Override IE compatibility mode

[Mojo21]

Hi All

 

Hope you can help.

 

I develop a web site that needs the user to be using either IE9+, Google Chrome (latest) or Safari (latest) browsers, which is fine as most school computers have one of these browsers, but the default one they use is IE and I've found that a number of them have suddenly been fixed in compatibility mode - in other words IE7/8 mode.

 

I don't want to tell them to start using Chrome or a.n.other, as staff know to go for IE and if the ruddy thing would run in the version that is installed then all would be fine.

 

They can't deselect or force non-compat because the menu is greyed out so I'm thinking its a GPO thing - am I right?

 

I've used the IE=edge meta tag in every page, which is supposed to override this but it doesn't seem to make a difference.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

[synaesthesia]

You can use GPO to set compatibility modes for certain websites - Admin Templates, Windows Components, IE, Compatibility View, Use Policcy List of IE 7 Sites

[ZeroHour]

I've used the IE=edge meta tag in every page, which is supposed to override this but it doesn't seem to make a difference.

 

A caveat regarding that, it MUST be the first tag after the

or IE will ignore the mode.

[Valyyn]

Just a thought - the website you're developing, is it on the intranet or external?

 

IE defaults to compatibility mode for intranet sites for some reason:

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/web-development/146602-modify-ie11-user-agent.html#post1255361

I had almost exactly the same issue building our site at first, odds are you've got the same problem - IE forces intranet sites into Compatibility mode by default. To turn it off, go to Settings -> Compatibility View Settings, then at the bottom, untick "Display intranet sites in Compatibility View".

If it is this, then I believe you should be able to do the same via a GPO.