IE Version Conflict

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hi...i have a somehow strange problem , everytime i try to log on to my yahoo
email acount a message pops up and tells me that i have to use IE 6 to view
the contents of my inbox or i could view them using the version supported by
my browser although i have the latest version of IE 6 installed inder SP2 , i
tried to reinstall IE but no luck , scanned my system for viruses and spyware
and still no luck...if anyone can help it would be very appreciated. Thanks
in advance
 
Check what version of IE your browser is telling yahoo it is by cutting and
pasting the following scriptlet into the IE Address bar.

javascript:alert(navigator.userAgent);

This should correspond with the version info in the IE About Box.

Possibly another cause may be that you have installed a thrid-party toolbar
that changes the UserAgent string and confuses the Yahoo web site about the
version of IE you are using. Typically the Yahoo web site will be looking
for the string MSIE 6.0 in this string and if another program has placed
'msie' somewhere else in the useragent string it could confuse the yahoo
site.

The UserAgent string is used by your web browser to tell the web site that
you are viewing what type and version of your web browser is.

If everything seems correct you should try to contact yahoo support as they
will have to change the way they are identifying your browser.
 
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