diff --git a/admin-root/lib-js/prototype.js b/admin-root/lib-js/prototype.js
index e9ccd3c8..19a577cc 100644
--- a/admin-root/lib-js/prototype.js
+++ b/admin-root/lib-js/prototype.js
@@ -549,9 +549,9 @@ var $R = function(start, end, exclusive) {
 var Ajax = {
   getTransport: function() {
     return Try.these(
+      function() {return new XMLHttpRequest()},
       function() {return new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP')},
-      function() {return new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP')},
-      function() {return new XMLHttpRequest()}
+      function() {return new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP')}
     ) || false;
   },