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I am trying to configure an older switch that is only configurable via a Web GUI. The Web GUI only works in IE, too.
OK, so I am using IE 10 (in IE compatibility mode), and there is one particular popup window that refuses to load. For whatever reason, IE is trying to reach http://microsofttranslator.com, perhaps there's some content in the Window that is fooling IE into trying to translate it:
I'm doing all of this on a network that has no outbound access, so the window never loads.
If I load this Window in Google Chrome, the Window's DOM loads fine (though I can't use the Window because the Web GUI's JavaScript is IE-specific), so I am fairly certain this is being done by Internet Explorer itself.
How can I disable this automatic translation behavior in IE?
It looks like the switch actually has code. The best you can do is modify the hosts file so that microsofttranslator.com is redirected towards 127.0.0.1. You must understand this is NOT a IE10 issue. The Web GUI has the code for the microsofttranslator.com widget this is 100% the fault of the software on the switch itself. – Ramhound – 2012-08-31T16:50:01.137
@Ramhound I disagree. I believe IE is doing this, similar how Google Chrome will show things in Google Translate if it detects content in a foreign language. I looked at source of the HTML and wasn't able to find that. I also tried loading the window in Chrome (even though the JavaScript doesn't work), and it didn't try to reach microsofttranslator.com. At least the DOM was able to load. It would also be insanely stupid of Cisco to put translation code in their Web GUI. – vcsjones – 2012-08-31T17:16:50.043
1Neither IE9 nor IE10 have a built-in translation which is the reason I thought it was software on the device itself. – Ramhound – 2012-08-31T17:40:03.517