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Run Internet Explorer 8/9/10/11/MS-Edge Virtual machines from Microsoft under Linux via VirtualBox.

Running IE 8/9/10/11/Edge Virtual machines from Microsoft under Linux via VirtualBox

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Microsoft have (sadly) removed most (if not all) of these VM images from their public CDN. Repository will remain for historical purposes.

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Detailed step-by-step notes for installing the Microsoft provided Internet Explorer virtual machines under Linux using VirtualBox.

Tested under Ubuntu 16.04LTS (previously 14.04LTS) with VirtualBox version 5.2.

• General notes
• Available images
  • IE8 - Windows 7
  • IE9 - Windows 7
  • IE10 - Windows 7
  • IE11 - Windows 7
  • IE11 - Windows 8.1
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Stable (13.10586)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (14.14342)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Stable (14.14393)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (15.14959)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (15.15014)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (15.15063)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Stable (16.16299)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (17.17074)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (17.17127)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Stable (17.17134)
• Activating images
• Rearming images
• Reference

General notes

• Download, re-construct and decompress archive image as per each images instructions below.
• From VirtualBox goto File -> Import Appliance...
• Select the decompressed Open Virtualization Format ovf file.
• Review virtual machine name and settings (adjusting to suit if required), then click Import.
• Before starting the image, create a snapshot of the current machine state - this will allow you to quickly roll back to a fresh virtual machine once the usage period of the OS expires.
• Images are 32bit virtual machines except for the following, which are 64 bit:
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Stable (13.10586)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (14.14342)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Stable (14.14393)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (15.14959)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (15.15014)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (15.15063)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Stable (16.16299)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (17.17074)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (17.17127)
  • MS Edge - Windows 10 Stable (17.17134)
• You may need to update the images installed VirtualBox Guest Additions after VM startup to match that of your VirtualBox version.
• It's a smart idea to keep a clean copy of each ovf disk image once the OS usage period ends, to avoid a full image re-download hit.

Available images

IE8 - Windows 7

$ mkdir --parents ~/vm/ie8-windows7 && cd ~/vm/ie8-windows7
$ wget --continue --input-file https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/main/vmarchiveset/ie8-windows7.txt
$ unzip IE8.Win7.VirtualBox.zip
$ rm IE8.Win7.VirtualBox.zip

• Use the resulting IE8 - Win7.ova with VirtualBox.
• Recommended 1024MB RAM minimum.
• After install you will need to activate the trial to gain a full 90 days usage period, after which you may be able to rearm the image.

IE9 - Windows 7

$ mkdir --parents ~/vm/ie9-windows7 && cd ~/vm/ie9-windows7
$ wget --continue --input-file https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/main/vmarchiveset/ie9-windows7.txt
$ unzip IE9.Win7.VirtualBox.zip
$ rm IE9.Win7.VirtualBox.zip

• Use the resulting IE9 - Win7.ova with VirtualBox.
• Recommended 1024MB RAM minimum.
• After install you will need to activate the trial to gain a full 90 days usage period, after which you may be able to rearm the image.

IE10 - Windows 7

$ mkdir --parents ~/vm/ie10-windows7 && cd ~/vm/ie10-windows7
$ wget --continue --input-file https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/main/vmarchiveset/ie10-windows7.txt
$ unzip IE10.Win7.VirtualBox.zip
$ rm IE10.Win7.VirtualBox.zip

• Use the resulting IE10 - Win7.ova with VirtualBox.
• Recommended 1024MB RAM minimum.
• After install you will need to activate the trial to gain a full 90 days usage period, after which you may be able to rearm the image.

IE11 - Windows 7

$ mkdir --parents ~/vm/ie11-windows7 && cd ~/vm/ie11-windows7
$ wget --continue --input-file https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/main/vmarchiveset/ie11-windows7.txt
$ unzip IE11.Win7.VirtualBox.zip
$ rm IE11.Win7.VirtualBox.zip

• Use the resulting IE11 - Win7.ova with VirtualBox.
• Recommended 1024MB RAM minimum.
• After install you will need to activate the trial to gain a full 90 days usage period, after which you may be able to rearm the image.

IE11 - Windows 8.1

$ mkdir --parents ~/vm/ie11-windows8.1 && cd ~/vm/ie11-windows8.1
$ wget --continue --input-file https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/main/vmarchiveset/ie11-windows8.1.txt
$ unzip IE11.Win81.VirtualBox.zip
$ rm IE11.Win81.VirtualBox.zip

• Use the resulting IE11 - Win8.1.ova with VirtualBox.
• Recommended 1024MB RAM minimum.
• After install you will need to activate the trial to gain a full 90 days usage period, after which you may be able to rearm the image.

MS Edge - Windows 10 Stable (13.10586)

$ mkdir --parents ~/vm/msedge-windows10-13.10586 && cd ~/vm/msedge-windows10-13.10586
$ wget --continue --input-file https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/main/vmarchiveset/msedge-windows10-13.10586.txt
$ unzip MSEdge.Win10TH2.VirtualBox.zip
$ rm msedge-windows10-13.10586.txt MSEdge.Win10TH2.VirtualBox.zip

• Use the resulting MSEdge - Win10TH2.ova with VirtualBox.
• Recommended 2048MB RAM minimum.
• After install you will need to activate the trial to gain a full 90 days usage period, after which you may be able to rearm the image.

MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (14.14342)

$ mkdir --parents ~/vm/msedge-windows10-14.14342 && cd ~/vm/msedge-windows10-14.14342
$ wget --continue --input-file https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/main/vmarchiveset/msedge-windows10-14.14342.txt
$ unzip MSEdge.Win10_preview.VirtualBox.zip
$ rm msedge-windows10-14.14342.txt MSEdge.Win10_preview.VirtualBox.zip

• Use the resulting MSEdge - Win10_14342.ova with VirtualBox.
• Recommended 2048MB RAM minimum.
• After install you will need to activate the trial to gain a full 90 days usage period, after which you may be able to rearm the image.

MS Edge - Windows 10 Stable (14.14393)

$ mkdir --parents ~/vm/msedge-windows10-14.14393 && cd ~/vm/msedge-windows10-14.14393
$ wget --continue --input-file https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/main/vmarchiveset/msedge-windows10-14.14393.txt
$ unzip MSEdge.Win10_RS1.VirtualBox.zip
$ rm msedge-windows10-14.14393.txt MSEdge.Win10_RS1.VirtualBox.zip

• Use the resulting MSEdge - Win10_preview.ova with VirtualBox.
• Recommended 2048MB RAM minimum.
• After install you will need to activate the trial to gain a full 90 days usage period, after which you may be able to rearm the image.

MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (15.14959)

$ mkdir --parents ~/vm/msedge-windows10-15.14959 && cd ~/vm/msedge-windows10-15.14959
$ wget --continue --input-file https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/main/vmarchiveset/msedge-windows10-15.14959.txt
$ unzip MSEdge.Win10_preview.VirtualBox.zip
$ rm msedge-windows10-15.14959.txt MSEdge.Win10_preview.VirtualBox.zip

• Use the resulting MSEdge - Win10_preview.ova with VirtualBox.
• Recommended 2048MB RAM minimum.
• After install you will need to activate the trial to gain a full 90 days usage period, after which you may be able to rearm the image.

MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (15.15014)

$ mkdir --parents ~/vm/msedge-windows10-15.15014 && cd ~/vm/msedge-windows10-15.15014
$ wget --continue --input-file https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/main/vmarchiveset/msedge-windows10-15.15014.txt
$ unzip MSEdge.Win10_preview.VirtualBox.zip
$ rm msedge-windows10-15.15014.txt MSEdge.Win10_preview.VirtualBox.zip

• Use the resulting MSEdge - Win10_preview.ova with VirtualBox.
• Recommended 2048MB RAM minimum.
• After install you will need to activate the trial to gain a full 90 days usage period, after which you may be able to rearm the image.

MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (15.15063)

$ mkdir --parents ~/vm/msedge-windows10-15.15063 && cd ~/vm/msedge-windows10-15.15063
$ wget --continue --input-file https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/main/vmarchiveset/msedge-windows10-15.15063.txt
$ unzip MSEdge.Win10.RS2.VirtualBox.zip
$ rm msedge-windows10-15.15063.txt MSEdge.Win10.RS2.VirtualBox.zip

• Use the resulting MSEdge - Win10_preview.ova with VirtualBox.
• Recommended 2048MB RAM minimum.
• After install you will need to activate the trial to gain a full 90 days usage period, after which you may be able to rearm the image.
• Note: this release will prompt for password on bootup for the IEUser user. Supply the password of Passw0rd! to proceed with login.

MS Edge - Windows 10 Stable (16.16299)

$ mkdir --parents ~/vm/msedge-windows10-16.16299 && cd ~/vm/msedge-windows10-16.16299
$ wget --continue --input-file https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/main/vmarchiveset/msedge-windows10-16.16299.txt
$ unzip MSEdge.Win10.VirtualBox.zip
$ rm msedge-windows10-16.16299.txt MSEdge.Win10.VirtualBox.zip

• Use the resulting MSEdge - Win10.ova with VirtualBox.
• Recommended 2048MB RAM minimum.
• After install you will need to activate the trial to gain a full 90 days usage period, after which you may be able to rearm the image.

MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (17.17074)

$ mkdir --parents ~/vm/msedge-windows10-17.17074 && cd ~/vm/msedge-windows10-17.17074
$ wget --continue --input-file https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/main/vmarchiveset/msedge-windows10-17.17074.txt
$ unzip MSEdge.Win10_preview.VirtualBox.zip
$ rm msedge-windows10-17.17074.txt MSEdge.Win10_preview.VirtualBox.zip

• Use the resulting MSEdge - Win10.ova with VirtualBox.
• Recommended 2048MB RAM minimum.
• After install you will need to activate the trial to gain a full 90 days usage period, after which you may be able to rearm the image.

MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (17.17127)

$ mkdir --parents ~/vm/msedge-windows10-17.17127 && cd ~/vm/msedge-windows10-17.17127
$ wget --continue --input-file https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/main/vmarchiveset/msedge-windows10-17.17127.txt
$ unzip MSEdge.Win10_preview.VirtualBox.zip
$ rm msedge-windows10-17.17127.txt MSEdge.Win10_preview.VirtualBox.zip

• Use the resulting MSEdge - Win10_preview.ova with VirtualBox.
• Recommended 2048MB RAM minimum.
• After install you will need to activate the trial to gain a full 90 days usage period, after which you may be able to rearm the image.

MS Edge - Windows 10 Stable (17.17134)

$ mkdir --parents ~/vm/msedge-windows10-17.17134 && cd ~/vm/msedge-windows10-17.17134
$ wget --continue --input-file https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/main/vmarchiveset/msedge-windows10-17.17134.txt
$ unzip MSEdge.Win10.VirtualBox.zip
$ rm msedge-windows10-17.17134.txt MSEdge.Win10.VirtualBox.zip

• Use the resulting MSEdge - Win10.ova with VirtualBox.
• Recommended 2048MB RAM minimum.
• After install you will need to activate the trial to gain a full 90 days usage period, after which you may be able to rearm the image.

Activating images

For Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 images once connected to the Internet you will need to activate the OS trial to give a full 90 days of use. Enter the following from the Command Prompt running as administrator (Start - Right click Command Prompt - Run as administrator):

C:\> slmgr /ato

After a short delay you should be presented with a dialog telling you your Windows OS has been successfully activated for a 90 day trial.

Rearming images

For Windows 7 images you may be able to extend the initial trial usage period once it has expired via the "rearm" process. Enter the following as an administrator from the command prompt:

C:\> slmgr /rearm

It is not currently possible to rearm the trial period of Windows 8.1 or 10 images.

Reference

• https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/linux/
• http://modernievirt.blob.core.windows.net/vhd/release_notes_license_terms_1_5_15.pdf
• https://blog.reybango.com/2013/02/04/making-internet-explorer-testing-easier-with-new-ie-vms/
• API endpoint returning latest Microsoft Virtual Machine builds (thanks to Antón Molleda for the tip):
  • https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/api/tools/vms/

linux-microsoft-ie-virtual-machines's Issues

Perpetually "Windows is loading files"

Hi,

I followed the instructions to start a IE10/Win7 VM on Ubuntu. I installed VirtualBox 5.0.24.
Windows is not starting. A black screen with a progress bar appears "Windows is loading files...", then blinks, and starts again. Any thoughts as to what is going wrong?

regards,

Paul

Update images list

Most of the images have been removed from the Microsoft servers, as the URL return a "Ressource not found" error. Only the Windows 10 images in your links are reachable now.

Still, there are some Win 7 and Win 8.1 images here that could be added.
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/

Unable to uznip the image

I downloaded MSEdge.Win10.VirtualBox.zip directly from the MS website and try to unzip it. Bellow is what I get. Are there any md5sum or other hash values for those images, to verify whether I got errors while downloading? Thank you.

unzip MSEdge.Win10.VirtualBox.zip
Archive: MSEdge.Win10.VirtualBox.zip
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of MSEdge.Win10.VirtualBox.zip or
MSEdge.Win10.VirtualBox.zip.zip, and cannot find MSEdge.Win10.VirtualBox.zip.ZIP, period.

IE11 - WIn10 won't boot

During boot, I get a blue screen saying "Your PC/Device needs to be repaired" and "The digital signature for this file couldn't be verified". Virtualbox version is "Version 5.1.6 r110634 (Qt5.3.2)" and installed on Debian 8 from Oracle's repository.

screenshot

I was successfully able to run IE11 - Win8.1 earlier, so I believe my host is configured and working correctly. Host is 64-bit.

Unable to fetch Windows 10 - 16.16215 preview successfully.

All attempts to download result in a corrupted archive/zip.

URI is: https://az792536.vo.msecnd.net/vms/VMBuild_20170613/VirtualBox/MSEdge/MSEdge.Win10_preview.VirtualBox.zip

Anyone able to reproduce?

Windows 10 Enterprise (Evaluation - Build 201710)

Maybe you could add "Windows 10 Enterprise (Evaluation - Build 201710) " :

• Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Enterprise Evaluation
• Visual Studio 2017 (Build 15.4) with the UWP, desktop C++, and Azure workflows enabled
• Windows developer SDK and tools (Build 16299.15, installed as part of VS UWP workflow)
• Windows UWP samples (Latest)
• Windows Subsystem for Linux enabled
• Developer mode, Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, and containers enabled

It's freely available at https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/virtual-machines -> https://aka.ms/windev_VM_virtualbox

Instructions should be collection scripts instead of a README

Putting instructions on a README makes it hard to automake checks. You have no way of knowing when images become unavailable. I think you should instead just create a simple shell script that takes the URL of the resource to fetch, have the URLs in separate files, and test the wget return code.

This way you could easily script getting all the images and report when one is broken. Addind a new image would be as simple as putting a file on the repository.

To handle the metadata, you could just put in your data files something like:

IMAGE_URL=https://...
WINDOWS_VERSION_NUMBER="8.1"
WINDOWS_VERSION_NAME="Windows ${WINDOWS_VERSION_NUMBER}"

You source this file before calling your script, then call your script with these arguments, and you can do that in a loop.

For completeness

Just for completeness, here are the links for the IE6 machines running with Windows XP. The files are still on the Microsoft servers.

https://az412801.vo.msecnd.net/vhd/VMBuild_20141027/VirtualBox/IE6/Linux/IE6.XP.For.Linux.VirtualBox.zip.001
https://az412801.vo.msecnd.net/vhd/VMBuild_20141027/VirtualBox/IE6/Linux/IE6.XP.For.Linux.VirtualBox.zip.002

Bad CRC for IE8.Win7.For.Linux.VirtualBox.zip

Hey,

Seems, like IE8.Win7.For.Linux.VirtualBox.zip from IE8 - Windows 7 has a bad check sum (and, therefore produces VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR during further importing by VBoxManage?):

vit@lea ~/vm/ie8-windows7 $ unzip IE8.Win7.For.Linux.VirtualBox.zip
Archive:  IE8.Win7.For.Linux.VirtualBox.zip
  inflating: IE8 - Win7.ova           bad CRC 2ce7db11  (should be 3b22fd22)
vit@lea ~/vm/ie8-windows7 $

BTW does it make sense to add checking correspondent md5sum's hashes into your scripts?

Tnx.

can't download /MSEdge.Win10.RS2.VirtualBox.zip

wget https://az792536.vo.msecnd.net/vms/VMBuild_20170320/VirtualBox/MSEdge/MSEdge.Win10.RS2.VirtualBox.zip

anybody has this image ?

MS Edge - Windows 10 Preview (15.15063)

include hash of files (for personal verification of cached files)

Eg the SHA256SUM and the SHA3SUM of the files.

IE 8 Windows 7 dead link

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/magnetikonline/linux-microsoft-ie-virtual-machines/master/vmarchiveset/ie8-windows7.txt

contains a dead link to https://az792536.vo.msecnd.net/vms/VMBuild_20150916/VirtualBox/IE8/IE8.Win7.VirtualBox.zip

Which results in

<Error>
  <Code>BlobNotFound</Code>
  <Message>The specified blob does not exist. RequestId:59adb357-c01e-00cd-48ab-6c7455000000 Time:2020-08-07T11:08:38.8608135Z</Message>
</Error>

Links do not work!

Hi,

Thanks for compiling such a large repository of Windows VMs.
But I think these links should be updated as none of them seem to work (even the windows 10 ones!).

Looking for a Win7 OVA file as I need to setup cuckoo sandbox with it!

Thanks

BlobNotFound for IE8.Win7.VirtualBox.zip

Trying to get IE8.Win7 box
https://az792536.vo.msecnd.net/vms/VMBuild_20150916/VirtualBox/IE8/IE8.Win7.VirtualBox.zip

returns:

BlobNotFound

The specified blob does not exist. RequestId:a0954e69-901e-00fc-1f02-182f82000000 Time:2020-04-21T17:32:15.6625282Z

Looks like only Edge is currently available

Switched default branch but not content

It looks as if you switched your default branch from master to main but didn't redo all your links.

Ex:

- https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/master/vmarchiveset/ie10-windows7.txt
+ https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/main/vmarchiveset/ie10-windows7.txt

wget ie10-windows7 not found

When trying to download ie10 vm through wget, it return a 404 error.

$ wget --continue --input-file https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/master/vmarchiveset/ie10-windows7.txt

--2020-05-18 14:30:26--  https://github.com/magnetikonline/linuxmicrosoftievirtualmachines/raw/master/vmarchiveset/ie10-windows7.txt
Loaded CA certificate '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.113.3
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.113.3|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://github.com/magnetikonline/linux-microsoft-ie-virtual-machines/raw/master/vmarchiveset/ie10-windows7.txt [following]
--2020-05-18 14:30:27--  https://github.com/magnetikonline/linux-microsoft-ie-virtual-machines/raw/master/vmarchiveset/ie10-windows7.txt
Reusing existing connection to github.com:443.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/magnetikonline/linux-microsoft-ie-virtual-machines/master/vmarchiveset/ie10-windows7.txt [following]
--2020-05-18 14:30:27--  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/magnetikonline/linux-microsoft-ie-virtual-machines/master/vmarchiveset/ie10-windows7.txt
Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... 151.101.204.133
Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)|151.101.204.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 416 Range Not Satisfiable

    The file is already fully retrieved; nothing to do.

--2020-05-18 14:30:28--  https://az792536.vo.msecnd.net/vms/VMBuild_20150916/VirtualBox/IE10/IE10.Win7.VirtualBox.zip
Resolving az792536.vo.msecnd.net (az792536.vo.msecnd.net)... 2606:2800:11f:17a5:191a:18d5:537:22f9, 72.21.81.200
Connecting to az792536.vo.msecnd.net (az792536.vo.msecnd.net)|2606:2800:11f:17a5:191a:18d5:537:22f9|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2020-05-18 14:30:29 ERROR 404: Not Found.

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