How Do I Turn Off the Webcam?

[TC]

I have a HP Pavilion dv9000 notebook computer. Today, I joined a Webex
meeting. As soon as I entered the meeting, the blue light next to my
webcam camera turned on by itself, indicating that the camera was
being used. I don't know if anyone was watching me or not, but to be
safe, I tried to turn off the camera. Unfortunately, I could find no
way to turn it off. I have a webcam icon in my taskbar which has an
"Off" option, but clicking that did nothing.

To get through the meeting without being seen, I put a piece of paper
in front of the camera. Because I don't want to be surprised in the
future, I've put a piece of tape over the camera. Obviously, this is a
very crude solution to the problem. I'd rather find a hardware or
software switch that turns the camera on and off.

Is there such a switch somewhere?

-TC

[DC]

Should be seen in Device Manager as an Imaging Device. Right click it
and disable.

[richard...@alumni.warwick.ac.uk]

Done that - "This device is disabled. (Code 22)" - doesn't stop the LEDs coming on :(

[curtis....@gmail.com]

Not only that, disabling drivers in device mangier leave open ports on your system for vulnerability. Too bad you can't build a lab top exactly the way you need it. We only get one for the masses and manufacturing companies who force us to have what they want!

[Steven Marinoske]

Fast-forward to 2021, and this issue still exists. Why the heck does Web-Ex turn on access to the camera even when it's explicitly turned off for the meeting options?