OK, found the answer (at least for the case of hosting the Webbrowser control in C++)
You must add a registry entry to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION
For 32bit OS
*******OR*******
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION
For 64bit OS
and this entry must be a DWORD, with the name being the name of your executable, that hosts the Webbrowser control; i.e.:
myappname.exe (DON'T USE "Contoso.exe" as in the MSDN web page...it's just a placeholder name)
Then give it a DWORD value, according to the table on:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee330730(v=vs.85).aspx#browser_emulation
I changed to 11001 decimal or 0x2AF9 hex --- (IE 11 EMULATION)
WHY that isn't the DEFAULT value (When you have IE 11 installed -- or whatever version), instead of IE 7 or 8, I'll never know...
PROBLEM SOLVED (at least in this case!)
GWK