Ievms from microsoft cdn

[DrkCloudStrife]

Hello,

I don't expect this to get merged but I wanted to fix the lingering issues with ievms.sh that I have been manually patching as I need and I figured it would be beneficial to others. I wanted to bump version to 0.4.0 but I realized that there's a dependency on the releases for ievms-control-0.3.3.iso that I have no control over.

I removed WinXP VMs from the downloader, however I added a link in README for a Windows XP mode for Windows 7 machines which should prove helpful. This is working with VBoxManage version 5.2.12r122591

[Alhadis]

I was able to download IE6.XP.VirtualBox.zip and IE8.XP.VirtualBox.zip by substituting parts of the download URL:

IE6: https://az792536.vo.msecnd.net/vms/VMBuild_20150916/VirtualBox/IE6/IE6.WinXP.VirtualBox.zip
IE8: https://az792536.vo.msecnd.net/vms/VMBuild_20150916/VirtualBox/IE8/IE8.WinXP.VirtualBox.zip

Couldn't locate IE7, however.

[DrkCloudStrife]

Thanks, I'll see if I have some time this weekend to add those VMs back into the config.

[DrkCloudStrife]

Sorry, I guess I was a little too late to this. Those links don't resolve for me.

[Alhadis]

I thought this would happen. Thankfully, the first thing I did was back them up on a portable hard-drive:

I'm happy to send them to you, but I have no way to prove their integrity. Unless someone happens to have them backed up too, and can verify the checksums:

SHA256 (IE10.Win7.VirtualBox.zip) = ff8b51114d13c31742f39fc49a20b035bd5e25e9a35fd29cf41b73aa8fadbd3b
SHA256 (IE11.Win7.VirtualBox.zip) = fe47f2434cdd15162d3c9861695de19e6e560cc2a49a853e993be8c189422e74
SHA256 (IE11.Win81.VirtualBox.zip) = da716967553c12b6a0d40887e2eecbd661eade1525fbe9f82b495d43229295ed
SHA256 (IE6.XP.VirtualBox.zip) = 332abe9b3bd4957b4e495a852ba2bb1490b6fe0bfb1639b65a3f000eac29f7b3
SHA256 (IE8.XP.VirtualBox.zip) = bece4a25ec3bf54f4c7afe1fe36fbb6f2e6d316a63303c13a880d500dbbf19c9
SHA256 (IE8.Win7.VirtualBox.zip) = 8ddc72b065ada217ace149b3c5ca6195cee5407656252ad4ded12d38ee64c9cc
SHA256 (IE9.Win7.VirtualBox.zip) = 0a696e08cef84fa385cfd401e87caaf677ab85afb73af0446ff44b25f6c25407
SHA256 (MSEdge.Win10.VirtualBox.zip) = 36c13632cc9769373262bf041f2a81cc2cbbb0417ebfd965a2bc5a3c7f4e38e7

[DrkCloudStrife]

It's great you were able to get a hold of a local copy. Unfortunately I wouldn't feel comfortable adding images from unverified sources. Using the Windows XP mode for Windows 7 has worked for me. I no longer work on sites that still support ie6 - ie9, but I'm sure there are a few that still do. At that point I would encourage them to get a legal copy of xp and load it to their vm

[Alhadis]

That's the answer I was hoping to hear. 👍 If I were in your shoes, I'd do the same thing.

IE6/IE9 have infinitesimal usage nowadays, anyway. I seriously hope there's nobody out there who's serious about supporting such antiques. The VMs are worth more in their historic value, since they're pretty much digital time-capsules.

[Alhadis]

I'll admit the reason I was searching for these VMs in the first place is that I get kicks out of doing dumb shit like this, because some sick part of my brain finds amusement in idiotic and impossible challenges.

[Alhadis]

For anybody interested, the VMs I mentioned earlier have been uploaded to Archive.org:

• IE6 WinXP: https://archive.org/details/ie6.xp.virtualbox
• IE8 WinXP: https://archive.org/details/ie8.xp.virtualbox
• IE8 Win7: https://archive.org/details/ie8.win7.virtualbox
• IE9 Win7: https://archive.org/details/ie9.win7.virtualbox
• IE10 Win7: https://archive.org/details/ie10.win7.virtualbox
• IE11 Win7: https://archive.org/details/ie11.win7.virtualbox
• IE11 Win8.1: https://archive.org/details/ie11.win81.virtualbox
• Edge Win10: https://archive.org/details/msedge.win10.virtualbox

To use:

1. Download and extract the ZIP file
2. Open VirtualBox, then go File → Import Appliance…
3. Select the .ovf file that was in the extracted ZIP folder
4. Enjoy