Is there any Official (Free of charge) XP version for browser-compatibilty testing (like XP on USB)

Is there any Official (Free of charge) XP version for browser-compatibilty testing (like XP on USB) A friend told me that Microsoft issued an XP version that works on USB. It's minified and already has a browser included.
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Guest [Entry]

"http://modern.ie

This is the successor to the VHD images, and is sanctioned by Microsoft."

Guest [Entry]

"Your friend was probably referring to the Application Compatibility VHD Images available from Microsoft.

These are Virtual PC images with the following software installed:

Windows XP SP3 with IE6
Windows XP SP3 with IE7
Windows XP SP3 with IE8
Vista with IE7
Vista with IE8

Here's a blog post detailing how to run these with Virtual Box."

Guest [Entry]

There are the "Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image" images delivered by Microsoft. They're in the VirtualPC disk format, so I do not know if it can be opened as is by a virtualization software on Ubuntu. Maybe it'll have to be converted for VMWare or VirtualBox.