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I cannot connect to a particular website it require ie explorer.

Asked by Benjamin Martin

I am currently a student and I need to access a Pegasus IT lab web sight that only supports Explorer as a browser. I am new to Ubuntu and I would like to know what my options are.

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Aruna Hewapathirane (aruna-hewapathirane) said : 		#1

You can install Sun Virtualbox http://www.virtualbox.org/ and install Windows and access the site. This is a option but why not send us the URL of the site so we can check and advise ?

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Benjamin Martin (wkbgtx09) said : 		#2

http://myitlab.pearsoned.com/Pegasus/frmLogin.aspx?s=3
This is the sight that I need to access, sorry it took me so long to get back to you. Hopefully this helps.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Here the page where they show the supported browser http://www.myitlab.com/prod_sysreq.asp

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

Try to change the browser user agent string using the User Agent Switcher Firefox plugin to simulate you are using an ie browser.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#5

New to Ubuntu: read the Ubuntu Manual, it's very informative: http://ubuntu-manual.org/
Click on the "download Button" to download the latest PDF version.
The online help https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/index.html

Relax and fun:
http://planet.ubuntu.com/ and Full Circle Magazine http://fullcirclemagazine.org/

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Benjamin Martin (wkbgtx09) said : 		#6

Thank you for the help, I installed the plug in and it is now letting me accses the sight but it says I need an Adobe Flash player, and it is not letting me.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#7

Please install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package then retry and please read the manual

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