For the purposes of full disclosure, I am a big admirer of Google and I use Chrome exclusively. If I cannot use Chrome then I use Firefox. I do not like Internet Explorer for many reasons that I will save for another post. Unfortunately, there are some websites or web based applications that only work with Internet Explorer.
Some sites actively block browsers other than Internet Explorer; other sites rely on ActiveX controls that are not supported by Chrome or Firefox. Both Chrome and Firefox have extensions available such as IE Tab that will allow you to use your preferred browser when visiting these types of sites. This solution of course does not work for all sites leaving you either disappointed or faced with an opportunity. I choose to be faced with an opportunity and have crafted the following means to achieve victory.
To get IE only websites to play nice with Chrome you must achieve two goals:
First you have to fool the webserver into thinking that you are running IE. I accomplished this by installing the Chrome Extension User-Agent Switcher - From Here and set the value to Internet Explorer 8.
Second, you have to enable full ActiveX support. This is disabled by default for all browsers except for Internet Explorer due to the numerous exploits in the wild. I accomplished this by creating a shortcut to my Chrome executable and adding “--allow-all-activex” to the end of the Target value on the Shortcut used to launch the app.
Some sites actively block browsers other than Internet Explorer; other sites rely on ActiveX controls that are not supported by Chrome or Firefox. Both Chrome and Firefox have extensions available such as IE Tab that will allow you to use your preferred browser when visiting these types of sites. This solution of course does not work for all sites leaving you either disappointed or faced with an opportunity. I choose to be faced with an opportunity and have crafted the following means to achieve victory.
To get IE only websites to play nice with Chrome you must achieve two goals:
First you have to fool the webserver into thinking that you are running IE. I accomplished this by installing the Chrome Extension User-Agent Switcher - From Here and set the value to Internet Explorer 8.
Second, you have to enable full ActiveX support. This is disabled by default for all browsers except for Internet Explorer due to the numerous exploits in the wild. I accomplished this by creating a shortcut to my Chrome executable and adding “--allow-all-activex” to the end of the Target value on the Shortcut used to launch the app.
C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe --allow-all-activex
** I launch this instance of Chrome separate since ActiveX is enabled for all pages.
Lastly, for good measure, I also installed the Chrome Extension called IE Tab - From Here It is not necessary, but it doesn't hurt.
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