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\CurrentVersion\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/Internet Explorer/ Follow these instructions to prevent the modification of your "User Agent String": 1. Open this key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\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\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "User Agent"="Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Win32)" ju.c
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
