With IE7 in full tilt beta, it makes sense to start testing out this beast to ensure compatibility going forward. Well, it seems that <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx" target="_blank">Microsoft&apos;s IE7 team</a> really doesn&apos;t want you to keep IE6 around anymore since a recent update has removed the standalone feature in IE7. This royally stinks as I have no intentions of just adopting a beta browser and dumping the most pervasive version of IE on the market. I also don&apos;t have 5 machines just lying around to install beta software nor do I have <a href="http://www.vmware.com/" target=_blank">VMWare</a>.

So, I did so Googling and found a way to make IE7 run standalone. You can check it out at <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2005/12/28/434132.aspx" target="_blank">Jon Galloways&apos; Blog</a>.

I&apos;m hoping this will work well. I&apos;ll post my results soon.
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