Nov 24, 2007
Testing for IE6 and IE7
This is probably a little late in mentioning (about a year late), but I would strongly recommend against using hacks when it comes to trying to install IE6 and IE7 on the same box (Tredosoft’s hack). For a couple of reasons:
- You risk permanently screwing with the Windows Registry, which the Tredosoft hack explicity does. My co-worker, whom I gleefully recommend the hack to, still has IE6/IE7 issues. And trying to uninstall the hack or applying provided patches didn’t work for me.
- The last time I checked, after applying the hack, you need to apply another one to enable conditional comments
- Bottom line, Microsoft didn’t intend for these two browsers to co-exist
So it’s no surprise that I highly recommend using Microsoft’s Virtual PC. Installing it and then uploading a VPC image of the XP operating system with IE6 will enable you to have an exact replica of that browser, or you could do it the other way around.
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