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HTML Compatability Modes

As a web-developer, I find it unfortunately necessary to force a browser(s) to conform to my preferred platform.  That being said, i have not been able (as of this posting) to find a aggregate knowledge base of all the available Meta values for the "X-UA-Compatible" header entry.  So below you will find my currently identified valid values. Syntax: <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="<value>"> Possible Values for <value>, by Browser: Internet Explorer = IE IE=5 Quirks Mode; pretty much anything less than IE 7 IE=7 IE 7 Mode IE=8 IE 8 Mode IE=9 IE 9 Mode IE=10 IE 10 Mode IE=11 IE 11 Mode IE=edge Highest supported document mode of the browser Quirks Emulate Values (If a valid <!DOCTYPE> declaration is present) IE=EmulateIE7 IE 7 Mode; otherwise, Quirks Mode (equivalent to IE=5) IE=EmulateIE8 IE 8 Mode; otherwise, Quirks Mode (equivalent to IE=5) IE=EmulateIE9 IE 9 Mode; otherwi

SysInternals - BgInfo for ALL Users

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I have seen various sites that have been pretty good at getting close to the point of getting Background Information created by the tool BgInfo but none of them have actually solved my specific problem. Solutions currently out there include: Placing into the "All Users" folder This did not work for me, as our implementation does not contain an "All Users" folder in the "Users" folder for profiles. Reg-Hacking and HKCU or HKLM entry This is the worst of all the bad choices available.  I am experienced with Registry Editing and I still would not want or find a need to do this. Placing into the "Default" folder This is good going forward but what about those 20+ user profiles that are already logged in.  FYI, if your server has 20+ user account profiles in the "Users" directory you have larger problems than I am willing to assist with in this posting. The solution that worked for me, will be described below in pain-staki