IE8: Correct User Agent on Google sites

[JJoe]

What is your IE8 actually sending?

Probably User-Agents.ptxt, Exceptions.ptxt, or Exceptions-U.ptxt.
Something that fakes the User-Agent.

User-Agents.ptxt has,

Code:

Mozilla/4.0(^$TST(keyword=*.f_ua_(^[a-z]++ie)*)) \(compatible; MSIE(^ 5.01)\2;
  $SET(1=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE\2; Windows NT 5.1))

So IE8's User-Agent should be (I think) 'corrected' to,

Code:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1)

My IE8 sends

Code:

User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0)

In Exceptions.ptxt

Code:

# Google Search
www.google.(*/)+{1}(intl/(*/)+{1}(^?)|search\?|webhp|(^?))
  $SET(0=a_ads.a_rdlink.a_target.i_popup_b:0.i_timer:2.i_noscr:3.f_cookie.f_ua_opie.)
  $SET(sCookieP=0)$SET(sCookieF=PREF=ID=3003added0032123:FF=4:NR=100:CR=2:SG=0)

f_ua_opie -> fake Opera, if not IE or Opera

Since I don't have any other User-Agent related entries (I think),
the Proxomitron changes the User-Agent to

Code:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Exceptions-U.ptxt provides
## don't fake browser info (headers & JS) $SET(0=i_ua:0.)
and
## fake user-agent: "Anything" $SET(0=f_ua_§Anything.)
but I think it would be best to discover what is up.

HTH