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September 25

Scanner won't open

We had a power outage while I was scanning photos. Now when I click the icon on my computer the scanner won't open. What should I do? It's an Epson Stylus DX 7400. Thank you.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 07:42, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Could it have been damaged by a surge when the power came back on, or does it have a surge protector? Does it work at all? If so, are you able to open it (old school) by hand/manually? Im far from an expert on ccanners and printers, just trying to get more information. Thanks ツ Jenova20 ^(email) 10:16, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

It could very well have been damaged by a surge however it lights up when I turn it on. The window where it says open works but the window to scan photos does not appear.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 10:28, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

You could try uninstalling and reinstalling the software that came with the scanner. There is a chance that some file it uses during the scanning process got corrupted by the power failure. Katie R (talk) 13:11, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

If it occured during scanning, maybe the scanner head did not return to it's start position? Ssscienccce (talk) 13:20, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes I had just started scanning when the power went out. Would it be wise to unstall then reinstall the programme?--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 13:55, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Maybe check the printer/scanner first, as I understand it, the DX7400 can be used as a copier on it's own (without a pc attached). If that still works then you know that the scanner is ok. If it doesn't work, it's no use to reinstall software. Ssscienccce (talk) 14:57, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Also try turning everything off, removing the data cable and reseating it at each end, then starting everything back up again, in the usual order. StuRat (talk) 15:25, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Imbed link into a photo

I am planning to upload photos to one of the online sharing places (like bigstock, imageporter etc.) but I want the entire picture to link to a 3rd party website, is there a way to host your image on one of the photoshare sites and also control what happens (taking them to a URL you specify) when a viewer doubleclicks on it? Thanks in advance for any and all assistance. ^{Market St.⧏} _{⧐ Diamond Way} 09:32, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

It would be easy for them to support that, but usually they don't, because a mechanism of that sort is far too easy to use to trick people into going to evil (or spammish) web pages. Looie496 (talk) 15:38, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

If we are interpreting the question to mean that the user wants the image hosting site itself, when viewed directly on their site, to link to a specific address, then yes, Looie's statement is correct. However, this question can also be interpreted as a user asking how to make an image link to an external website (i.e. IMG SRC and A HREF). Are you coding this website yourself with pure HTML? If so, you would want to get the address of the image file that you've uploaded to a hosting site, and the site you want to link to, then use this code:

<a href='[link to your external site]'><img src='[link to your image]'></a>

Does that answer your question? -- 140.202.10.134 (talk) 16:27, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes if you want the picture hosted on the image site, but when you click on it there then the picture takes you to a 3rd party site... generally this is restricted as Looie points out. The best way to check and see if this is allowed is to contact the desired image hosting site directly; and then ask if this is possible and if so, how to keep it within their terms and conditions. --.Yellow1996.^(ЬMИED¡) 23:01, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you everyone, and thank you for explaining the different ways one could and could not do this, I very much appreciate the breadth and depth of the responses. I will attempt to use your suggestion 140.202.10.134 but yes it seems that Yellow1996 and Looie may be correct, thou possible it may be a feature most hosting sites deliberately turn off. ^{Market St.⧏} _{⧐ Diamond Way} 04:29, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Resolved

iTunes Match copying my music to my new Toshiba Laptop

Can I do It? I purchased iTunes Match for about £22 recently and all my music that I have collected on my Dell Windows XP PC over the years can now be easily accessed from my new iPad4. But I can't find a way to access my music on my Toshiba Laptop or my Samsung Galaxy S3 Smartphone without using cables and cards. Please don't shout if I have bought a complete set of incompatible kit. I can live with it for another couple of years if need be. And then practice Caveat Emptor. Thanks 80.6.13.178 (talk) 19:27, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

iTunes Match works on all your iOS and OS X devices, and also on your Windows PC. You need to download iTunes 10.5.1 or later on your Mac or PC, and then log in to your account. If you're in the UK, everything should work normally; in some parts of the world, you can double-check availability. Nimur (talk) 20:40, 25 September 2013 (UTC)