[Web4lib] Problems with IE8 upgrade to machines under GPO

[Thomas Edelblute]

Recently, our Children's Room came across a game that requires us to upgrade to IE8 in order for us to run.  When I load  http://www.4kids.tv/games/play/chaoticgame
Under IE6 or IE 7 I am redirected to Microsoft's web site to upgrade to IE8, and on my test machine, IE8 runs this game just fine.  The problem is coming in when we have a GPO for the machine that prevents users from adding their own plug-ins.  IE8 under this GPO disables Adobe Flash and any other plugin you want to run under the browser.

So does anybody know of a way to make this combination work, or do I just tell the Children's Room that we cannot support IE8 without creating more problems at this time?

Thomas Edelblute
Public Access Systems Coordinator
Anaheim Public Library

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