Bob I use IE and have had the same problems as you plus I am at times taken from the "I accept "stage to another site "Resume Session" However I had a message from Unisys this morning telling me to go in and delete all my temp. files and cookies and that seems to have worked Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Hegerich" <bobh36@cox.net> To: "Lunen-Links" <LUNEN-LINKS-L@rootsweb.com>; <NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com>; "NS-CAPE-BRETON" <NS-CAPE-BRETON@rootsweb.com>; "NS Vitals Database Tech Support" <novascotiagenealogy@unisys.com> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: [NS-L] Possible source of problem discovered > Hi All: > > As some of you may have noticed, the Terms and Conditions mechanism > associated with the NS Vitals Database has been driving me up a tree. The > reason is that, to search for SLAUENWHITE's, I usually retrive them in > groups; e.g., all people whose surname begins with SLAU and whose first > name begins with W, who died in Halifax County, and then work down the > list of people displayed. What had been happening is that, after viewing > something like the third or fourth name on the list, when I hit the view > button, the system would hang. Also, if I wanted to switch to, for > example, all such persons whose first name began with S, I would have to > start all over again, lest the query produce a bogus result. The only > reasonable solution to this problem seemed to be to go back and start all > over again, thus the necessity to accept the Terms and Conditions every > five or ten minutes. > > But I have made a discovery. My default web browser is Firefox V2.0 and > about four days ago, I decided to try an experiment. Instead of using > Firefox, I switched to Internet Explorer, V7.0 for accessing the Vitals > Database. Since that time, I have experienced the following: > > a. No retrievals have hung > b. I can go for long periods of time and not have to go back and start > all over again > c. Switching names in queries does not cause me to have to restart > d. I have seen no bogus results > > Now it's possible that either I am hallucinating, or there is some other > factor at work here that I cannot fathom. But switching from Firefox > V2.0 to IE V7.0 seems to have solved most of the problems I was > experiencing. > > PS. I know nothing of Firefox and IE internals, but if I had to guess, it > would be that the root of the problems have to do with the way Firefox > handles a secure connection. > > -----Bob H----- > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message