//Determine browser, we only need this for Internet Explorer
if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {
 
 //Array of elements to be replaced
 var arrElements = new Array(3);
 arrElements[0] = "object";
 arrElements[1] = "embed";
 arrElements[2] = "applet";

 
 //Loop over element types
 for (n = 0; n < arrElements.length; n++) {
 
  //set object for brevity
  replaceObj = document.getElementsByTagName(arrElements[n]);
  
  //loop over element objects returned
  for (i = 0; i < replaceObj.length; i++ ) {
  
   //set parent object for brevity
   parentObj = replaceObj[i].parentNode;
   
   //grab the html inside of the element before removing it from the DOM
   newHTML = parentObj.innerHTML;
   
   //remove element from the DOM
   parentObj.removeChild(replaceObj[i]);
   
   //stick the element right back in, but as a new object
   parentObj.innerHTML = newHTML;
  
   }
  }
 }