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    <p><strong>Note 1</strong>: I'm running the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=11575" rel="noreferrer" title="Microsoft IE Tester VHD download page">XP IE6 VHD which expires today, 4/4/12</a> (this VHD can also be upgraded to IE7 and IE8 - I use all three in three separate VMs) under the Windows 7 version of Virtual PC - your mileage may vary.</p> <p><strong>Note 2</strong>: As of today (the expiration date of the VHD), this VHD tells me it's expired upon login, and won't even get me to the desktop. If I simply reset the date and disable time syncing as follows, there is still an "expired" flag set somewhere in the VHD's Windows install and it's still unusable. You <strong>must</strong> either:</p> <ul> <li><p>discard your undo disk to a point prior to the expiration (if you already had Undo Disks enabled, which I always recommend when creating a VM for testing to "lock down" your setup once you have it the way you like),</p> <p><strong>or</strong></p></li> <li><p>reinstall a fresh VHD dated prior to the expiration date, then make the following changes to the .VMC file <strong>before</strong> booting the VHD for the first time.</p></li> </ul> <h2><strong>How I got my working XP IE VHD back</strong>:</h2> <ol> <li><p>You need to change the date in the .VMC file per <a href="http://www.nirsoft.net/blog/2008/12/running-operating-system-inside-virtual.html" rel="noreferrer">step 1B in the link @William mentioned</a>. This value may not exist in a new, unbooted .VMC file - it should go under <code>preferences/hardware/bios</code> like this example for Dec 31, 2011 @ 12:00am:</p> <pre><code>&lt;preferences&gt; &lt;hardware&gt; &lt;bios&gt; &lt;time_bytes type="bytes"&gt;00000000000000311211&lt;/time_bytes&gt; </code></pre> <p>If you <strong>do not</strong> set this to some valid date before booting the VHD for the first time (in which case this value won't exist yet), it will force a time sync (even if you disable time syncing as in step 2 below), which may completely foil your efforts.</p></li> <li><p>But you <strong>also</strong> need to disable time syncing in the .VMC file per the information in <a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprovirt/thread/aca326fd-8e37-49f3-8b90-4eda93a11cd6" rel="noreferrer">this TechNet thread</a> (scroll down to karonwu's 2nd post, 7/16/09 7:41am).</p> <p>Disable time syncing at boot (this value didn't exist by default in my .VMC file):</p> <pre><code>&lt;preferences&gt; &lt;hardware&gt; &lt;bios&gt; &lt;time_sync_at_boot type="boolean"&gt;false&lt;/time_sync_at_boot&gt; </code></pre> <p>Disable repeated time syncing while VHD is running (this value was already present and set to "true"):</p> <pre><code>&lt;preferences&gt; &lt;integration&gt; &lt;microsoft&gt; &lt;host_time_sync&gt; &lt;enabled type="boolean"&gt;false&lt;/enabled&gt; </code></pre></li> </ol> <p>You <strong>may</strong> want to go into <code>Control Panel</code> -> <code>Date and Time</code> -> <code>Internet Time</code>, and uncheck "Automatically synchronize". Although this didn't seem necessary in my case - I forgot on one of my VMs and it said it synchronized successfully, yet the date and time remained as I had set them in the .VMC file.</p> <p>As recommended by @Leonid below, you should also disable Automatic Updates to prevent an older version of Internet Explorer (such as 6 or 7) from upgrading itself (note that IE8 is the last version supported by XP).</p> <p>Good luck!</p>
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    1. POHow to run the Microsoft Windows XP VHD, for testing with IE 6.0, with a valid/un-expired date?
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    1. COthanks that worked like a charm... couldnt care less about my data on the VM but it would be nice if MS made it easier to use their IE tester! Quite typical :)
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    2. COthanks! I'd also recommend to disable automatic updates. Otherwise one morning your browser will gladly report that it's just successfully upgraded to IE8...
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    3. CO@Leonid: good point, I learned that lesson the hard way once already ;)
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