Comments on: Running Internet Explorer 6 and 7 on Windows http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/ tips, tricks, news, ideas and random thoughts about and from the web Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:15:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Shannon http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-13691 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:33:30 +0000 http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-13691 Thanks, I just did this setup for Vista (Richard, when I installed they had moved the expiry date to 4/08) and it worked great. Thanks for the very clear directions or I'd not have ventured to try it. Thanks, I just did this setup for Vista (Richard, when I installed they had moved the expiry date to 4/08) and it worked great. Thanks for the very clear directions or I’d not have ventured to try it.

]]> by: Richard http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-13537 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:47:43 +0000 http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-13537 The magical expiry date (April 1st 2007) has past. Does this still apply? Or is there an updated version? I recently bought a new computer with Windows Vista and now I can no longer test in IE6! :( The magical expiry date (April 1st 2007) has past. Does this still apply? Or is there an updated version?

I recently bought a new computer with Windows Vista and now I can no longer test in IE6! :(

]]> by: Mattspew http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-6594 Thu, 17 May 2007 02:09:33 +0000 http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-6594 That's sweet.. Good solution. Lets me test not only on IE6, but some vista/xp app back and forth. That’s sweet.. Good solution. Lets me test not only on IE6, but some vista/xp app back and forth.

]]> by: Jim http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-4205 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:15:54 +0000 http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-4205 Or simply download a Standalone version of IE-6 ... http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/standalone Much easier! Or simply download a Standalone version of IE-6 …
http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/standalone

Much easier!

]]> by: Hugh http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-4101 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:01:39 +0000 http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-4101 Just worked it out. All I had to do was select NAT (shared network) after right clicking the network symbol below the virtual PC start button and looking at the options available on the righthand side. From the help file on the virtual machine... "Shared Network (NAT). When this option is selected, the virtual machine is connected to a private network created by Virtual PC. The network includes a virtual DHCP server and a virtual network address translation server. The virtual machine is then able to access most TCP/IP-based resources that the host operating system can access." Just worked it out. All I had to do was select NAT (shared network) after right clicking the network symbol below the virtual PC start button and looking at the options available on the righthand side.

From the help file on the virtual machine…

“Shared Network (NAT). When this option is selected, the virtual machine is connected to a private network created by Virtual PC. The network includes a virtual DHCP server and a virtual network address translation server. The virtual machine is then able to access most TCP/IP-based resources that the host operating system can access.”

]]> by: Hugh http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-4072 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:43:55 +0000 http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-4072 Really useful and well written instructions. I'm up and running with my Virtual PC & IE6 and can see files on my 'real' PC jsut fine. However I cannot work out how to connect my Virtual PC to the internet so I can see the site I'm working on in IE6. Any tips? Thanks Hugh Really useful and well written instructions.
I’m up and running with my Virtual PC & IE6 and can see files on my ‘real’ PC jsut fine. However I cannot work out how to connect my Virtual PC to the internet so I can see the site I’m working on in IE6.

Any tips?

Thanks Hugh

]]> by: Karen Dodds http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-3049 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:48:40 +0000 http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-3049 Thank you so much for these detailed installation instructions...NOT found on microsoft.com! As a web developer on a Mac, this setup is invaluable for me to see my sites in a non-standards compliant version of IE. BTW, I set this up on a Dell laptop and had to set the memory at the minimum. But simply to preview sites on the web, it seems stable enough. Thank you so much for these detailed installation instructions…NOT found on microsoft.com! As a web developer on a Mac, this setup is invaluable for me to see my sites in a non-standards compliant version of IE.

BTW, I set this up on a Dell laptop and had to set the memory at the minimum. But simply to preview sites on the web, it seems stable enough.

]]> by: Scott Shaffer http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-2674 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:05:55 +0000 http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-2674 Hi Dave, thanks for a great book. I've been more of a "cut and paste" programmer for the web site I operate for my children's summer camp. But as time goes by, I find that I need to know more and I know your book will help in my current redesign. On the topic of testing in different browsers, I found a useful site: www.BrowserShots.org. You upload your test page to your server, then go to BrowserShots.org, input the www address and select any number of browsers (including IE 5, 5.5, 6, and 7) and BrowserShots.org will prepare a screenshot for you. It's pretty neat. Hi Dave, thanks for a great book. I’ve been more of a “cut and paste” programmer for the web site I operate for my children’s summer camp. But as time goes by, I find that I need to know more and I know your book will help in my current redesign.

On the topic of testing in different browsers, I found a useful site: www.BrowserShots.org. You upload your test page to your server, then go to BrowserShots.org, input the www address and select any number of browsers (including IE 5, 5.5, 6, and 7) and BrowserShots.org will prepare a screenshot for you. It’s pretty neat.

]]> by: Hollis Barnhart http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-2318 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:18:11 +0000 http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-2318 These step-by-step instructions are wonderful! BTW, Virtual PC will run on Windows XP with 512MG Ram (I thought I was a goner when I got the message that it would only install on Win 2000 or XP Pro-- but it allowed me to keep clicking through the installation process anyway). I set the ram at 256 MG. It's slow -- but it works -- and it gives me an idea as to how "unpretty" the website I'm working on looks in IE6. Now, do you have suggestions for optimizing websites to IE6? These step-by-step instructions are wonderful! BTW, Virtual PC will run on Windows XP with 512MG Ram (I thought I was a goner when I got the message that it would only install on Win 2000 or XP Pro– but it allowed me to keep clicking through the installation process anyway). I set the ram at 256 MG.

It’s slow — but it works — and it gives me an idea as to how “unpretty” the website I’m working on looks in IE6.

Now, do you have suggestions for optimizing websites to IE6?

]]> by: Dave McFarland http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-2189 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:57:29 +0000 http://www.sawmac.com/etc/2006/12/17/ie6and7/#comment-2189 Another great solution Tim. Thanks Another great solution Tim.
Thanks

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