//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; 

} 
} 
}