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Updated Internet Explorer Application Compatibility Virtual PC VHD Available

Microsoft has updated their Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) based versions of IE for you to test compatibility in older versions of Internet Explorer on Windows XP and Windows Vista.

In order to help web designers and web developers test their websites in older versions of Internet Explorer, we’ve provided the following VHD . . .

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate Virtual Images

Virtualization technology allows us geeks and tech enthusiasts to try out software without impacting our day to day computer system.  I, as well of many of you I am sure, used to ignore those warnings about not using un-released technology on on your production machines.  Come on you can admit it – . . .

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Microsoft Internet Explorer VHD Test Image Updated

If you create and design websites then you know how important it is to view your sites in different web browsers to see how it will look in each browser.

An easy way to do this is to run Virtual PC and this recently updated VHD which contains the last three . . .

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Internet Explorer Compatibility Virtual PC Images Updated

Looking for an easy way to test your websites with previous versions of Internet Explorer? Virtual PC and these updated images can help with that.

This download page contains different VPC images, depending on what you want to test.

IE6-on-XP-SP3.exe contains a Windows XP SP3 with IE6 VHD file. Expires July . . .

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Microsoft Virtual PC RC and Windows XP Mode

On Tuesday Microsoft released the RC of virtual pc for windows 7. The changes from the beta to the release candidate were listed on Ben Armstrong’s virtual pc guy’s blog as follows:

Granular drive sharing In the settings on the virtual machine, you can select specific host computer drives to share with . . .

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Link Sharing – El Salvador Version

It has been a while since I did a post full of links.  I keep a folder in Outlook where I file any interesting tidbits I pick up off my RSS feeds.  I like sharing that stuff because if your here reading this site then it is very possible they will also interest . . .

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