"Guy Etchells" <guy.etchells@virgin.net> wrote in message news:3C61368F.B80AEECA@virgin.net... > Sorry I have not contributed to this thread to date but I have been tied > up with work. > > Viewer 2 is not really suitable for use with Windows XP and XP uses > would be better suited using Viewer 4 which is available separately, > Viewer 3 has been discontinued as a separate release. I spoke at length with LDS in UK yesterday and was sold a copy of Viewer 3 which though not available anymore separately is still bundled at no extra cost with the Mormon Disk. They made no mention of the existence of Viewer 4 so I assume it is a case of UK being behind US again and would need to be ordered directly from USA if wanted in hurry. I will be interested in seeing how Viewer 3 performs differently from Viewer 2 and how Viewer 4 performs differently from the other two when I can lay my hand on it but I feel that I should observe that for anyone wanting to run the standard issue (with 1881 Census) Viewer 2 with WindowsXp they should have no worries: it performs perfectly well as far as I can see and the only reason that I would try the others is that I am one of those inveterate fiddlers and twiddler who will try anything 17 times.. Gordon > > See the bottom of my page > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/framland/1881.htm > for options. > > As to the speed concerns, there will be very little difference in > loading times with virtually any modern Pentium (or equivalent) based > machines the speed, size and fragmentation of the hard drive would have > more effect on the loading times. > Cheers > Guy > > -- > Wakefield England > > http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells Transcripts, Parish > Records, Calendar, Scaleable Map of Uk. Link to LDS website, > Abbreviations, Returns of Owners of Lands etc. etc. > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/dh/ Whitefield > Transcripts, Etch/ells Transcripts > http://gye.future.easyspace.com Worldwide Cemetery Links, Monumental > Inscriptions, War Graves, etc. > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/framland/york.htm > Yorkshire Pages, Photos, and transcripts with a Yorkshire flavour > > > > I Think we would have to compare like with like Simon and I have version 2 > > of the viewer though I only received the disk set new from LDS's order > > department last week. I have been unable to find a download source for > > Viewer 3 to try it and see if its behaviour mirrors yours more closely. I > > have tried the census on two different computers just to see if it makes a > > difference. Both have 512MB but one is a 1.4 Athlon and the other an 800 MHz > > Pentium3. Very little difference in the timings and no difference in the > > behaviour. I am running XP however and on both computers the system is not > > on drive C:, on one it is on D: and the other on E:. and the CENSUS data is > > not on the system disk in either case. I haven't had a chance to consider > > the registry entries to see if they are optimum. LDS do not recommend > > running either viewer on XP at the moment. > > The lady at LDS is uncertain how you got Viewer 3 as it does not come with > > the 1881 Census set but I have ordered it from her separately and will > > compare its behaviour when it arrives and let you know the results. > > > > Meanwhile perhaps other users may care to contribute? > > > > Gordon > > >

Interesting thread this as I made enquiries through the LDS in Birmingham on Monday about Viewer 3 or 4 for 1881. They said that neither was available for 1881 although the US LDS had replied to my email query saying that I could upgrade to Viewer 4. Guy - I am running Viewer 2 on XP and am not having any problems. I wonder should I have said that and am now tempting fate! I was about to try your instructions for using both DVD and CD-ROM drives. Do you know of any reason why this shouldn't work with XP? Regards Lesley "ntlnews" <gbetts@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:a3rook$np1$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk... > > "Guy Etchells" <guy.etchells@virgin.net> wrote in message > news:3C61368F.B80AEECA@virgin.net... > > Sorry I have not contributed to this thread to date but I have been tied > > up with work. > > > > Viewer 2 is not really suitable for use with Windows XP and XP uses > > would be better suited using Viewer 4 which is available separately, > > Viewer 3 has been discontinued as a separate release. > > I spoke at length with LDS in UK yesterday and was sold a copy of Viewer 3 > which though not available anymore separately is still bundled at no extra > cost with the Mormon Disk. They made no mention of the existence of Viewer 4 > so I assume it is a case of UK being behind US again and would need to be > ordered directly from USA if wanted in hurry. I will be interested in seeing > how Viewer 3 performs differently from Viewer 2 and how Viewer 4 performs > differently from the other two when I can lay my hand on it but I feel that > I should observe that for anyone wanting to run the standard issue (with > 1881 Census) Viewer 2 with WindowsXp they should have no worries: it > performs perfectly well as far as I can see and the only reason that I would > try the others is that I am one of those inveterate fiddlers and twiddler > who will try anything 17 times.. > > Gordon > > > > See the bottom of my page > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/framland/1881.htm > > for options. > > > > As to the speed concerns, there will be very little difference in > > loading times with virtually any modern Pentium (or equivalent) based > > machines the speed, size and fragmentation of the hard drive would have > > more effect on the loading times. > > Cheers > > Guy > > > > -- > > Wakefield England > > > > http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells Transcripts, Parish > > Records, Calendar, Scaleable Map of Uk. Link to LDS website, > > Abbreviations, Returns of Owners of Lands etc. etc. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/dh/ Whitefield > > Transcripts, Etch/ells Transcripts > > http://gye.future.easyspace.com Worldwide Cemetery Links, Monumental > > Inscriptions, War Graves, etc. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/framland/york.htm > > Yorkshire Pages, Photos, and transcripts with a Yorkshire flavour > > > > > > > I Think we would have to compare like with like Simon and I have version > 2 > > > of the viewer though I only received the disk set new from LDS's order > > > department last week. I have been unable to find a download source for > > > Viewer 3 to try it and see if its behaviour mirrors yours more closely. > I > > > have tried the census on two different computers just to see if it makes > a > > > difference. Both have 512MB but one is a 1.4 Athlon and the other an 800 > MHz > > > Pentium3. Very little difference in the timings and no difference in the > > > behaviour. I am running XP however and on both computers the system is > not > > > on drive C:, on one it is on D: and the other on E:. and the CENSUS > data is > > > not on the system disk in either case. I haven't had a chance to > consider > > > the registry entries to see if they are optimum. LDS do not recommend > > > running either viewer on XP at the moment. > > > The lady at LDS is uncertain how you got Viewer 3 as it does not come > with > > > the 1881 Census set but I have ordered it from her separately and will > > > compare its behaviour when it arrives and let you know the results. > > > > > > Meanwhile perhaps other users may care to contribute? > > > > > > Gordon > > > > > > >