How do we install Internet Explorer 9 Beta side by side with Internet Explorer 8 for evaluation?
Running multiple versions of Internet Explorer on a single instance of Windows is an unsupported solution. For example, organizations cannot install Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 8 side by side on a single operating system. To run two versions of Internet Explorer side by side, we recommend that organizations use virtualization technologies such as Microsoft® Enterprise Desktop Virtualization, a feature of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, or Remote Desktop Services. However, for the purposes of exploring or testing against a new version of Internet Explorer, we understand that it might be useful for a user to be able to switch between the older and newer platform versions. So for Internet Explorer 9, we introduced the Platform Preview. With Internet Explorer 9 Beta, we have simultaneously shipped a new Platform Preview. This fifth Platform Preview is intended to help with evaluation and testing. You can download the most recent Platform Preview, which contains the s
