Want Just IE6 in vista

[Robert James]

Is it possible to run internet explorer 6 in vista?

I have a text book in ebook reader .exe format , and it workis only in IE6,
not IE7.

Is it possible to run it in IE&?

Thanks

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Is it possible to run internet explorer 6 in vista?

I have a text book in ebook reader .exe format , and it workis only in
IE6, not IE7.

Is it possible to run it in IE&?

It's not possible, I use VirtualPC with XP installed when I need to use
IE6, for testing out the look of websites I create, for example (or I just
use my XP laptop, which I am using now..).

ss.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

It's not possible, I use VirtualPC with XP installed when I need to use
IE6, for testing out the look of websites I create, for example (or I just
use my XP laptop, which I am using now..).

Actually, I do not use my laptop, as I have IE7 installed on it..

Anyway, what eBook reader was that standalone eBook .exe file created with?
There may be some sort of convertor available.

ss.

 

[Mike Glenn]

it is possible.... there are some stand alone versions of ie6 that I have
seen around

I just hate it when ignorant incompetent stupid people .like you, proclaim
this or that is "impossible"

nothing is impossible

 

[Peter Foldes]

Beg to differ here. You cannot run IE6 on Vista . IE7 is the only MS browser that will work with Vista. Period.

 

[Andrew McLaren]

it is possible.... there are some stand alone versions of ie6 that I have
seen around
I just hate it when ignorant incompetent stupid people .like you, proclaim
this or that is "impossible"
nothing is impossible

It is impossible to run any *supported* configuration of Internet Explorer 6
on Vista.

There may be improvised hacks floating around, which purport to splice IE6
onto Vista. They are not tested or supported by Microsoft.

The correct answers to the OP's question are:

1) Adjust IE7's User Agent string. Many sites and apps that have problems
with Internet Explorer 7 are not actually incompatible with IE7; they just
don't have any logic to handle the IE7 user agent string. By running a small
Microsoft-supplied utility, you can let IE7 report itself as Internet
Explorer 6, bypassing this problem. See the fourth question on:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/iefaq.mspx

2) For sites and applications which really do have incompatibility problems
with IE7 (and not just "user agent string" issues), the workaround is to run
IE6 on top of Windows XP, inside a Virtual Machine on Vista. This is the
solution Synapse Syndrome rightly suggested.

If options 1 and 2 both fail, for identified reasons which cannot be
corrected, the OP *might* choose to consider an unsupported solution. They
should make a sober assessment of the risks associated with moving into an
unsupported configuration. It is rarely a good solution, only one of
desperation; and it should not be recommended lightly, unadvisedly, or in
cavalier fashion (IMHO).

 

[Guest]

You just went to being "Chairman of The Cockhead Club"

 

[Ed Forsythe]

Excellent response Andrew. I'll cut and paste it into my Vista doc for use
when I finally decide to take the plunge - Thanks.
Ed F.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

it is possible.... there are some stand alone versions of ie6 that I have
seen around

I just hate it when ignorant incompetent stupid people .like you, proclaim
this or that is "impossible"

nothing is impossible

I can tell you are a moron, so that's okay.

ss.