Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VHD available for download

Microsoft has provided the following VHD with Windows set up with the specified version of Internet Explorer to help web designers and web developers test their websites in older versions of Internet Explorer. The VHD images are patched with the latest security updates and are otherwise clean installs of the operating system with very few modifications.

This download page contains different VPC images, depending on what you want to test. These images are specifically designed to run on Microsoft Virtual PC, and may or may not work in other hosting environments.

Due to the size of the Windows 7 and Windows Vista VHDs, it is split across several files, you'll need to download all files for that version of the Internet Explorer and uncompress them to the same directory to unpack the VHD file.

The password to login to all of these images is Password1 and the username will be present when you first login.

Windows XP Image

• This image contains: Windows XP SP3 with IE6 VHD file and was fully patched on April 14, 2011. This image also contains the install files for IE7 and IE8. If you want to have separate base XP images for IE7 and IE8, you can copy the VHD, rename it, and install the other desired version of IE.
• Filename: Windows_XP_IE6.exe
• Expires: This image will shutdown and become completely unusable on August 09, 2011.

Windows Vista Image

• This image contains: Windows Vista SP2 with IE7 VHD file and was patched through March 2011. The install files for IE8 and IE9 are also available for install on the image.
• Filenames: Windows_Vista_IE7.part01.exe, Windows_Vista_IE7.part02.rar, Windows_Vista_IE7.part03.rar, Windows_Vista_IE7.part04.rar, Windows_Vista_IE7.part05.rar, Windows_Vista_IE7.part06.rar, Windows_Vista_IE7.part07.rar
• Expires: See *Note at IE App Compat VHD website

Windows 7 IE8 Image

• This image contains: Windows 7 SP1 with IE8 VHD file and was patched through March 2011. The install files for IE9 are also available for install on the image.
• Filenames: Windows_7_IE8.part01.exe, Windows_7_IE8.part02.rar, Windows_7_IE8.part03.rar, Windows_7_IE8.part04.rar
• Expires: See *Note at IE App Compat VHD website.

Windows 7 IE9 + Tools Image

• This image contains: Windows 7 SP1 with IE9 VHD file and was patched through March 2011. This image also has the ACT Toolkit 5.6, IECTT, and Expression Super Preview software installed.
• Filenames: Windows_7_IE9.part01.exe, Windows_7_IE9.part02.rar, Windows_7_IE9.part03.rar, Windows_7_IE9.part04.rar, Windows_7_IE9.part05.rar, Windows_7_IE9.part06.rar, Windows_7_IE9.part07.rar
• Expires: See *Note at IE App Compat VHD website

Download IE Application Compatibility VHD
IE Application Compatibility VHD is now available on the Microsoft Download Center, for more details please visit IE App Compat VHD website.

Quick Details
Version: 4.2
Date Published: 5/14/2011
Language: English

System Requirements
IE Application Compatibility VHD supported Operating Systems: Windows 7,Windows Vista, and Windows XP
You will need a minimum of 3.0 Gigabyte hard drive space free to expand the VHD file.