Stopping annoying reminders to upgrade to IE8?

[flycaster]

My default browser is Maxthon 2. This browser runs off IE. Although I have IE8 on the computer, I keep getting messages from MS asking me to upgrade to IE8. Also, my default opening page is MyYahoo, and lately I've been getting a little dropdown saying that MyYahoo recommends upgrading to IE8. Why is this happening and how can I stop it?

 

[richc46]

When windows advises, just say yes. It will go through the motions, but nothing will actually change; everyone wins

 

[flycaster]

Thanks. I'll give it a try when the occasion arises. This is an intermittent problem and hasn't happened since your suggestion. However, a Maxthon forum response recommended that I select IE8 in the CustomUserAgent String field (MSC>Advanced), which I did. And, maybe that is the reason I haven't recently seen the problem?

 

[gregrocker]

Have you tried IE8 yet? It is the best ever in Win7, rock solid stable with better features than the others - which I've gradually gotten rid of.

Worth a try if only to get rid of the messages!

 

[flycaster]

Have you tried IE8 yet? It is the best ever in Win7, rock solid stable with better features than the others - which I've gradually gotten rid of.

Worth a try if only to get rid of the messages!

That was the problem, IE8 was already on board and I was getting these download messages from MS. My browser (Maxthon 2) wasn't set right for MS to realize that this was the case.

 

[Francis93]

My default browser is Maxthon 2. This browser runs off IE. Although I have IE8 on the computer, I keep getting messages from MS asking me to upgrade to IE8. Also, my default opening page is MyYahoo, and lately I've been getting a little dropdown saying that MyYahoo recommends upgrading to IE8. Why is this happening and how can I stop it?

Maxthon may be based from Windows IE, but the engine and some components were tweaked/modified. That's why MyYahoo! detected it as a different browser. I know it's annoying but you can't stop it unless you really switch to IE8.

 

[flycaster]

My default browser is Maxthon 2. This browser runs off IE. Although I have IE8 on the computer, I keep getting messages from MS asking me to upgrade to IE8. Also, my default opening page is MyYahoo, and lately I've been getting a little dropdown saying that MyYahoo recommends upgrading to IE8. Why is this happening and how can I stop it?

Maxthon may be based from Windows IE, but the engine and some components were tweaked/modified. That's why MyYahoo! detected it as a different browser. I know it's annoying but you can't stop it unless you really switch to IE8.

Since I have made a change in Mx2's configuration (MxSetupCenter>Advanced>from template choose IE8), all is now well. Problem, as explained by Mxguru's was that Mx didn't recognize that IE8 was on board...until I made the suggested change.