ie8 is being read as ie6 on differnt web sites

basicly im noticing a few sites keep telling me to please upgrade to a more current browser when i use my ie8 and it normaly will also say something about ie6 not being supported any help apprecieated tyvm in advance for any help

 

I presume you're using Windows XP and, therefore, don't have the option of upgrading to IE9. Do you have any other browser(s) installed? Firefox, Opera, Chrome, ... they're all good. And, of course, they can all be downloaded from majorgeeks.com. :major

 

correct, and i have opera and firefox

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H3bPxfE6yk

for this link i need to click load more which leads to a page telling me to update or changre browser

ie version is 8.0.6001.18702

windows xp home 2002 sp3

clearing cookies and cache havnt made a differnce nor has reinstalling(i had to a while back)

havnt checked safe mode

 

Can you give us the exact error message being given to you when you encounter this problem? A screenshot of it would be even better.

 

woops sorry i forgot this is like the only forum i use that actually puts the vid in the message. weird now it actually read it properly what the heck. ill have to find a link that doesnt work again it only sometimes gives this error but when it does its annoying

 

Dont' know whether you have the problem resolved? If not here is a link that may help you out. http://www.howtogeek.com/67418/ask-...-the-start-menu-and-fixing-the-ie-user-agent/

Scroll down to: Websites won't recognize Internet Explorer 8 and take the instructions from down there. See if that helps. If not, I can't help you, sorry. If the info shown as being IE8 then all is okay from the registry point of view.

 

ill try it oma if i got the right key it has no value hows that for weird