diff --git a/examples/ve.html b/examples/ve.html
index 0916757e02..3e8cc32096 100644
--- a/examples/ve.html
+++ b/examples/ve.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
       <title>OpenLayers Virtual Earth Example</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="../theme/default/style.css" type="text/css" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" />
-    <script src='http://dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/v3/mapcontrol.js'></script>
+    <script src='http://dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=6.1'></script>
 
     <script src="../lib/OpenLayers.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/VirtualEarth.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/VirtualEarth.js
index 4680bf7664..55208ef4de 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/VirtualEarth.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/VirtualEarth.js
@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.VirtualEarth = OpenLayers.Class(
      * {Object} MapObject LonLat translated from MapObject Pixel
      */
     getMapObjectLonLatFromMapObjectPixel: function(moPixel) {
-        return this.mapObject.PixelToLatLong(moPixel.x, moPixel.y);
+        //the conditional here is to test if we are running the v6 of VE
+        return (typeof VEPixel != 'undefined') 
+            ? this.mapObject.PixelToLatLong(moPixel)
+            : this.mapObject.PixelToLatLong(moPixel.x, moPixel.y);
     },
 
     /**
@@ -325,7 +328,9 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.VirtualEarth = OpenLayers.Class(
      * {Object} MapObject Pixel from x and y parameters
      */
     getMapObjectPixelFromXY: function(x, y) {
-        return new Msn.VE.Pixel(x, y);
+        //the conditional here is to test if we are running the v6 of VE
+        return (typeof VEPixel != 'undefined') ? new VEPixel(x, y)
+                         : new Msn.VE.Pixel(x, y);
     },
 
     CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Layer.VirtualEarth"