Any way to add another IE version to VPC?

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hunter - 22 Nov 2005 23:35 GMT

Running VPC w/Windows XP, IE6.

Is there any way to add/install other versions of IE (IE 5.0 & IE 5.5,
in particular) in addition to the IE6 included with VPC installation?
I'd like to be able to view html files for debugging in the various
browers.

Using PowerMac G4 DP/OS 10.3.4

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Richard Cardona - 23 Nov 2005 03:12 GMT

> Running VPC w/Windows XP, IE6.
>
> Is there any way to add/install other versions of IE (IE 5.0 & IE 5.5,
> in particular) in addition to the IE6 included with VPC installation?
> I'd like to be able to view html files for debugging in the various
> browers.

IE is isn't designed for multiple version installation, the latest
version subsumes all other versions. XP comes with IE 6 which can be
somewhat difficult to uninstall.

I've seen hacks that allows IE 5 and 5.5 to co-exist but that's somewhat
tricky to setup and risky for test. The best known is probably Joe
Maddalone's blog http://labs.insert-title.com/labs/?ID=795

The cleanest way is to make two more VPC machines with Windows 2000 have
IE 5.0 and 5.5 respectively. You could even store IE 5.5 in a
differencing drive or in an undoable drive if you're willing to hack
that into your VPC config.

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hunter - 23 Nov 2005 20:04 GMT

Thanks, Richard...can you tell me how to do this, briefly? I am a total
ignoramux when it comes to Windows, or to VPC, for that matter; I'm
finding they are needing a different way of thinking than I've grown
accustomed to, mac-wise.

[You wrote: The cleanest way is to make two more VPC machines with
Windows 2000 have
IE 5.0 and 5.5 respectively. You could even store IE 5.5 in a
differencing drive or in an undoable drive if you're willing to hack
that into your VPC config. ]

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Steve Jain - 23 Nov 2005 21:22 GMT

>Thanks, Richard...can you tell me how to do this, briefly? I am a total
>ignoramux when it comes to Windows, or to VPC, for that matter; I'm
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>differencing drive or in an undoable drive if you're willing to hack
>that into your VPC config. ]

Basically, you buy another license of Windows, install it as a
separate VM in VPC and install the version of IE you want to test on.

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Any way to add another IE version to VPC?