if (navigator.appName=='Microsoft Internet Explorer') {
  window.onload = function() {
  	if (document.getElementsByTagName) {
  		var s = document.getElementsByTagName("select");

  		if (s.length > 0) {
  			window.select_current = new Array();

  			for (var i=0, select; select = s[i]; i++) {
  				select.onfocus = function(){ window.select_current[this.id] = this.selectedIndex; }
  				select.onchange = function(){ restore(this); }
  				emulate(select);
  			}
  		}
  	}
  }

  function restore(e) {
  	if (e.options[e.selectedIndex].disabled) {
  		e.selectedIndex = window.select_current[e.id];
  	}
  }

  function emulate(e) {
  	for (var i=0, option; option = e.options[i]; i++) {
  		if (option.disabled) {
  			option.className = "disabled_option";
  		}
  	}
  }
}