Multiple Versions of IE...is Unsupported

Running Multiple Versions of Internet Explorer On Single Operating System is
Unsupported
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2020599

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:57:32 -0500, "PA Bear [MS MVP]"
<PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:

>Running Multiple Versions of Internet Explorer On Single Operating System is
>Unsupported
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2020599

Interesting that you posted this... was this in reference to another
thread? I'd actually like to try running IE7 & IE8 on Vista... are
there people who have hacked this on and posted a guide? Formal
support is not an issue for me.

On 2010-03-11 23:44, +Bob+ wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:57:32 -0500, "PA Bear [MS MVP]"
> <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Running Multiple Versions of Internet Explorer On Single Operating System is
>> Unsupported
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2020599
>
> Interesting that you posted this... was this in reference to another
> thread? I'd actually like to try running IE7& IE8 on Vista... are
> there people who have hacked this on and posted a guide? Formal
> support is not an issue for me.

Formal support *should* be an issue for you. About a year ago I made the
mistake of installing a package which purported to allow multiple
versions of IE to run, e.g. for testing websites. It worked with no
apparent problems for a while, but then it somehow damaged my system so
badly that it took about 28 hours of hard work to fix the damage done.
Now I do all my testing with multiple versions of IE using Microsoft's
Virtual PC, one of the two approved methods of doing so: it is a lot
slower than that package, but at least my PC is stable.

+1



"C A Upsdell" <cupsdell@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:#aZ0LCawKHA.3764@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> On 2010-03-11 23:44, +Bob+ wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:57:32 -0500, "PA Bear [MS MVP]"
>> <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Running Multiple Versions of Internet Explorer On Single Operating
>>> System is
>>> Unsupported
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2020599
>>
>> Interesting that you posted this... was this in reference to another
>> thread? I'd actually like to try running IE7& IE8 on Vista... are
>> there people who have hacked this on and posted a guide? Formal
>> support is not an issue for me.
>
> Formal support *should* be an issue for you. About a year ago I made the
> mistake of installing a package which purported to allow multiple versions
> of IE to run, e.g. for testing websites. It worked with no apparent
> problems for a while, but then it somehow damaged my system so badly that
> it took about 28 hours of hard work to fix the damage done. Now I do all
> my testing with multiple versions of IE using Microsoft's Virtual PC, one
> of the two approved methods of doing so: it is a lot slower than that
> package, but at least my PC is stable.
>

Did you read the KB article?

+Bob+ wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:57:32 -0500, "PA Bear [MS MVP]"
> <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Running Multiple Versions of Internet Explorer On Single Operating System
>> is Unsupported
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2020599
>
> Interesting that you posted this... was this in reference to another
> thread? I'd actually like to try running IE7 & IE8 on Vista... are
> there people who have hacked this on and posted a guide? Formal
> support is not an issue for me.

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:09:18 -0500, "PA Bear [MS MVP]"
<PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:

>Did you read the KB article?

Yes, and I don't really care about " will result in an unsupportable
configuration by Microsoft Customer Support Services."

I care only about practical support, not MS support. I've never called
MS support in my life and I don't plan to anytime soon. If it works,
and if any potential problems have work-arounds that aren't a serious
burden or hack, then it works for me.