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May 21, 2006

Yahoo Mail Beta In IE7

If you use Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 and you are accepted in Yahoo Mail Beta, you noticed that Yahoo blocks every browser that isn't IE 5.5, IE 6.0, Firefox or Netscape. And that includes
Internet Explorer 7, although Yahoo says they support "Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher". If you want to use Yahoo Mail Beta in IE7, there's an easy fix: spoofing the user-agent.

First close Internet Explorer. Copy this text to a file ie6.reg :

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent]
"Compatible"=""
"Version"="MSIE 6.0"
"Platform"="Windows NT 5.1"

... and double-click on the file to modify the registry. Now you can use Yahoo Mail Beta and other sites that block any browser they didn't hear about, even if that browser name starts with "Internet Explorer".

Related:
Test IE7 without installing it
Get Yahoo Mail Beta
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 21, 2006 at 10:21 AM

    Thanks for the solution, but I am much a Firefox user...

    -Haochi

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  2. AnonymousMay 22, 2006 at 9:22 AM

    Couldn't follow it! Can you please explain it further. Thanks!

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  3. Alex ChituMay 22, 2006 at 9:29 AM

    Save and double-click this file.

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  4. AnonymousMay 22, 2006 at 9:54 AM

    ^^ Thanks mann!! Apreciate it. :) It works!

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  5. Dante Rodriguez LescanoMay 22, 2006 at 10:12 AM

    yeah. The same problem happens in bom echo

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  6. AnonymousJune 30, 2006 at 8:30 AM

    much thanks!

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  7. UnknownMarch 31, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    yAHOO MAIL BETA ISNT THAT GOOD

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