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++) {
  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;
  }
 }
}