var strBrowser = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
if(strBrowser.indexOf("msie") > -1 && strBrowser.indexOf("mac") < 0){
var theObjects = document.getElementsByTagName('object');
var theObjectsLen = theObjects.length;
for (var i = 0; i < theObjectsLen; i++) {
//alert(theObjects[i].parentNode.innerHTML)
if(theObjects[i].outerHTML){

// does the object use the 'data' attribute?
// if so msie completely ignores any <param> in the outerHTML
// so lets ditch it, as msie doesn't use it, only mozilla etc
if(theObjects[i].data){
theObjects[i].removeAttribute('data');
}
theObjects[i].outerHTML = theObjects[i].outerHTML;
}
}
}