C#

item = dev.ExecuteCommand(CommandID.wiaCommandTakePicture)
Dim myImage As WIA.ImageFile = CType(item.Transfer(format), WIA.ImageFile)
myImage.SaveFile("c:\somewhere\mypicture.jpg")

' get current image count
Dim cnt As Int32 = dev.Items.Count

'take picture
 item = dev.ExecuteCommand(CommandID.wiaCommandTakePicture)

 ' insert this single if block
 If IsNothing(item) Then
   ' Vista drops the ball here (and a lot of other places!)
   '  Loop for up to 10 seconds waiting for the image to appear on camera device
    While dev.Items.Count = cnt And x < 10
       System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000)
       x+= 1
    End While
    If cnt = dev.Items.Count Then
         'throw your exception here - no image arrived
    Else
         ' we found the new image on the camera
         ' pull it into the "item" variable since Vista didnt
         item = dev.GetItem(dev.Items(cnt - 1).ItemID)
    End If
End If
' and the rest of the code is unchanged.

Richard Andrew x64 wrote:

Google this name, "Total Recorder".

They sell a library that lets you intercept the audio stream.

However, it doesn't work with Vista because Vista has a protected audio stream.

DevicesCollection devList = new DevicesCollection();

foreach (DeviceInformation device in devList)
{
    Console.WriteLine(device.ToString());
}

LoaderLock was Detected
DLL 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC\Microsoft.DirectX\1.0.2902.0__31bf3856ad364e35\Microsoft.DirectX.dll'
is attempting managed execution inside OS Loader lock. Do not attempt to run managed code inside a
DllMain or image initialization function since doing so can cause the application to hang.

mystr.TrimEnd('\0');

mystr = mystr.TrimEnd('\0'); 

byte[] ab = { 0x41, 0x42, 0x43, 0, 0x44, 0x45 };
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(ab.Length);
foreach (byte b in ab)
    {
    if (b == 0)
        {
        break;
        }
    sb.Append((char) b);
    }
string s = sb.ToString();