it is quite difficult to get 5.5 to run on XP
You misspelled *impossible*.
Do you have a proxy or other intermediate agent which could replace
IE6's User Agent string with something that the Oracle app would like
better than the one it is now seeing? Apparently ProxOmitron can do
this for you.
Alternatively, see the following discussion in the ieak NG
where Jesper Ohlsson [MSFT] showed that we can still override
the User Agent string in IE6 albeit with different registry key and value
than the ones which are more widely documented.
<
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...&[email protected]#s >
(Google Groups search for
insubject:user insubject:agent author:jesper group:microsoft.*.ie6.ieak
)
<quote>
There has been changes to urlmon.dll file regarding this behavior.
You should be able to use the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent
In here you can for example add a string called 'Version' and it will
replace your current IE version info.
</quote>
I tested the implied override and managed to replace MSIE 6.0
with MSIE 5.5. This solution could be useful provided you don't
have any other applications which might otherwise desirably exploit
some MSIE 6.0 features. I don't have any clear ideas of what
those might be but expect it to be as much a possibility as the
fact of the problem that you are now facing.
HTH
Robert Aldwinckle
