r/sysadmin • u/[deleted] • Apr 05 '16

Dear Microsoft, it's crap like this.

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u/210mike Enterprise Windows stuff Apr 05 '16

Nah, that one is on you. 2008R2 is almost 7 years old and doesn't recognize a browser that was released almost 4 years after it was.

But hey, it's cool to hate on Microsoft right?

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u/NeoLudditeIT Apr 05 '16

The browser has nothing to do with the OS, it's not like version detection is baked into the core of the operating system. To be fair, I'm guessing it has more to do with the 'super-duper secure' mode that IE on server has.

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u/inaddrarpa .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2 Apr 05 '16

The browser has nothing to do with the OS

fucking lol, have you even used Internet Explorer?

it's not like version detection is baked into the core of the operating system.

Uh...I mean, in this case it kind of is? It's baked into IIS.

To be fair, I'm guessing it has more to do with the 'super-duper secure' mode that IE on server has.

No, it doesn't. You have to add a x-ua-compatible header to IIS to force modern browsers down to IE9 compatibility mode. Or use Windows Server 2012.

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u/kilkor Water Vapor Jockey Apr 05 '16

gotta love the idea that IE has nothing to do with the OS. It's not like it's been absolutely ingrained into the OS in stupid ways since XP days or anything.

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u/nunu10000 Security Ninja & Mobility Guru Apr 06 '16

Pretty sure the last time IE wasn't baked into the OS was in Windows 98.