Re: IE Ver 6 reported as version 5 to some programs

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"RDixon" <RDixon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have an XP Pro SP2 with IE version 6 fully operational. System originally
> was probably version 5.x or something, was upgraded over the years. Registry
> entries show version 6, yet some web- based application installs see the
> version as 5.x. and report that version 6 is required. Is there an old
> version 5.x setting somewhere?


Tell us more about the connection path, e.g., especially about "network
security" software, firewall, etc.

That symptom could be due to corruption of or interference with
the request's User-Agent string.

To see what a remote site would receive use this test site:

http://www.fiddlertool.com/useragent.aspx


>
> Thanks
> --
> Russ


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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