Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Internet Explorer 6 on Windows Vista

I've been dealing with a client which, like a lot of corporate America, is still using Windows XP with Internet Explorer 6. This is understandable given how long it takes IT departments to catch up with all the new protocols for a new operating system and browser. However, that means we as developers need to make sure we still test web projects out on IE 6 as well. How do we do that though in Vista?

Microsoft Virtual PC image just for this purpose here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=21eabb90-958f-4b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef&displaylang=en. Just select an IE browser version and download. You'll then need to install MS "Virtual PC" found here http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx. After installing Virtual PC, create a new virtual machine, and select the virtual hard drive you downloaded in the first link.

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