Discussion:
having IE6 and IE7 on the same machine
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liketofindoutwhy
2008-05-01 19:47:37 UTC
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Nowadays webpages are usually tested on IE 7, IE 6, Firefox 2, and
Safari... however, IE 6 and IE 7 usually cannot co-exist on the same
machine, and so many developer will need to use a Virtual machine and
that takes a lot of memory.

Is there a way that the IE6 can be put on the same machine as IE7?
Maybe MS can spend a couple days to make a version that can do that?
Or any one knows how to do that? Thanks very much!
C A Upsdell <""cupsdell\"@">
2008-05-01 20:34:08 UTC
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Post by liketofindoutwhy
Nowadays webpages are usually tested on IE 7, IE 6, Firefox 2, and
Safari... however, IE 6 and IE 7 usually cannot co-exist on the same
machine, and so many developer will need to use a Virtual machine and
that takes a lot of memory.
Is there a way that the IE6 can be put on the same machine as IE7?
Maybe MS can spend a couple days to make a version that can do that?
Or any one knows how to do that? Thanks very much!
See http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/res_testing.htm#d02_install_ie
rob^_^
2008-05-01 20:35:46 UTC
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Hi,

Its' still in beta, but try IETester -
http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage

IMO virtual machines are better, but then I have a full kit.

Regards.
Post by liketofindoutwhy
Nowadays webpages are usually tested on IE 7, IE 6, Firefox 2, and
Safari... however, IE 6 and IE 7 usually cannot co-exist on the same
machine, and so many developer will need to use a Virtual machine and
that takes a lot of memory.
Is there a way that the IE6 can be put on the same machine as IE7?
Maybe MS can spend a couple days to make a version that can do that?
Or any one knows how to do that? Thanks very much!
PA Bear [MS MVP]
2008-05-02 00:13:23 UTC
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Such side-by-side installs aren't supported.
Post by liketofindoutwhy
Nowadays webpages are usually tested on IE 7, IE 6, Firefox 2, and
Safari... however, IE 6 and IE 7 usually cannot co-exist on the same
machine, and so many developer will need to use a Virtual machine and
that takes a lot of memory.
Is there a way that the IE6 can be put on the same machine as IE7?
Maybe MS can spend a couple days to make a version that can do that?
Or any one knows how to do that? Thanks very much!
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