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Run IE 6 and 7 on the same machine
If you do hard-core web development, which do you use? IE 6 or IE 7? I would rather use Firefox, but I have to develop for IE, since most of the world still uses it. Sure IE7 is new, IE6 is old, and they are similar, yet it is tough to develop for both, especially when you can't really install both together on the same machine. Microsoft is going to help you out with that. On November 30th, Microsoft released the Internet Explorer VPC testing image. This is a virtual PC image that lets you run IE 6 and IE 7 on the same virtual machine. The image is built on a pre-activated copy of Windows XP SP2 underneath so that could be fun for all kinds of other things too. The catch here is that the image expires on April 1, 2007. Still, it isn't a bad idea to download it and is going to help me make and break IE 6 and 7 stuff a lot faster now. You can download Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 for free to run the image (if you don't have it already). The IEblog states that the VPC image will also run on Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (download it via connect, Windows Live passport sign-in required) if you're running Vista. Mary Jo Foley, (of Microsoft Watch fame) has written a great article on this over at her new home at ZDNet's "Unblinking Eye on Microsoft" blog that you might find interesting. Be aware, the VPC testing image is around 500MB to download, so go get yourself a cookie, a candy cane, some egg-nog or something while you're waiting.
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Subscribe to commentsjoaneDec 2nd 2006 7:46PM
Awesome! Glad to hear that you have released an image we can work with! I would say "Finally", but I don't want to push my luck.
When IE8 rolls around, please release the image **MONTHS** in advance, so we can do proper parallel testing.
enzoDec 2nd 2006 11:03PM
Um that sounds like a real hassle
chrisDec 3rd 2006 1:43PM
joane, there is nothing stopping you from creating a VPC image and installing IE8 beta on it (when the time comes). nor is there anything stopping you from installing ie7 on a vpc image now.
the software to do it is even free.
so stop asking microsoft to do everything for you, and learn to do something for yourself.
MaziarDec 3rd 2006 5:08PM
What is the main idea of Microsoft Virtual PC software?
So, Can it be used to run such non cooperating programs?
HasanDec 4th 2006 4:45PM
You don't need to wait for this. I have been running both side by side for several months by downloading the Standalone IE6...
http://www.tech-recipes.com/internet_explorer_ie7_tips1188.html
BrandonDec 4th 2006 9:29PM
Also, it may interest you for Safari screenshots also.
http://www.danvine.com/icapture/