if (/msie/i.test (navigator.userAgent)) 
{  // only override IE
	document.nativeGetElementById = document.getElementById;
	document.getElementById = function(id) 
	{
		var elem = document.nativeGetElementById(id);
  		if(elem)
  		{
			// make sure that it is a valid match on id
			if(elem.attributes['id'].value == id)
			{
				return elem;
			} 
			else
			{
				// otherwise find the correct element
				for(var i=1;i<document.all[id].length;i++)
				{
					if(document.all[id][i].attributes['id'].value == id)
					{
						return document.all[id][i];
					}
				}
			}
		}
		return null;
	};
}