help with remote desktop camera access win10

Question

Hi, 

    I have win10 home on my laptop.  Laptop camera works fine.  Setup privacy and policy as per web articles.  Setup remote desktop to access camera.  Also fiddled with firewalls on both sides. No matter what, when I rdp into my work computer WIN10 pro, the work computer can't see any camera.   I tried plugging in a cheap USB camera, same problem.    

   I found a blog post on installing the windows policy editor on the home machine, ran through instructions on setting policy to allow video redirection. still doesn't work.

Any help greatly appreciated.  I was told to get video conf working from home due to this covid thing.

Thanks

Answer 1

What computer?  There are some HP laptops that have an external switch.

Answer 2

Hi and thanks for reaching out! I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you. Please allow me to assist with your issue.

Please try to enable Video Capture Devices under Local Resources before connecting over RDP. If you are going to use USB device, then enable Other Supported Plug and Play Devices.

Please let me know if I can help you further!

Answer 3

Hi 

  Thanks! Yes it is aHP Envy m7.   I will look for a switch

Best Regards,Mike

Answer 4

Thank you very much,  I have set that configuration  on RDP but the remote connection still doesn't see the camera.

Answer 5

I also found some batch files to force windows 10 home to install policy edit, and set the values there to enable some settings, and that didn't help either.