Comments on: Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Images under VirtualBox

By: Harm

Harm — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:16:28 +0000

Just now I ran through your tutorial and the image suddenly asked to activate my copy of windows. This seems very odd of a compatibility test. Any thoughts?

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By: sean yang

sean yang — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:17:59 +0000

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By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:41:54 +0000

Unfortunately the latest App Compat VHDs no longer run under VirtualBox due to licensing/activation issues. Thanks a ton MS…

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21712

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:50:54 +0000

The VPC expires August 31, 2009 for ie6 though, which is soon, I wonder what our option will be at that point?

Simply download the next 3 month release and repeat the process.

By: Erik Vold

Erik Vold — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:35:37 +0000

Thanks for the guide, it helped a lot.

The VPC expires August 31, 2009 for ie6 though, which is soon, I wonder what our option will be at that point?

By: Martin Redfern

Martin Redfern — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:15:39 +0000

Really useful post. Many thanks.

Slightly different method in full in screencast format also available at http://www.10voltmedia.com/blog/2008/12/screencast-install-internet-explorer-on-osx-using-virtualbox/

@ambikeshwar: you can reach your host from a VM by using your host’s IP address, followed by the directory in which your test site is located eg http://192.168.0.2/sites/myexamplesite.com/

By: ambikeshwar

ambikeshwar — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:54:32 +0000

Hey Fill, post was really useful and I set up XP with IE6 vdi on my vista machine.
I have 1 question, I am developing web based application on my local and have configured it to use localhost:8080 for testing. Is there a way I can hit this url from the XP virtual machine running inside virtual box.

By: Zajats

Zajats — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:37:25 +0000

UUID problem can be solved be the routine described here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/55577/how-can-i-test-my-web-pages-in-microsoft-internet-explorer-on-a-mac

One should convert VHD image into VDI.

By: Ara

Ara — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:46:31 +0000

Thanks for this Phil, works beautifully. Realistically this is the only way to test multiple version of IE. Clean installs of OS with specific version of IE. The only real way is to stop cateting for people using IE6 and force people to upgrade to IE7+ or they’ll never learn

PS: Sun’s VirtualBox rocks… Phil put me onto this and its just beautiful.