camera is detected so it's not finding the built in. ran trouble shooter, uninstalled, reinstalled camera app. went to update drivers in Device Manager only to discover that there's no camera listed at all. re-installed to run the uninstaller but no joy. thought maybe I didn't run it as Admin. tried again, rebooted. no joy. installed and ran ccleaner to clear any junk reg entries. still no good. when I ran as admin, it did ask permission but the window didn't show the admin in the top left like it normally does. opened as admin first, copied path and re-ran and rebooted. still no. not in safe mode and confirmed Server service is running. I'm able to use external USB camera but a little annoying that it won't re-detect the onboard nor remove the virtual. wondering if I Borked it once I removed the original camera so the uninstaller isn't seeing it or something like that. really don't want to do a reset on the machine as it's my work machine and re-installing all the apps would be a pita. thoughts/ideas/suggestions?