Cannot freely browse in XP Mode

Tipiford

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Using Internet Explorer 6, I seem to be able to browse to any HTTP site, but generally not HTTPS sites (with the exception of the one site I've been able to reach, https://192.168.1.1─the secured router); I can't even upgrade to a newer version of IE trying to see if that would let me get to HTTPS sites. Would like to install my favored broswer─and, of course be able to freely browse the internet from XP Mode.
I have set set the adapter to the same as that of the host machine and can browse any HTTP site (which are very few these days).
 

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OS
Windows 7 pro 64 bit with XP Mode
The browser is so old it cant cope with a lot of modern sites the only option is to use a modern browser
 

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PC/Desktop
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win 8 32 bit
Hi Tipiford,

Using Internet Explorer 6, I seem to be able to browse to any HTTP site, but generally not HTTPS sites (with the exception of the one site I've been able to reach.

Can you not run IE6 in a VM using Linux?

I hope this helps!
 

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Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Fujitsu LIFEBOOK
OS
Win 7 HP SP1 64-bit Vista HB SP2 32-bit Linux Mint 18.3
CPU
Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU P6200 @ 2.13GHz
Motherboard
FUJITSU FJNBB06
Memory
4.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator HD
Sound Card
[1] Realtek High Definition Audio [2] Intel(R) Display Audio
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 59 Hz
Hard Drives
TOSHIBA MK5076GSX
Antivirus
AVG FREE
Which VM software are you using? What is preventing you from downloading a browser on your host and copy/paste that installer to your guest?

The reason why many secure sites don't work is probably due to HSTS. HTTP Strict Transport Security - Wikipedia Or it's something else now I can't remember.

With older OSs and browsers, Internet suffering will be very hard to do in this day and age with updated TLS implementations and webcode.

Here's the Firefox stub that might just work to download and install Firefox.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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