Running Multiple Versions Of IE On The Same Box

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Running Multiple Versions Of IE On The Same Box | Microsoft Share Point — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:38:54 GMT

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re: Running Multiple Versions Of IE On The Same Box

Eric — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:40:38 GMT

Are you talking about SuperPreview ?

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Chris — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:11:45 GMT

Do you know when the latest vhds will be available? The April 30 expiration is around the corner. Thank you.

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Edwin Martin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:43:04 GMT

VPC images do not run on Vista Home Premium, which is by far the most installed version of Vista.

If there's something which doesn't help us web developers here, then it's Microsoft itself.

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Don M — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:28:39 GMT

Strange timing for your post. The IE test VPN images expire in a couple of days, and I haven't seen anything about new images with new expiration dates. Is Microsoft going to release new images?

Running Multiple Versions Of IE On The Same Box

What's New — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:48:07 GMT

There are applications out there that will put IE4/5/6/7/8 on the same machine and let you switch between

re: Running Multiple Versions Of IE On The Same Box

Eli Thompson — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:41:05 GMT

Maybe the title of your posting should be "Don't Run Multiple Versions Of IE On The Same Box (Use Virtuals)"

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Don M — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:12:11 GMT

Re: Edward Martin's post about VPC image not running under Vista Home Premium.

Virtual PC and VPC images *do* run under Vista Home Premium. It's not "officially supported", and you get a warning message when you install it, but you can safely ignore the warning.

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Stuart — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:56:10 GMT

How about a link to those VPCs then?

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David — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:30:38 GMT

Since Microsoft makes these VPC images and the OS. Could they not just strip down the OS so that the only real function that could be done is to run IE? Or maybe do some Virtual Applications of the browsers.

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Mufasa — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:03:10 GMT

What about IETester? (http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage)

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DavidC — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:16:58 GMT

The VHDs are expired! Where are the new ones?

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kazim — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:57:25 GMT

Application virtualzation

have a look at the following

http://geekswithblogs.net/kazimmehdi/archive/2009/04

/29/running-internet-explorer-7---8-side-by-side-again.aspx

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Chris — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:18:23 GMT

My IE6 VPC image expired last night. When will a new image be posted? Thanks.

IE Testing VPC Images Updated

IEBlog — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:03:18 GMT

Just wanted to get a post out to let people know that we’ve updated the IE VPC Test images. These images

re: Running Multiple Versions Of IE On The Same Box

Sam — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:29:39 GMT

IETester will still have the same problems as other multiple IE solutions - as you aren't getting a true test environment (beyond CSS testing).

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Question — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:56:29 GMT

Pete,

Any chance you guys can release these new versions maybe one week before they expire. I use these for our developers and coordinating new release images as well as adding anti-virus and other tools needed requires a bit more than releasing them the day of expiration. I've sent in a ticket requesting some sort of release time table, however none seems to be available.

If you really want to help people use this then there has to be a smooth transition and testing period alloted. Having to keep checking the site for updates up until the expiration date is not helping attract people to using your more reliable testing platform compared to the multi-IE packages out there.

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JFR — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:57:56 GMT

@Sam: IETester is using the exact rendering engin and javascript engine of the ie engine it is instanciating for each tab.

What do you mean exactly when you say "IETester will still have the same problems as other multiple IE solutions". Can you be precise please ?

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frymaster — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:51:51 GMT

"VPC images do not run on Vista Home Premium"

possibly, but developers will be running vista business, so that's ok :P

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Sean Hogan — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:53:00 GMT

I don't understand the logic of time-bombing the VPC images. Isn't the only difference (between a non-expiring image and a time-bombed one) that every three months developers have to remind MS that the image is expired, wait for MS to update them, download and install the new one?

You say that MS is giving away a copy of Windows but either I already have Windows or I've chosen a different OS.

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rico — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:27:07 GMT

Using terms like "Frankenbuilds" to steer people away from IEtester etc. is not a good idea. The solution offered here may be less of a hack, but has some really obvious drawbacks of its own. The road to testing in shitty old IE6* remains slippery either way.

*Who built the monster in the first place ?..

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Jeff L — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:16:37 GMT

as asked above, what about Xenocode?

http://www.xenocode.com/Browsers/

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Olivier — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:53:43 GMT

"They’re time bombed, because we’re basically giving a copy of Windows away, but users can also build their own."

The timebomb isn't fun, so how can we make our own VPC images in a legal way ? I mean, I don't want to pay several Windows licenses just to be able to test in IE4,5,5.5,6,7,...

Or as asked by David, why Microsoft doesn't provide stripped down versions of Windows with no timebomb ? By restricting users so they can't install any software, but they can install updates from Windows Updates. Or like Windows PE : the Windows reboot or shutdown every hour/two hours,... or something like that.

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Jake Munson — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:20:40 GMT

I'm sorry, but stuff like this makes me wonder if Microsoft hates web developers. The IE6 stagnation debacle combined with this VPC image crap...do you guys really care how much time you make us web developers waste? Do you even realize that most web developers HATE IE and wish it would just silently go away?

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Roland Bouman — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:27:26 GMT

The inability to run multiple versions of IE does not just hurt when testing websites.

Upgrading IE is a major issue for many corporations because there is a very real risk of breaking existing web applications. For the same reason, this may hold organizations back from using new webapplications that run well only on the more standards compliant versions of IE (like 7 and 8).

All these problems would be gone if IE was architected such that IE instances would be stand alone and isolated from one another.

Firefox can, why can't IE?

What is the benefit for the customer to integrate an application with the OS to the extent that you cannot upgrade it without the risk of breaking something?

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timber — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:18:18 GMT

Can I use two versions of FF on the same box?

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Chris Quirke — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:52:22 GMT

The problem is chaining a relatively trivial app that needs to be widely deployed, to a lumpy anchor like an OS.

Ideally, it should be possible to install and use any version of IE on any version of Windows, and by eating that SxS dogfood, have it co-exist with different versions of itself.

Now I know you'll say IE is hardly a "trivial app" - but it is hugely edge-facing, and IMO that means it should be somewhat detached from the OS's innards. Think of how a leaf can be pulled off a tree without ripping it open; that's how I'd prefer to see edge-facing software that's exposed to exploits, so I can quickly amputate it if need be.

Jake Munson refers to "stagnant IE6" - heh, imagine if all those years weren't stagnating in IE6, you'd prolly have another 2 or 3 versions of OS-bound browsers to test :-)