IE 6 has problems with MS Update site

[Guest]

I have IE version 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158IC on my PC. When I
go to office update page at MS I get following error

Warning: You are viewing this page with an unsupported Web browser. This Web
site works best with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or later or Netscape
Navigator 6.0 or later. Click here for more information on supported browsers.

Somehow this IE version is not recognized by MS site as well as by yahoo
toolbar site as a supported browser.

Does anybody know what the problem is?

 

[Peter]

I wonder what the IC at the end of the version number means...mine doesn't
have that. Maybe that's the problem?

 

[PA Bear]

Several of these are known to cause problems:

1) Zone Alarm Pro [Private Header Info - enabled?] Reset "Ad Blocking" and
"Cookie Control" to "medium" "Mobile Code Control" = Off

2) Symantec (ISS\NIS) [Enable Browser Privacy - enabled] Active Content -
"Allow All Scripts To Execute" Problem: some sites cannot detect the 128 bit
encryption Solution: Completely remove and reinstall NIS.

3) Any "ad blocking" software that blocks "http_referer" or contains entries
that are blocking access to the desired site.

4) HOSTS file that contains entries that are blocking access to the desired
site.

5) Cookie blocking software that are blocking "required" Cookies.

6) Pop-up blockers that are stripping header\url info.

7) WebWasher Standard Filter/URL Filter

8) Make sure the following entry is not corrupt:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings] "User Agent"="Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Win32)"

Note: "Win32" = Windows 98\ME Other versions = (compatible; MSIE 6.0;
Windows NT 5.0

(-MVP Mike Burgess)

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

I wonder what the IC at the end of the version number means...mine
doesn't have that. Maybe that's the problem?

No. It means that somewhere in the past a version of IE supplied by an
Internet Content provider was installed.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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