Force IE8 Into IE7 Compatiblity Mode

Question

Is there a way to force IE8 into IE7 compatibility mode using .NET or Javascript?

Answer 1

my code has this tag

meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" />

is there a way where i can skip this tag and yet layouts get displayed well and fine using that tag the display will work upto IE 7 but i want to run it wel in further versions...