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I have a need to run IE6 on my Vista machine that natively runs IE7. Can someone please help me with set-up / configuration steps?

Thanks,

Dan

A: 

If you have IE7 installed, using Multiple IE's will let you install past versions without any conflicts.

Ben Alpert
it does not work properly on Vista ...
Sam Saffron
+6  A: 

Take a look at IETester -- it allows you to test pages in IE 5.5 - 8b2.

Jonathan Lonowski
+1, IETester's been great for me.
Parand
+1  A: 

Try ie6eolas_nt.zip from http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/standalone . I use it on XP; haven't tried Vista.

Mikeage
+1 good link. See comments of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/487737. 6 down, 9 to go (1 per day)
VonC
A: 

Multiple IE does not work on Vista, you are stuck using a VM of sorts for full IE support. This is critical if you need to test your javascript or debug through CSS.

I managed to use AndLinux + Wine to get this working, but honestly I think the VMWare/Virtual PC/Virtual Box route is simpler.

Sam Saffron
A: 

I've used the multiple IE, but it has javascript problems which aren't their in the normal version.

The IE team advices to use the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Images. These are virtual pc images with different IE versions.

Supported versions:

  • IE6 on XP SP3
  • IE7 on VISTA
  • IE7 on XP SP3
  • IE8B2 on XP SP3

For other IE versions you could make your own virtual image.

Davy Landman
+1  A: 

Just use http://www.xenocode.com/browsers/

You can run older version of IE in Vista and Windows 7 :)