[AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 Express&VB.NET)

...been that way for more than a year ...there is a separate link to dl the 
right vhd

http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=21eabb90-958f-4b64-b5f1-73d0a413c8ef&displaylang=en

...the secret to this is that ms is providing a vhd with win xp or vista AND 
ie6, 7, or 8 now to web developers to allow testing
against multiple browser environments ...since you can't run more than one 
version of ie on the same system. they came
up with this backdoor ...but the bottom line is that its a fully functional 
vhd with the os and ie already installed and you can use
it for whatever you please ...and anyone can dl and use it if they know 
where to look.

...and of course ms isn't broadcasting this everywhere ...you only find it 
by looking for ways to test both versions of ie on your system :)
...not a word or link to this on either the vpc or their regular vhd site :)

William

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From: "Steve Erbach" <erbachs at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 1:54 PM
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008 
Express&VB.NET)

> William,
>
> Interesting.  Is that a recent promotion?  When I downloaded VPC last
> year there wasn't any OS that came with it.
>
> Steve Erbach
> Neenah, WI
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:44 AM, William Hindman
> <wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com> wrote:
>> ...its free ...and it comes with a vhd with win xp or vista already
>> installed so you don't have to buy another copy ...the free os is a 
>> limited
>> time but they've renewed it every time it was about to expire so far.
>>
>> William
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Max Wanadoo" <max.wanadoo at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:57 AM
>> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
>> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] William Hindman (Re: Visual Basic 2008
>> Express&VB.NET)
>>
>>> William,
>>> Is virtual PC 2007 from Microsoft free or not. The site says "free
>>> download"
>>> but it is unclear whether that means that after installing it, I then 
>>> get
>>> only xyz days to use it.
>>>
>>> If not free, what would you recommend?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Max
>>>
>
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