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Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image

J

James.N

Flightless Bird
Hello,

I'm a web developer who needs a testing platform for Internet Explorer 6 and
7. I recently downloaded the following disk image:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...90-958f-4b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef&displaylang=en

The problem is with the copy of Windows Genuine Advantage that came as part
of the disk image. It rejects the given CD key and will not behave. Although
the EULA for the image is good until April 1, 2010, WGA cripples the image
after 3 days.

I believe this is a design flaw in the disk image, but I'm hoping someone
reading this will be able to offer me some help from the other end. Is there
any legitimate way to get this working?

Regards,
James
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
MSDN IE Development Forums <=post such questions here instead
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/category/iedevelopment/


James.N wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm a web developer who needs a testing platform for Internet Explorer 6
> and
> 7. I recently downloaded the following disk image:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...90-958f-4b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef&displaylang=en
>
> The problem is with the copy of Windows Genuine Advantage that came as
> part
> of the disk image. It rejects the given CD key and will not behave.
> Although
> the EULA for the image is good until April 1, 2010, WGA cripples the image
> after 3 days.
>
> I believe this is a design flaw in the disk image, but I'm hoping someone
> reading this will be able to offer me some help from the other end. Is
> there
> any legitimate way to get this working?
>
> Regards,
> James
 
R

rob^_^

Flightless Bird
Hi James

There are readme help files included in the compressed exe that you must
run to expand the contents.

System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP
You will need a minimum of 1.5 Gig hard drive space free to expand the VHD
file.

You can download the latest version of Virtual PC at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx.






You also need MS Virtual PC from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx

I am still using the previous release even though they have expired. (Just
ignoring the messages, and only fire them up for 10mins or so for quick
tests)

I will download them tonight and check though, and if there is an issue I
can raise an issue ticket with connect.microsoft.com to let them (MS
support) know.
I will post back here tomorrow if that is so.

Mostly I use

IETester from debugbar.com
or
SuperPreview from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8e6ac106-525d-45d0-84db-dccff3fae677

Either of the above have their limitations, Conditional Comments, Caching,
IE settings virtualization issues. But for layout debugging they are just
fine.

My experience is that you do not need browser version sniffing code to
create cross-browser compatible pages. Just one conditional comment for
<center> tags for IE 5.5 browsers... I can't get google adsence to center
though in Opera browsers.

If you are using Visual Studio or Expression Web which have intellisence
(tm) then you don't really need to debug in different browsers. Intellisence
(tm) tells you your mistakes as you type. IMO this is the strategic
advantage of using MS Developer products that leaves the rest far behind for
RAD web development. (RWD).

There is a 60 day free trial of Expression Web 3 available from the
Microsoft download center.

Regards.

"James.N" <James.N@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:67BDA4FB-BF60-4A12-80EB-F20EF7732DD1@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I'm a web developer who needs a testing platform for Internet Explorer 6
> and
> 7. I recently downloaded the following disk image:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...90-958f-4b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef&displaylang=en
>
> The problem is with the copy of Windows Genuine Advantage that came as
> part
> of the disk image. It rejects the given CD key and will not behave.
> Although
> the EULA for the image is good until April 1, 2010, WGA cripples the image
> after 3 days.
>
> I believe this is a design flaw in the disk image, but I'm hoping someone
> reading this will be able to offer me some help from the other end. Is
> there
> any legitimate way to get this working?
>
> Regards,
> James
>
 
R

rob^_^

Flightless Bird
No Problems with the new images.

See the readme files for your Admin credentials. Control Panel restrictions
apply to the IETester account.

Regards.

"rob^_^" <iecustomizer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:10B1C5DD-5B6E-4474-AEB5-2596BAC2AE0C@microsoft.com...
> Hi James
>
> There are readme help files included in the compressed exe that you must
> run to expand the contents.
>
> System Requirements
> Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows
> XP
> You will need a minimum of 1.5 Gig hard drive space free to expand the VHD
> file.
>
> You can download the latest version of Virtual PC at
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> You also need MS Virtual PC from
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx
>
> I am still using the previous release even though they have expired. (Just
> ignoring the messages, and only fire them up for 10mins or so for quick
> tests)
>
> I will download them tonight and check though, and if there is an issue I
> can raise an issue ticket with connect.microsoft.com to let them (MS
> support) know.
> I will post back here tomorrow if that is so.
>
> Mostly I use
>
> IETester from debugbar.com
> or
> SuperPreview from
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8e6ac106-525d-45d0-84db-dccff3fae677
>
> Either of the above have their limitations, Conditional Comments, Caching,
> IE settings virtualization issues. But for layout debugging they are just
> fine.
>
> My experience is that you do not need browser version sniffing code to
> create cross-browser compatible pages. Just one conditional comment for
> <center> tags for IE 5.5 browsers... I can't get google adsence to center
> though in Opera browsers.
>
> If you are using Visual Studio or Expression Web which have intellisence
> (tm) then you don't really need to debug in different browsers.
> Intellisence (tm) tells you your mistakes as you type. IMO this is the
> strategic advantage of using MS Developer products that leaves the rest
> far behind for RAD web development. (RWD).
>
> There is a 60 day free trial of Expression Web 3 available from the
> Microsoft download center.
>
> Regards.
>
> "James.N" <James.N@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:67BDA4FB-BF60-4A12-80EB-F20EF7732DD1@microsoft.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm a web developer who needs a testing platform for Internet Explorer 6
>> and
>> 7. I recently downloaded the following disk image:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...90-958f-4b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef&displaylang=en
>>
>> The problem is with the copy of Windows Genuine Advantage that came as
>> part
>> of the disk image. It rejects the given CD key and will not behave.
>> Although
>> the EULA for the image is good until April 1, 2010, WGA cripples the
>> image
>> after 3 days.
>>
>> I believe this is a design flaw in the disk image, but I'm hoping someone
>> reading this will be able to offer me some help from the other end. Is
>> there
>> any legitimate way to get this working?
>>
>> Regards,
>> James
>>

>
 
J

James.N

Flightless Bird
Thanks for your helpful hints, Rob. I was using Sun VirtualBox with the
assumption that it would do the job, but I guess the image is very tailored
to VirtualPC. I also am downloading the tools you suggested.

Again, thanks! Not just the info I was looking for... more helpful than that!


James

"rob^_^" wrote:

> Hi James
>
> There are readme help files included in the compressed exe that you must
> run to expand the contents.
>
> System Requirements
> Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP
> You will need a minimum of 1.5 Gig hard drive space free to expand the VHD
> file.
>
> You can download the latest version of Virtual PC at
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> You also need MS Virtual PC from
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx
>
> I am still using the previous release even though they have expired. (Just
> ignoring the messages, and only fire them up for 10mins or so for quick
> tests)
>
> I will download them tonight and check though, and if there is an issue I
> can raise an issue ticket with connect.microsoft.com to let them (MS
> support) know.
> I will post back here tomorrow if that is so.
>
> Mostly I use
>
> IETester from debugbar.com
> or
> SuperPreview from
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8e6ac106-525d-45d0-84db-dccff3fae677
>
> Either of the above have their limitations, Conditional Comments, Caching,
> IE settings virtualization issues. But for layout debugging they are just
> fine.
>
> My experience is that you do not need browser version sniffing code to
> create cross-browser compatible pages. Just one conditional comment for
> <center> tags for IE 5.5 browsers... I can't get google adsence to center
> though in Opera browsers.
>
> If you are using Visual Studio or Expression Web which have intellisence
> (tm) then you don't really need to debug in different browsers. Intellisence
> (tm) tells you your mistakes as you type. IMO this is the strategic
> advantage of using MS Developer products that leaves the rest far behind for
> RAD web development. (RWD).
>
> There is a 60 day free trial of Expression Web 3 available from the
> Microsoft download center.
>
> Regards.
>
> "James.N" <James.N@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:67BDA4FB-BF60-4A12-80EB-F20EF7732DD1@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm a web developer who needs a testing platform for Internet Explorer 6
> > and
> > 7. I recently downloaded the following disk image:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...90-958f-4b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef&displaylang=en
> >
> > The problem is with the copy of Windows Genuine Advantage that came as
> > part
> > of the disk image. It rejects the given CD key and will not behave.
> > Although
> > the EULA for the image is good until April 1, 2010, WGA cripples the image
> > after 3 days.
> >
> > I believe this is a design flaw in the disk image, but I'm hoping someone
> > reading this will be able to offer me some help from the other end. Is
> > there
> > any legitimate way to get this working?
> >
> > Regards,
> > James
> >
 
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