Oooooooooooo Roseway have I found a granny at last !!!
thanks for your interest .....I've checked the obvious because it HAS to be very obvious for me to check anyway !!
tufteduck, thank you for ALL your suggestions ..I shall spend some time now investigating all your suggestions and report back .............later, many thanks
Back already !! tufteduck your are a GENIUS
(Is your name Dave by any chance
) the FIRST thing I checked was the Import section (I had previously just clicked on the scanner icon !!) on the Import section there was Twain Source .... and it was set to my Webcam !
a simple click on the Scanner details and VOILA !! Merci buckets !!!