Re: Older browsers

I don't think that this is logical...
It doesn't take into account all of the updated files that are placed in the
system or system32 folder or any other folders for that matter.  It could
not be passed off as a fully reliable way of testing different browser
versions.

In my experience it has always been best to buy a few budget pc's, like
200mhz machines or celerons and then install the browser/OS combos that you
are building for.

andre



----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Armstrong" <andrew(at)wisca.co.uk>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: Older browsers


> I believe that there is a way. You need to use win98lite to unpick IE from
> Windows, then reinstall IE to its own directory.
>
> I haven't tried it, so I may be mistaken, but what you have to do is like
> this:
>
> Go to http://98lite.net and download IEradicator to first remove all
> versions of IE from your system.  Then install the full version of IE 4x
> into its own directory (don't use the default settings), followed by IE 5x
> the same way.  What you are effectively doing is treating IE as an
ordinary
> application and not an integrated application.  Just remember you cannot
> run two instances of two different version of IE at the same time.
>
> This came from Kukla Fran and Ollie on this list around mid August.
>
> Andrew
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <chip.wiegand(at)simrad.com>
> To: <bryan.westbrook(at)amd.com>
> Cc: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 5:59 PM
> Subject: RE: Older browsers
>
>
> >
> > That's my experience also. I have tried to put various older versions of
> IE
> > on my machine, but
> > they always find and overwrite the current installed version. Seems no
> > matter which partition or
> > physical drive I install them to. Netscape let me install 5 versions of
it
> > on my machine and they
> > all work fine.
> >
> > --
> > Chip
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > bryan.westbrook(at)amd.com(at)hwg.org on 09/24/2001 05:11:39 PM
> > Internet mail from:
> >
> > Sent by:  owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> >
> > To:   hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> > cc:
> >
> > Subject:  RE: Older browsers
> >
> >
> > It's also not possible (or at least not practical) to install an older
> > version of IE on a computer that already has one newer than the one you
> are
> > trying to install.
> >
> > To test backwards compatibility of IE versions, you will need several
> > computers.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Angel One [mailto:angelone(at)angelonearth.net]
> > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 2:01 AM
> > To: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> > Subject: Re: Older browsers
> >
> >     Here is the URL for Netscape:
> > http://home.netscape.com/download/archive.html?cp=dowarc
> >     In the past I've found I.E. is hard to find - it seems mickysoft
> > dosen't
> > want you to download the older versions. I've e-mailed them with no help
> at
> > all. This has been a year or so ago; things may have changed........
:-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

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