Webcam help

[wizz_kid]

Heya, im new to the board and not sure if this goes here but anyway my problem is im tryin to install all my software back onto my computer because i recently installed windoes 98 back onto my comp after a disturbed registry stopped me from booting up but i didnt format the hard drive so when i loaded 98 back on..all my stuff was where id left it. Before i had to reinstall windows, i had a webcam installed, a scanner and a printer. Ive reinstalled the software for the webcam but everytime i try to start the webcam it says 'sorry but u have no video capture hardware' yet the cam is plugged in and was working fine b4 i had to reinstall windows? Ive uninstalled the software and reinstaleld it so its not a software proble..but a hardware problem. Ive tried to search for plug and play devices but it cant detect any? even though all 3 devides are plugged in? and then when going to control panel, system, device manager, ports...I get communications port (com1), communications port (com2) and printer port and it says they are all working fine. My webcam is on a usb port btw, so im thinking my BIOS settings have been changed, ive gone into them and tried to look for 'disabled' under USB but cant find anything? What do i go into and look for and change? or could it be something else? Any help is appreciated. Thankyou x

[Gizmo]

Cross post.