These Vimicro webcams can be had on ebay for around $15.
If you are anything like me, losing drivers for older hardware comes naturally. After scouring google high and low I managed to find these working drivers.
Most search engines usually point to various sites who want to charge for this driver download. Here it is, no bull attached. Enjoy: Vimicro USB Webcam Driver 301
Works with Window98 to XP
UPDATE:
I found the latest drivers for Windows 2000, XP and Vista 32 and 64 bit. Grab them here: Vimicro XP and Vista
And also this excellent Vimicro detection tool (with download link): Vimicro detector
The detector will download the correct driver for what ever Vimicro webcam model you have - Very handy.
All files as always, have been scanned with the latest version of Avast.
I’ll keep updating this page as it seems to be a popular google search.
Updated 26-11-08
Tags: vimicro
Angel wrote,
Thanks for the link.
Link | March 2nd, 2008 at 8:35 am
Matt wrote,
thanx!
Link | March 4th, 2008 at 11:26 am
ttreyes wrote,
thanks.
Link | March 10th, 2008 at 4:13 am
kelom wrote,
Yeah,finally I found the good guy, thank you so much.
Link | March 23rd, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Sorin A wrote,
Perfect,thanks soo much
Link | March 24th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
AzzX wrote,
Lost a whole heap of comments with a site issue.
Links are all fixed again
Link | June 8th, 2008 at 12:13 am
Jose wrote,
I bought this camera because of the infra red feature and ended up being a really good camera with good resolution. The infra red makes it quite unique.
Link | June 22nd, 2008 at 10:12 am
Jerome wrote,
hey thanks for the link coz im having trouble locating and downloading the right driver for my webcam.. thanks again
Link | June 26th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Gumby wrote,
Your driver is not approved by Windows or it will destablize your XP system. No logo means bad driver!
Link | July 27th, 2008 at 1:37 am
vimicro wrote,
I NOT SPEAK ENGLISH VERY WELL BUT I NEED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WEB CAM
Link | July 31st, 2008 at 4:24 am
vimicro wrote,
I LOST THE CD WITH THE INSTRUCTION
Link | July 31st, 2008 at 4:28 am
AzzX wrote,
Uncertified drivers does not mean its a bad driver, It just has not been submitted to Microsoft for signing.
As for instructions on use: Extract the driver package, plug in camera, when windows asks for the driver - point it to the extracted directory.
Link | July 31st, 2008 at 11:17 am
Kikata wrote,
Thanks for drivers
Link | August 2nd, 2008 at 5:18 am
Steve wrote,
thx 4 the driver, appreciated - have been searching for 1/2 an hour!!
Link | August 13th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
River wrote,
I’ve been searching for this driver for hours since!!! it only took a few seconds to download the files and it worked!!!!
THANKS A LOT!!!
RIVER™
Link | August 24th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
saimhe wrote,
Thanks for driver. Lesson learned: don’t buy unknown brand which is almost unheard on the Net and has a teeny crappy website that won’t last long. Should have considered Logitech instead.
Link | September 17th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Emyr wrote,
Very useful link - I now have my webcam working under Vista. Thank you.
Link | October 17th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Majid wrote,
thanks guys so much lovly thnaks again
Link | October 18th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Nelson wrote,
Thanks a lot, many time and ago searching this driver…
Link | October 31st, 2008 at 4:30 am
Gail wrote,
Hi I have one of these webcams, i believe it is vc0303. my laptop is vista. camera lights and sound work but no picture (black screen) when i try to download your vimicro detector my laptop goes crazy, flashing screen constantly!! i have to shut down computer, when i try to download other version, same thing happens, can anyone advise my why this is happening and why i only get black screen on webcam???? helpl!!!! its driving me crazy!!! Many thanks Gail
Link | November 2nd, 2008 at 6:33 am
AzzX wrote,
The Vimicro detector should work - It is made by Vimicro.
Could be a graphics issue, Try downloading new drivers (after uninstalling your current ones) for your graphics chip and maybe try updating DirectX also.
Link | November 2nd, 2008 at 9:37 am
CHRISTOPHER C. GAJES wrote,
i very well thanks to your site.. because of you i find my driver in mny webcam. that lost the cd.
Link | November 15th, 2008 at 12:46 am