On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:11:47 -0500, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:


This problem sometimes occurs because the sites in question examine
something called a 'User Agent String', and then either block the
browser completely if it does not recognize the version, or serve up an
inappropriate page that will not work in that version of the Web
browser.

Firefox, as most browsers, has the ability to spoof the User Agent
String. Why not just use Firefox and tell the problem web sites that you
are using IE.

You can get instructions for changing the Firefox User Agent he

http://www.beatnikpad.com/archives/2...ange-the-user-
agent-in-firefox

You can get a browser ID he

http://www.zytrax.com/tech/web/browser_ids.htm