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This change is only temporary. Help!

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Change it to what? – paulmorriss Aug 8 '11 at 12:55
Change to other one of the available browser modes available. The question is not "change to what" but "make the change permanent". – Fabio Milheiro Aug 10 '11 at 11:18
From which mode to which mode? For which sites? Understanding the issue helps us answer your question. – Ciaran Aug 10 '11 at 12:20
Moving this to superuser since it is a software question and not a website related question – John Conde Aug 10 '11 at 14:48
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  • Developers can change Browser Mode through the “Browser Mode” menu in IE’s F12 Developer Tools. This setting only applies to the developer’s local machine. For example, developers can have IE9 emulate an IE7 browser, IE8 browser or IE9 in Compatibility View.

Select Browser Mode

  • Users can change Browser Mode by clicking on the Compatibility View (CV) button, which causes IE8 and IE9 to emulate the IE7 browser. This is why it’s important for site developers to test their site in the Compatibility View Browser Mode.
  • IE’s Compat View List can also change the Browser Mode for specific sites.

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I know that. The problem is that the change is only temporary. I need to make it permanent on a certain browser's computer. – Fabio Milheiro Aug 10 '11 at 11:19
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I don't think you can really affect the browser mode setting; this seems to be a developer debugging feature. If a user is running IE9, the browser mode will be IE9 or IE9 Compatibility View. You can affect the compatibility view setting by using the X-UA-Compatible <meta> tag or HTTP header (though, watch out for the Tools -> Compatibility View settings - > "Display Intranet sites in Compatibility View" setting).

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