diff --git a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/download.get.desc.xml b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/download.get.desc.xml
index 92a58f7f4e..4fd72680a3 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/download.get.desc.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/download.get.desc.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
    <url>/slingshot/node/{store_type}/{store_id}/{id}/content{property}/{filename}?a={attach?}</url>
    <format default="">argument</format>
    <authentication>user</authentication>
-   <transaction>required</transaction>
+   <transaction allow="readonly">required</transaction>
    <lifecycle>internal</lifecycle>
 </webscript>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml b/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml
index c1e3a18a4d..9b39c36c58 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml
@@ -1855,6 +1855,7 @@
     <bean id="webscript.org.alfresco.slingshot.download.get" class="org.alfresco.slingshot.web.scripts.SlingshotContentGet" parent="webscript.org.alfresco.content.content.get">
         <property name="siteService" ref="SiteService" />
         <property name="poster" ref="activitiesPoster" />
+        <property name="transactionHelper" ref="retryingTransactionHelper" />
     </bean>
 
     <!-- Node browser web script -->
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/content/ContentGet.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/content/ContentGet.java
index 46ee8f8660..4691ddcb36 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/content/ContentGet.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/content/ContentGet.java
@@ -142,16 +142,16 @@ public class ContentGet extends StreamContent implements ServletContextAware
     private void streamContentLocal(WebScriptRequest req, WebScriptResponse res, NodeRef nodeRef, boolean attach, QName propertyQName) throws IOException
     {
         String userAgent = req.getHeader("User-Agent");
-
-        boolean rfc5987Supported = (null != userAgent) && (userAgent.contains("MSIE") || userAgent.contains(" Chrome/") || userAgent.contains(" FireFox/"));
+        userAgent = userAgent != null ? userAgent.toLowerCase() : "";
+        boolean rfc5987Supported = (userAgent.contains("msie") || userAgent.contains(" trident/") || userAgent.contains(" chrome/") || userAgent.contains(" firefox/"));
 
         if (attach && rfc5987Supported)
         {
             String name = (String) nodeService.getProperty(nodeRef, ContentModel.PROP_NAME);
             
-            //IE use file extension to get mimetype
-            //So we set correct extension. see MNT-11246
-            if(userAgent.contains("MSIE"))
+            // IE use file extension to get mimetype
+            // So we set correct extension. see MNT-11246
+            if (userAgent.contains("msie") || userAgent.contains(" trident/"))
             {
                 String mimeType = contentService.getReader(nodeRef, propertyQName).getMimetype();
                 if (!mimetypeService.getMimetypes(FilenameUtils.getExtension(name)).contains(mimeType))
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/slingshot/web/scripts/SlingshotContentGet.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/slingshot/web/scripts/SlingshotContentGet.java
index c80889dfd3..1f1c80874a 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/slingshot/web/scripts/SlingshotContentGet.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/slingshot/web/scripts/SlingshotContentGet.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.alfresco.model.ContentModel;
 import org.alfresco.repo.Client;
 import org.alfresco.repo.Client.ClientType;
+import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper;
+import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.RetryingTransactionCallback;
 import org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.content.ContentGet;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.activities.ActivityPoster;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ public class SlingshotContentGet extends ContentGet
 {
     protected SiteService siteService;
     private ActivityPoster poster;
+    private RetryingTransactionHelper transactionHelper;
     
     public void setSiteService(SiteService siteService)
     {
@@ -59,9 +62,12 @@ public class SlingshotContentGet extends ContentGet
         this.poster = poster;
     }
     
-    /* (non-Javadoc)
-     * @see org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.content.ContentGet#execute(org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptRequest, org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptResponse)
-     */
+    public void setTransactionHelper(RetryingTransactionHelper transactionHelper)
+    {
+        this.transactionHelper = transactionHelper;
+    }
+
+
     @Override
     public void execute(final WebScriptRequest req, final WebScriptResponse res) throws IOException
     {
@@ -87,9 +93,17 @@ public class SlingshotContentGet extends ContentGet
                     {
                         filename = (String)this.nodeService.getProperty(nodeRef, ContentModel.PROP_NAME);
                     }
-                    // post an activity - mirror the mechanism as if from the Share application
-                    poster.postFileFolderActivity(ActivityPoster.DOWNLOADED, null, null, 
-                                    site.getShortName(), null, nodeRef, filename, "documentlibrary", Client.asType(ClientType.webclient), null);
+                    final String strFilename = filename;
+                    transactionHelper.doInTransaction(new RetryingTransactionCallback<Void>() {
+                        @Override
+                        public Void execute() throws Throwable
+                        {
+                            // post an activity - mirror the mechanism as if from the Share application
+                            poster.postFileFolderActivity(ActivityPoster.DOWNLOADED, null, null, 
+                                    site.getShortName(), null, nodeRef, strFilename, "documentlibrary", Client.asType(ClientType.webclient), null);
+                            return null;
+                        }
+                    }, false, true);
                 }
             }
         }