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Here’s the easiest way to set up a Windows XP virtual machine that I could find. (This is useful if you want to try out programs without installing it on your main machine; test your code on a new machine; or test your website on IE6 / IE7 / IE8.) Go to the Virtual PC download site. (I tried VirtualBox and VMWare Player. Virtual PC is better if you’re running Windows on Windows.) If you have Windows 7 Starter or Home, select “Don’t need XP Mode and want VPC only? Download Windows Virtual PC without Windows XP Mode.” If you have Windows Vista or Windows 7, select “Looking for Virtual PC 2007?” Download it. (You may have to jump through a few hoops like activation.) Download Windows XP and run it to extract the files. (It’s a 400MB download.) Open the “Windows XP.vmc” file – just double-clicking ought to work. At this point, you have a working Windows XP version. (The Administrator password is “Password1”.) Under Tools – Settings – Networking – Adapter 1, select “Shared Networking (NAT)” That’s pretty much it. You’ve got a Windows XP machine running inside your other Windows machine. ...

PPK’s State of the Browser – IE Edition mentions one reason why IE6 will probably stay on for a while. Now why do I expect IE6 to stick around while IE7 goes down? The answer is simple: Intranets… many office workers will continue to be condemned to IE6. At work, that is. It’s quite likely that on their private computer at home they run another browser — IE7 or 8, Firefox, or maybe one of the smaller ones. ...

IE6 is out with new features. My site has already had quite a few hits with people using IE6! BTW, it doesn’t have Java or Plugin support.

The preview release of Internet Explorer 6 is out.

A sneak preview of MS IE6. What is worrying is that Microsoft may not release IE6 as a standalone application. They’re planning to bundle it with their next OS: Whister.