Windows My computer thinks it's a MAC!

Discussion in 'Software' started by NuTech, 2 Aug 2002.

  1. NuTech

    NuTech Minimodder

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    See guys I've got this problem, for a long time now IE6 thinks it's a macintosh. When ever i go to a website which automatically detects your OS it always directs me to the Mac version (websites include: download.com BMW.com etc).

    Its never been a major problem as most of the time the website has a manual enterance to the PC version but lately more and more websites dont have this functions, one website (BMW.com) went so far to even get stuck in a infinate loop between the Mac and PC version with me having to hard reset.
    So far I've searched the web and MS's Knowledge Base with no result.

    Any ideas?

    :worried: :worried: :worried:
     
  2. herbs

    herbs Nobody but us chickens

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    Sorry about this but LOL, I've never heard of that before.
     
  3. Lazy

    Lazy Meow?

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    you will probably have to format it :)

    the evil is spreading :hehe:
     
  4. Morphine

    Morphine weeee!

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    hmm looks like you need a MAC clone case...
    [​IMG]
     
  5. StuckShut

    StuckShut What's a Dremel?

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    There's a chance it could be the the user agent header. open up Regedit and go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

    Look for a REG_SZ key called User Agent. On a standard XP install with IE 6 it should be: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Win32)

    You can change to this to pretty much whatever you want and it's not going to hurt anything. Besides affecting websites you visit anyways. Mine actually says I'm using Lynx ;)
     
  6. Morphine

    Morphine weeee!

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    I still think he needs a Mac clone case
     
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