QA/Execution/Web Testing/IE VMs

These instructions assume you have VMWare Fusion running on OS X.

1. Load http://modern.ie
2. Click on "Virtual Machines"
3. Choose the image you want
4. Choose "VMWare" as the platform
5. Click on the "Download.zip" button
6. You can either save it or choose to Open With (Archive Utility) - or your archive program of choice. I'll use Open With.
7. Click "OK" and let Firefox download the large file
8. Once Archive Utility has downloaded the file, it'll auto-expand it into 3 files:
   1. filename.vmdk
   2. filename.mf
   3. filename.ovf
9. Launch VMWare Fusion
10. Choose "File" and then "New..."
11. Choose "Import an Existing Virtual Machine"
12. Click Continue
13. Click on the "Choose File..." button
14. Now, find and choose the filename.ovf file that Archive Utility has extracted
15. Click "Open"
16. Click "Continue"
17. You should hopefully see a "Save As..." dialog, with the virtual machine's image name (not the file name), prefilled
18. You should also hopefully see a default location for "Where" of "virtual machines"
19. Click "Save"
20. Wait for the long import process to complete
21. Again, here I've just accepted the defaults. Close that dialog.
22. Now, choose "Virtual Machine" and "Start Up"
23. You should now have networking working, and can choose your "security zone" settings, etc.
24. You should see a Summary screen, with the ability to "Customize Settings"- so far, I've always just clicked "Finish"
25. Windows will boot up
26. Both VMWare Tools and Windows will/might prompt you to do updates/restart - go ahead and do so
27. Now, choose "Virtual Machine" and "Shut Down"
28. Now, do "Virtual Machine" and "Settings"
29. At the top right, click on "Add Device.."
30. Choose "Network Adapter" and click "Add..."
31. Accept the defaults, and close that dialog
32. Now, choose "Virtual Machine" and "Start Up"
33. At this point, networking - through your host machine -- out to the Web should be working!