I was getting nasty error message:
“no such file to load — sinatra”
After I added the proper paths to config.ru as you described it started to work.

Cheers!

Im at the point where I need to get the internet connection working and don’t know where to find devices…?

Also just read the Sep 2010 update and am wondering if this is still the best way to go to test IE on a mac?

I’ve read that running parallels and then trying to install IE6,7,8 separately can cause some issues.

I currently have to go to a computer lab at my uni to IE test and they only have I7. Help on a solution would be GREAT!

Thanks

I’d like to add a current status on this for September 2010 as I just spent an unhappy half day getting it working.

- The BSOD does not happen anymore
- The Microsoft downloadable virtual images are licensed typically only for 30 days! BUT, the license requires them to be used in (on) an existing licensed windows! thus they will gripe about activation and windows genuine advantage. They are obviously not or no longer intended to be used like this (for cross platform web testing). So you get 3 days and limited reboots before they lock up. Doh!
- The Network driver I had terrible problems finding (all those bogus download sites, and AMD does not offer it anymore) until I switched in virtual box machine settings to Intel Pro 1000, and downloaded the standard Intel driver. Voila. Networking.
- The password for default IETest user on the test XP image should be changed immediately to ‘IETest’ or something, because the default is something that will lock you out and you need to google to locate. It is something like P2assw0rd.
- If you want to avoid all the activation/wga hassles, for the XP SP3 images anyway, find & download AntiWpa_x64_x86_sp3_apr09 (or later) and run it.

Now I am all set, good article. Just needs updating!

assets.dir=assets
assets.available=true
asset.dir=assets