WILL NOT work on windows because it was not compiled to support files over 2GB. (you can do this through Parallels or VMWare Fusion too) Download, extract and install Qemu tool on your computer. I couldn’t get it to work on Mac, so you’ll probably need to use it on a Linux or Windows machine. To do the conversion you’ll need a copy of the Qemu command line tool. Setupįirst go and download the versions of IE you want to use:
The bad news is that they wont run on Mac and VirtualPC wont run inside Parallels or VMWare Fusion - but I’ve found a solution! We can convert the disk images to work for VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox. The good news is that Microsoft provides free VirtualPC disk images for each of their browsers: Plus, Parallels doesn’t compress the virtual hard drive so each OS takes about 10 – 20GB of space. I have Parallels installed but I don’t want to buy extra copies of Windows just to test in IE. I use a Mac, which means testing my work in IE6, IE7 and IE8 is a pain. Microsoft has now officially released copies of their OS/Browser bundles for all OSes using VirtualBox, Parallels or VMWare! You can get them from modern.ie.
