Modern.IE (literally just type modern.ie in your address bar) is a great site that contains a lot of resources if you are writing code to take advantage of new HTML5 features or just looking to ensure your site behaves itself across multiple versions of IE.
The most useful thing it offers is free downloadable virtual machines that have the various versions of IE installed. You need a separate virtual machine for each version since multiple versions of IE cannot be installed on the same PC. When you download a VM, there are several files you must download. Typically there is an exe with one or more rar files. They're big, so if your connection is slow, consider a download manager program like Free Download Manager. Once the four files are in place, just kick off the exe and it will extract everything and produce the VM files for you. I used Virtual PC for Windows 7 and it worked great. Virtual PC is part of Windows 7 so you don't have to install or configure it. Just open the file and it boots up. After a while, you'll be prompted to activate the Windows software on the vpc, but you should ignore this per the license agreement.
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