Internet Explorer 10 won't run on Windows Vista, a clear attempt by Microsoft to kill off the OS. But why bother? Vista has done a very good job of committing suicide itself.
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I am running W7 Home Premium on a Dell Vostro 220 that used to run Vista Basic. I have Sun Virtual Box VM installed and use it to run Windows 2000.
I would like to add my old Vista Basic OS as another Sun VBox Virtual Machine. However, I only have the Dell Recovery DVD and not an actual Vista...