Dear Lists members. I am still experiencing difficulties viewing the Canadian census images, in that within a couple of moments I get a "Microsoft Error Report" as follows: Appname: iexplore AppVer 6.0.2800.1106 ModName: mrsidi.ocx I am given an option of sending an error report which I have done several times. It then shuts down my connection to the census pages. Tried searching at different times of the day or night does not help. I thought overload of the server might be involved. Clearing my cache does not help either. I have uninstalled and re-installed Mr.Sid version 3.4.5 several times. On Lizardtech download page it states O/S requirements to be Win 2000/XP or NT 4.0. Can that be the problem? My computer is an HP pavilion 6635 and the O/S is Win 98SE with the latest updates. A couple of years ago I was always able to view images from the 1901 census but I believe Mr.Sid was an earlier version that I lost when I had to re-format my hard drive. Surely my faithful old computer is still capable of me pursuing my genealogy interests. Any ideas or suggestions from anyone will be greatly appreciated. Dave in Montreal

Mr. SID should run on Windows 98. Do you have Active X allowed ? You could try using the Enhanced image viewer instead of Mr. Sid. It downloads the images pretty fast, and you can save them as regular jpg if you use this viewer. http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/install_x.aspx Courtney ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Delucas" <delucas2@sympatico.ca> > Dear Lists members. > > I am still experiencing difficulties viewing the Canadian census images, > in that within a couple of moments I get a "Microsoft Error Report" as > follows: > > Appname: iexplore AppVer 6.0.2800.1106 ModName: mrsidi.ocx > > I am given an option of sending an error report which I have done several > times. It then shuts down my connection to the census pages. Tried > searching at different times of the day or night does not help. I thought > overload of the server might be involved. Clearing my cache does not help > either. > > I have uninstalled and re-installed Mr.Sid version 3.4.5 several times. On > Lizardtech download page it states O/S requirements to be Win 2000/XP or > NT 4.0. Can that be the problem? > > My computer is an HP pavilion 6635 and the O/S is Win 98SE with the latest > updates. > > A couple of years ago I was always able to view images from the 1901 > census but I believe Mr.Sid was an earlier version that I lost when I had > to re-format my hard drive. > > Surely my faithful old computer is still capable of me pursuing my > genealogy interests. > > Any ideas or suggestions from anyone will be greatly appreciated. > > Dave in Montreal

Earlier versions of Mr Sid ran on WIN98. The originator of the questionb stated that the OS requirements were for WIN2K, XP or NT4. Since he doesn't have either of them, the program won't run CORRECTLY. It may run for a while then dump, which is exactly what is happening. Solution? Get an earlier version or upgrade the OS. Aloha Wayne, NH6K -----Original Message----- From: Courtney Tompkins [mailto:ctompkins@cox.net] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:38 AM To: SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] viewing Canadian census Mr. SID should run on Windows 98. Do you have Active X allowed ? You could try using the Enhanced image viewer instead of Mr. Sid. It downloads the images pretty fast, and you can save them as regular jpg if you use this viewer. http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/install_x.aspx Courtney ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Delucas" <delucas2@sympatico.ca> > Dear Lists members. > > I am still experiencing difficulties viewing the Canadian census images, > in that within a couple of moments I get a "Microsoft Error Report" as > follows: > > Appname: iexplore AppVer 6.0.2800.1106 ModName: mrsidi.ocx > > I am given an option of sending an error report which I have done several > times. It then shuts down my connection to the census pages. Tried > searching at different times of the day or night does not help. I thought > overload of the server might be involved. Clearing my cache does not help > either. > > I have uninstalled and re-installed Mr.Sid version 3.4.5 several times. On > Lizardtech download page it states O/S requirements to be Win 2000/XP or > NT 4.0. Can that be the problem? > > My computer is an HP pavilion 6635 and the O/S is Win 98SE with the latest > updates. > > A couple of years ago I was always able to view images from the 1901 > census but I believe Mr.Sid was an earlier version that I lost when I had > to re-format my hard drive. > > Surely my faithful old computer is still capable of me pursuing my > genealogy interests. > > Any ideas or suggestions from anyone will be greatly appreciated. > > Dave in Montreal ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== The focus of this list is on helping Seniors to learn to use computers and the Internet. Tolerance and patience are the watchwords. For help in genealogical research methods and procedures, join ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS. Click and send: mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Ancestry.com help file "Ask Ancestry" Answer ID 670 updated 5/18/2005 What are the system requirements for the MrSID viewer? Following are the System Requirements for the MrSID viewer, created by LizardTech.com. Compatible Operating Systems: a.. Microsoft Windows 95 b.. Microsoft Windows 98 c.. Microsoft Windows 2000 d.. Macintosh Operating System 9.x Compatible Processors: a.. 200 MHz PC processor (or faster) b.. Apple G3 or later Compatible Internet Browsers: a.. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher b.. Netscape Navigator 4.7x The MrSID Viewer available on Ancestry.com will not function with the Netscape 6 or 7 internet browsers. It is also not fully tested and supported for Windows Millennium Edition (ME) or XP. Macintosh OS X or those lower than 9.0 will also be incompatible with this viewer. While MrSID may function with these settings, if you experience errors there are no current fixes available. Thank you for your understanding. You will still be able to fully access those Images Online using MrSID by defaulting to the HTML Viewer. http://ancestry.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ancestry.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=670&p_created=1013414400&p_sid=n3tb2gMh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NCZwX3Byb2RzPTAmcF9jYXRzPSZwX3B2PSZwX2N2PSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9c2lk&p_li=&p_topview=1 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Jones" <jonesr007@hawaii.rr.com> > Earlier versions of Mr Sid ran on WIN98. The originator of the questionb > stated that the OS requirements were for WIN2K, XP or NT4. Since he > doesn't > have either of them, the program won't run CORRECTLY. It may run for a > while > then dump, which is exactly what is happening. Solution? Get an earlier > version or upgrade the OS. > > > Aloha > Wayne, NH6K >

Wayne, You summed up my problem to the tee. Now in your last couple of lines, "earlier version of view or up date the OS" well I had previously looked at the Lizardtech home page to see if there was an earlier version, none. But a google search for "mrsid earlier version" got me to a download for Geo Express Viewer, did that, and low and behold, I have been perusing census pages for the last hour. Am keeping my fingers crossed but I think its a go. And my thanks go to you for the suggestion of an earlier version. Very much appreciated. And my thanks to everyone else that offered assistance. Am a happy fella climbing the family tree. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Jones" <jonesr007@hawaii.rr.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 12:55 PM Subject: RE: [SR-NEWBIE] viewing Canadian census > Earlier versions of Mr Sid ran on WIN98. The originator of the questionb > stated that the OS requirements were for WIN2K, XP or NT4. Since he doesn't > have either of them, the program won't run CORRECTLY. It may run for a while > then dump, which is exactly what is happening. Solution? Get an earlier > version or upgrade the OS. > > > Aloha > Wayne, NH6K > > -----Original Message----- > From: Courtney Tompkins [mailto:ctompkins@cox.net] > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:38 AM > To: SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] viewing Canadian census > > Mr. SID should run on Windows 98. Do you have Active X allowed ? > > You could try using the Enhanced image viewer instead of Mr. Sid. It > downloads the images pretty fast, and you can save them as regular jpg if > you use this viewer. > > http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/install_x.aspx > > Courtney > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Delucas" <delucas2@sympatico.ca> > > > > Dear Lists members. > > > > I am still experiencing difficulties viewing the Canadian census images, > > in that within a couple of moments I get a "Microsoft Error Report" as > > follows: > > > > Appname: iexplore AppVer 6.0.2800.1106 ModName: mrsidi.ocx > > > > I am given an option of sending an error report which I have done several > > times. It then shuts down my connection to the census pages. Tried > > searching at different times of the day or night does not help. I thought > > overload of the server might be involved. Clearing my cache does not help > > either. > > > > I have uninstalled and re-installed Mr.Sid version 3.4.5 several times. On > > > Lizardtech download page it states O/S requirements to be Win 2000/XP or > > NT 4.0. Can that be the problem? > > > > My computer is an HP pavilion 6635 and the O/S is Win 98SE with the latest > > > updates. > > > > A couple of years ago I was always able to view images from the 1901 > > census but I believe Mr.Sid was an earlier version that I lost when I had > > to re-format my hard drive. > > > > Surely my faithful old computer is still capable of me pursuing my > > genealogy interests. > > > > Any ideas or suggestions from anyone will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Dave in Montreal > > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > The focus of this list is on helping Seniors to learn to use computers and > the Internet. Tolerance and patience are the watchwords. For help in > genealogical research methods and procedures, join ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS. > Click and send: > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ______________________________