Where would I begin with this?

[Isaac]

I hate sites that make to choose between what browser I must use. I have a fix for that. I got this cool extention to change my user agent on Chrome, however my OS is still visible. "Your computer must have some version of Windohs!!!"

Should I start trying manipulate the information by changing the way the browser works or should I try making the change at the OS level?

Thanks!

[Sirius]

There might be some extension/plug-in that can make your browser impersonate a Windows client. I'm pretty sure there is for Firefox.

[Isaac]

I've been looking and I have yet to see one plugin that can do this. So I guessing this datum might actually be sent by the OS and not the browser, by some server finger printing method.

[Krom]

The user agent string from the browser is also where sites ID the OS, if you are forging it and just making it some nonsense then it would cause sites that keep track to throw the error. Just fake using windows by replacing it with a proper windows user agent string.

Here are some user strings you can try:
Firefox:

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Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Firefox/3.6.15

Internet Explorer:

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Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; .NET4.0C)

To view your user agent type this in the address bar:

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javascript:alert(navigator.userAgent)

Or plenty more: http://www.zytrax.com/tech/web/browser_ids.htm

[Jeff250]

Of course, by permanently changing your user agent header, you're to some extent perpetuating the problem. No one will think anyone uses Chrome if all Chrome users forge their user agent headers! I know there is for Firefox--and I'd imagine there is for Chrome by now--some extension to forge your user agent header on a site-by-site basis.

[Sirius]

Clearly the solution is to use Firefox.

[Isaac]

Thanks all! I know where to go from here!