Webcam Keeps Dropping Offline

[Ext User(NickC)]

Just bought a USB webcam and it keeps losing the connection after a few
minutes when using any third-party monitoring software. I have to
unplug and replug to get it working again. That makes it pretty
useless as a surveillance cam.

I had to install it as admin, but I run it under my normal Power User
account, if that makes a difference.

Anyone else see this, or have a solution?

(Athlon XP+ CPU with VIA. Was there something a few years ago about
VIA and USB?)

Thanks,

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Nick