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What music was used in the Windows XP installation wizard?

I've just created a Windows XP VM so that I can test in IE6. (One day I'll look back and laugh.) There was a music track! It was quite soothing and had just started breaking into some vocals when I ...
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Download Internet Explorer 6 in Windows 7

I know Internet Explorer 6 was built for XP but is their a copy that I can download on my Windows 7 machine for debugging purposes? Internet Explorer 9 has an excellent developer console but the ...
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IE6 installation not possible because of an already installed later version

I'm trying to install IE6 on Windows XP, but the notification says that "The installation is impossible as an updated version of IE is found on the computer". Can I install IE6 without ...
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Removing Internet Explorer 7

Recently installed IE7 on an XP SP3 box (was IE6 prior). IE7 promised on install that it "can be uninstalled" via the Add/Remove Programs applet. It installed successfully, and the machine was ...
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Pictures don't show in IE6 after Windows XP updates

It was time to update the computer I'm using, and I ran all of the updates except for the upgrade from IE6 to IE8. I'm using a work computer, so I'm simply not allowed to upgrade from IE6 to anything ...
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I get an error installing Internet Explorer 6 in Winebottler on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

I am on MAC OS X 10.6, using the latest version of Winebottler. Internet Explorer 7 and 8 installed fine, but do not particularly work properly. I want to try IE 6 and get these errors. ...
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Is it possible to upgrade from IE6 straight to IE8?

I.E will this work? http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=43
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how to install IE6 on our computer without modifying the registry?

What's the easiest way to install IE6 on our computer? Whenever I try to install it.. they reject it because "a newer version of IE has already been installed" I googled around and there are some ...
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set internet explorer as default browser from command line

Is it possible to set Internet Explorer as the default browser to launch from the command line? I have a web application that only runs under IE, but if it happens that Firefox is the default ...
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where can I download copies of a windows XP .iso with IE6 or IE7 for virtualbox?

I have Windows 7 professional hosting Ubuntu inside VirtualBox for my development machine. To test my site I run IE and hit my Ubuntu box. This works great for IE8, the default browser on this ...
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“Find” dialog in IE8 (like IE6 has)

Upgrading to IE8 will break a macro that currently runs on IE6 in my organization. I know nothing about this macro yet - just that it depends on the Find dialog box in IE6. Is there a way to disable ...
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Logging out of one application causes sessions to be destroyed in all other web applications -How to Fix?

I have two web applications deployed in a corporate environment on IE6/8: App A uses smart card authentication, App B is just standard authentication When App A logs out/de-authenticates, it seems to ...
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Website downloads IE components again after changing IP address

We are running HP Quality Center 10. This can only be run in Internet Explorer as it relies on ActiveX. When logging into this web based app for the first time, various components download and ...
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Utilu IE Collection IE6 crashes under Windows 7

I've installed Utilu IE Collection under Windows 7 64-bit, but am unable to successfully run IE6 (specifically, "Internet Explorer 6.0 (6.00.2900.2180)"). I haven't tried other versions of IE from the ...
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How can I remove 1 user name remember in IE

I am using IE 6 on Windows XP. IE remembers my 4 of my login names to my google account. Is it possible for me to just remove 1 login name and password that remembered by IE and keep the rest in tact? ...
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How to block a single .js file in ie6?

Been banging my head on the desk for two hours now. I need to block JUST ONE .js file in ie6 (need to keep JS enabled in the browser): http://php.net/ie6update/ie6update.js That DARN script breaks ...
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Odd one: Internet Explorer 6 showing the “view source” command enabled when I was expecting it to be disabled

OK, I admit this problem is odd. I'm just trying to understand why Internet Explorer is behaving the way it is. I realise that logic may not apply here :) I have Internet Explorer 6 (Sp1) running on ...
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How to install IE6 on Windows 7? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Uninstall IE8 and install IE6 Can anyone help me to install Internet explorer in Windows7.
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Uninstall IE7/downgrade to IE6 in xp sp3

How to Uninstall IE7 from xp sp3 to change it to IE6? I cant find a good resource out there for doing so? Any suggestion..
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Official end of support date for Internet Explorer 6 on Windows 2003 [closed]

(I copied the title format from the pre-existing question for XP.) If I parsed the wikipedia page on IE6 correctly: IE6 SP2 is end of life. (I could not find a page that said this, but it was ...
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Internet Explorer 6 and Direct File Opening

I have issue with Internet Explorer 6. Seems that when I'm about to open lets say a word document from a website, it takes forever to open it within Word. Internet explorer freezes for about 2 ...
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Where can I find Internet Explorer v6.0.2800.1106CO? [closed]

Does anyone know where I can download Internet Explorer v6.0.2800.1106CO from? I need this specific version - even v6.0.2800.1106 (note missing CO) is not good enough.
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Can we automatically open a second tab with IE8 with another browser (IE6 Virtual)

AT the company I work with they have legacy applications that work only with IE6 with no plan to upgrading them. The company will be rolling out IE8, the solution was to rollout IE6 Virtual (VMWare) ...
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Clicking a link in IE6 doesn't load page (internal DNS entry on our intranet)

I have a very strange problem that is only affecting some versions of IE6. The problem does affect IE 6.0.2900.5512, but does not seem to affect 6.0.3790.3959 Basically I work for a company and we ...
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Have you ever seen an install of IE 8 whose version number was still 6.0?

I was at a local university computer lab presenting a website I work on and I discovered something that looked really unusual to me. Their machines had Internet Explorer 8 installed, but when you ...
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Why does everyone think I'm using IE6?

Firefox 3.5.1 installed, but whatbrowser.org thinks that I'm using IE6 - as does twitter and youtube. I've reinstalled Firefox and disabled AddOns, but it is still registering as IE6. Any ideas?
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Official end of support date for Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP

If I read the docs on Windows Service Pack support policies, and the specific Internet Explorer lifecycle support page as well as the Wikipedia page I've deduced that: IE6 support ends/ended at: ...
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Good IE6, IE7 simulator applications? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Multiple versions of internet explorer on a machine I have IE8 installed, I would like to test websites in IE6 and IE7. I cannot use Adobe's BrowserLab to test because ...
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Internet Explorer 6 question

Can someone please explain to me what the big problem is with IE 6? Everyone talks about it like it is the worst thing in the world. I use FF and Chrome, hardly ever IE 8, so I apparently don't know ...
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What is the keyboard shortcut to resize text IE6?

What is the keyboard shortcut to resize text IE6?
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Internet Explorer 6 under Windows Vista?

I want to install internet Explorer 6 in Windows Vista but I can't, is there a way to do so? I just want to test my website on it to fix some CSS bugs.
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1answer
285 views

How to disable Javascript in IE 6?

How can I completely disable cookies and JavaScript in Internet Explorer 6 (under Windows XP). This is for testing purposes.
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is there anyway to get yahoo or google maps to work in internet explorer 6

i can't see any of the maps when using ie6 even the map on the main page: http://maps.yahoo.com/ or http://maps.google.com it works find on ie7+ and firefox, chrome. is there any browser setting ...
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Changing the default TIFF viewer in IE

I have installed the AlternaTIFF viewer in IE (both 6 and 7, on separate computers), but based on the results of the test page, it is not being recognized as the default TIFF viewer inside Internet ...
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Use Internet Explorer 6 and 7 in Virtual Box

I am trying to install the vhds (virtual hard drive image) of IE6 on XP and IE 7 on XP packs available from Microsoft on Virtual Box. Virtual Box will only mount CD/DVD's and/or ISO's. How do I get it ...
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How do I install multiple versions of Internet Explorer on Windows 7? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Multiple versions of Internet Explorer on a machine I want to install multiple versions of Internet Explorer on Windows 7. Specifically versions 6, 7, and 8. (Currently ...
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Clear private data in Internet Explorer 6

All modern browsers have a feature to clear private data, but I can not find it in Internet Explorer 6.
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Enable IE6 to run JavaScript

How do I enable IE6 to run JavaScript? Where in the settings do I set this option?
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Does IE 6/7/8 have an addon that is similar to “Web Developer” for Firefox?

I am looking for the same JavaScript functionality (Errors/Warnings/etc.) that the Web Developer add-on for Firefox has. Does such a thing exist and where can I find it?
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Firebug for ie in ubuntu

How to install firebug for ie6 which is installed in ubuntu platform using wine.
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CHM Compiled Help files all give - NOT FOUND error

I remember fixing this error on an old PC of mine. It involve a SIMPLE Internet explorer option change but I can no longer find it. Any idea?
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how can I find the history links folder in IE6

Ugh, IE6. Don't bash me, it's a work thing. In IE6, how can I find all the links that are in my history folder? I've got it set to keep 20 days of history. However when I see the History bar, ...
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IE6 new windows sometimes have “Links” bar - how to disable

Yes, I'm stuck on IE6 at work. I've turned-off the available toolbars to just the ones I want - Address & Standard Buttons. I don't like the Links toolbar. Normally, when I open a new window, ...
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Why do I get a 550 FTP error with Filezilla, but IE6 is fine?

When transferring some files today from our hosted FTP site, which a client had uploaded, for files in certain directories I kept getting (using Filezilla): Command: RETR /dir/file.jpg Response: ...
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What are the differences between IE6 and IE7? [closed]

The title says it all. I havn't found a satisfyingly exhausting list on the internet anywhere else. Googling doesn't yield anything that I'm happy with. I guess I'm looking for the differences in ...
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Excel crashes when opening Excel files from Internet Explorer

I have been running into some issues when opening Excel files from Internet Explorer, generally the first document or two will open fine but after that trying to open a file will cause Excel and ...
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Which IE6 is the newer one?

I have two copies of IE: Version: 6.0.2900.5512 Update Versions : SP3 and Version 6.0.3790.3959 Update Versions : SP2 Which one is the newer one? T_____T