//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;

}
}
}