diff --git a/src/pixi/utils/Utils.js b/src/pixi/utils/Utils.js
index 9534c83..d53af76 100644
--- a/src/pixi/utils/Utils.js
+++ b/src/pixi/utils/Utils.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
  */
 var AjaxRequest = PIXI.AjaxRequest = function()
 {
-	var activexmodes = ["Msxml2.XMLHTTP", "Microsoft.XMLHTTP"] //activeX versions to check for in IE
+	var activexmodes = ["Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0", "Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3.0", "Microsoft.XMLHTTP"] //activeX versions to check for in IE
 	
 	if (window.ActiveXObject)
 	{ //Test for support for ActiveXObject in IE first (as XMLHttpRequest in IE7 is broken)