> FWIW, I intentionally keep IE 6 on my work machine (not a big corp, but we sell to them) for testing Why not use Microsoft's ie VPC images? http://www.micros

> FWIW, I intentionally keep IE 6 on my work machine (not a big corp, but we sell to them) for testing Why not use Microsoft's ie VPC images? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=21eabb90-958f-4b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=... "In order to help web designers and web developers test their websites in older versions of Internet Explorer, we've provided the following VHD with Windows set up with the specified version of Internet Explorer. The images are patched with the latest security updates and are otherwise clean installs of the operating system with very few modifications." Also works with VirtualBox on linux / mac: http://shapeshed.com/journal/testing_with_ie6_ie7_and_ie8_on_virtualbox/ http://shapeshed.com/journal/testing_with_ie6_ie7_and_ie8_on... You do not even need a Windows license: "Note: You may be required to activate the OS as the product key has been deactivated. This is the expected behavior. The VHDs will not pass genuine validation. Immediately after you start the Windows 7 or Windows Vista images they will request to be activated. You can cancel the request and it will login to the desktop. You can activate up to two “rearms” (type slmgr –rearm at the command prompt) which will extend the trial for another 30 days each time OR simply shutdown the VPC image and discard the changes you’ve made from undo disks to reset the image back to its initial state. By doing either of these methods, you can technically have a base image which never expires although you will never be able to permanently save any changes on these images for longer than 90 days."