IE 8.0 user agent string.... (2 IE because of post platform string

for some reason some sites report my browser as 6.0.... (i have IE 8.0)
after googling and searching, i found others have the same problem
because of a strange registry key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet
Settings\User Agent\Post Platform
with the subkey

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)
which i don't know how it got there! i did try the beta at some point of IE 8
but it was not stable, so i un-installed it, and when the real thing came out
i grabbed it

what is ever stranger is that this is a vista32SP1 laptop, which never had
XP (not to mention IE 6)

anyone ?
i mean, i want to delete this registry key, but so many others have it
it should be a fix from microsoft via the auto-update
especially that i know that fresh installations of IE8.0 do not have this
key (at least the ones i saw)

thanx

Check your browser's "User Agent String" here:

User Agent String.Com
http://www.useragentstring.com/


Find the correct "User Agent String" for your setup here:

Internet Explorer User Agent Strings
http://www.useragentstring.com/pages...et%20Explorer/


Follow these instructions to prevent the modification of
your "User Agent String":

1. Open this key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent\Post Platform]
then delete any "User Agent String" found. Next,
right-click it and select Permissions.

2. Click the "Advanced" button.

3. Un-tick the box "Inherit from parent the permission
entries..." and tick the box "Replace permissions on
all child objects..."

4. In the window with all the accounts listed, left-click
below them and drag the mouse, highlighting them all,
except "SYSTEM". Click the "Remove" button.

5. Click on the account, "SYSTEM" to highlight it then
click the "Edit..." button. Disable all except "Read".

6. Apply, OK, OK.

7. If it's not correct, enter the "User Agent String" for
your setup here:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings]
"User Agent"="Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Win32)"


ju.c


"yoav" <yoav@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A55A82A0-2D85-4B9F-962C-50F363DC84DF@microsoft.com...
> for some reason some sites report my browser as 6.0.... (i have IE 8.0)
> after googling and searching, i found others have the same problem
> because of a strange registry key
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet
> Settings\User Agent\Post Platform
> with the subkey
>
> Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)
> which i don't know how it got there! i did try the beta at some point of IE 8
> but it was not stable, so i un-installed it, and when the real thing came out
> i grabbed it
>
> what is ever stranger is that this is a vista32SP1 laptop, which never had
> XP (not to mention IE 6)
>
> anyone ?
> i mean, i want to delete this registry key, but so many others have it
> it should be a fix from microsoft via the auto-update
> especially that i know that fresh installations of IE8.0 do not have this
> key (at least the ones i saw)
>
> thanx

thanx ju.c,
but this is not the point

i actuallty was in contact with the guy/girl who develops that site you
mentioned and he/she was shocked like me to find it out

no, what i need is someone from MS to tell if it is ok to delete this key
and if you will google you will see i am not the only one who has this string
i doubt there ever was a malware who bothered to spoof my user agnet string

i think this is something of a leftover from the beta of IE 8.0
and as such many users will experience this.....

anyways, thank you for answering

Please don't remove previous entries. Thanks.


"yoav" <yoav@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4889F0D6-B729-4E2C-8BAF-C6660F7B00A4@microsoft.com...
> thanx ju.c,
> but this is not the point
>
> i actuallty was in contact with the guy/girl who develops that site you
> mentioned and he/she was shocked like me to find it out
>
> no, what i need is someone from MS to tell if it is ok to delete this key
> and if you will google you will see i am not the only one who has this string
> i doubt there ever was a malware who bothered to spoof my user agnet string
>
> i think this is something of a leftover from the beta of IE 8.0
> and as such many users will experience this.....
>
> anyways, thank you for answering