title: X-UA-Compatible is set to IE=edge, but it still doesn't stop Compatibility Mode
body: <p>I am quite confused. I should be able to set </p>
  
  <pre class="lang-xml prettyprint-override"><code>&lt;meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /&gt;
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  <p>and IE8 and IE9 should render the page using the latest rendering engine. However, I just tested it, and if Compatibility Mode is turned on elsewhere on our site, it will stay on for <a href="http://wds.semo.edu/help/" rel="noreferrer">our page</a>, even though we should be forcing it not to. </p>
  
  <p>How are you supposed to make sure IE does <strong>not</strong> use Compatibility Mode (even in an intranet)?</p>
  
  <p>FWIW, I am using the HTML5 DocType declaration (<code>&lt;!doctype html&gt;</code>).</p>
  
  <p>Here are the first few lines of the page:</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-xml prettyprint-override"><code>&lt;!doctype html&gt; 
  &lt;!--[if lt IE 7 ]&gt; &lt;html lang="en" class="innerpage no-js ie6"&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt; 
  &lt;!--[if IE 7 ]&gt;    &lt;html lang="en" class="innerpage no-js ie7"&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt; 
  &lt;!--[if IE 8 ]&gt;    &lt;html lang="en" class="innerpage no-js ie8"&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt; 
  &lt;!--[if (gte IE 9)|!(IE)]&gt;&lt;!--&gt; 
  &lt;html lang="en" class="innerpage no-js"&gt; 
  &lt;!--&lt;![endif]--&gt; 
      &lt;head&gt; 
          &lt;meta charset="ISO-8859-1" /&gt; 
          &lt;meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /&gt; 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>EDIT: <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/ie/introducing-compatibility-view" rel="noreferrer">I just learned</a> that the default setting on IE8 is to use IE7 compatibility mode for intranet sites. Would this override the X-UA-Compatible meta tag?</p>