A cry for help

My browser has an identity crisis

[mossimo]

My browser “IE6 sp1” has started identifying it’s self as NS4 after installing NS4.
This is a problem! Has anyone seen this before or know how to help.

Can the User Agent be manualy modified?

Thank You.

[hartlandcat]

I've never heard of anything like that before. Does it really matter?

[mossimo]

Does it really matter?

Most of the time NO.

A few sites use detection "sorry you’re browser does not meet acceptable web standards please upgrade" so I can’t view the site.

Microsoft updates will not install and online installers that require a modern browser will not install.

Some of the time, YES very important.

[MonkeeSage]

Hmmm...try using the application preferences thing in the control panel that came with SP1 and set MSIE back to default browser if it is changed. If that doesn't work, try a Google for UA spoofing in IE, you should find several sites that tell you the exact registry key for your OS version, so you can go change it by hand in regedit.

Jordan

[hartlandcat]

Maybe you could download a browser like Netscape 7.1 and use that as your primary browser instead?

[mossimo]

MonkeeSage Thank You.

I set IE back to default in application preferences it was set to custom (probliibly from an other browser installation) and all is o.k. now.