Change User Agent String

[Stu 2001]

go to start - run - and type gpedit.msc

On the left side of the group editor that comes up under the "User Configurations" expand the "Windows Settings" branch then expand the "Internet Explorer Maintenance" branch.

there are various settings here the you can change to customise internet explorer. An interesting one that gets rid of the problem with some sites not liking IE6 is the "connection" branch. Click on this branch and in the right window you will see the item "User Agent String"

Double click the "User Agent String" item and you will be able to enter "MSIE 5.5". Thios will allow you to view those sites correctly that do not like IE 6.

In all honesty, you should leave most of these settings alone, but the IE ones are fairly safe. Several builds ago I disabled the whole OS by playing around with these. It was never the same again and I eventually had to re-format and re-install. Youv'e been warned.