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jallenclark
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Default Stop PIE from loading mobile sites

is there a setting or a fix to force PIE to load the non-mobile version of website, for example ESPN?

I searched but I end up coming up with a bunch of junk that didn't help me. I know that Opera does it, I was just curious if there was a way to do this in PIE. Thanks
 
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I think it's to do with the User Agent string that Internet Explorer repors to websites. KaiserTweak offers the chance to change it, so if you change it to the same as your PC (go here to see yours http://www.hybrid6.com/webgeek/tools...-my-user-agent ) then the website should "think" you're on a PC rather than a mobile.

I haven't tested this, but I'm pretty sure this is right!
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thanks, I will play around with it, has anyone done this before?
 
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If you change the string to report IE5 to the web server, you'll get what you're looking for. I did that for a while, but went back to the original settings as some sites tried to send content that my browser didn't like.

The other option is to load the site on the desktop, and transfer the real URL to the ppc favorites. This is what I ended up doing and it worked for most of the sites that I needed to get to.
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Thanks, I can see what you mean, I will just make a bunch of favorites and import them into PIE. Thanks for the good idea.