Not necessarily. As Jim said (I believe), MS makes VMs available with various versions of IE on them. They expire after a certain date, but no... you don't have to license another copy of windows. It comes with XP (SP3 i believe), and whatever version of IE that particular VM has on it. You're free to use it for testing until it expires.
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 5:05 PM, CF Developer <coldfus...@mindkeeper.net>wrote: > > > With Virtual PC from Microsoft you have to have another > licensed OS to install on the virtual correct? > > ---------------------------------------- > > From: Jim Davis < > hofli...@depressedpress.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:25 PM > To: cf-community <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> > Subject: RE: Virtual PC > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: CF Developer [mailto:coldfus...@mindkeeper.net] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 6:13 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Virtual PC > > > > > > What does everyone use to run virtual workstations for IE6, IE7 > > (previous versions of browser software)? > > I use Virtual PC. I like it and it's free. > > Other people use VMWare... they like and (I think?) it's free. > > From I can tell there's really not much technical difference between them. > > Microsoft does provide free, already-configured VPC images for IE 6/7/8, > that might push in that direction: > > > http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=21eabb90-958f-4b64- > b5f1-73d0a413c8ef&displaylang=en > > They also make a lot of other software available as VPC images. > > Jim Davis > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292807 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
