Question... how is this helpful, if the damn things expire after 90 days?  So there's no just downloading the files and keeping them around for when you need them... instead, when you DO need them, you have to stop what you're doing, go download them (which could take a while if you have a slow connection like me), and then test.

Was this Microsoft's idea?  It sounds like it.

I already have several IE VM's setup in VirtualBox, so I'll just stick with that.  I personally no longer support IE on any sites that I create; if it works, great.  If it doesn't, then the user needs a real browser.  I'm so done with IE and having to do everything twice because Microsoft has to make IE behave differently than the standard.