I have a force.com site that has a problem with IE9 where it blanks the pick list fields and won't save the record.  If I use compatibility mode, the problem goes away.  I have been trying to force the page to load in compatibility mode by adding code to the VF page, but it's not working.  Any suggestions?

I added <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" /> in various places, but it's not working out.  Here's the first section of the VF page for reference.

<apex:page showHeader="false" sidebar="false"   controller="SVMX_WarrantyCalaimForm_Controller" id="Page1" >

<apex:stylesheet value="{!$Resource.SVMXVF_Resources1}" />

<style>

body { margin-top: 1%; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 25px; }
.rowHeight {height:50px}


</style>

<script type="text/javascript">
  function customSelectChecked( form,value)
    {   
        var i = 0;
        for (i = 0; i < form.elements.length; i++) {
            if (form.elements[i].name.search('selected') > 0 && form.elements[i].disabled == false) {
                form.elements[i].checked = value;
            }
        }
    }     
    function customSelectAllOrNoneByCheckbox(form,control)
    {  customSelectChecked( form,control.checked); }
    
  </script> 
  
    <apex:form id="Form1">