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Most viable way to get Windows 2000/XP/Vista software running is to run the operating system in a [[Wikipedia:X86_virtualization#Hardware-assisted_virtualization|hardware-assisted]] virtual machine at the moment. This requires you to know how to manually install a Windows NT-family operating system on a computer. If you do decide to install Windows XP in a virtual machine, you will need to install [[Hypervisors#Integrations|integrations]] (e.g., VMware Tools) for features like 3D acceleration, mouse integration and shared folders etc.
:VMWare Tools supports Windows 95 through Windows 10 but [https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/81466 VMware Tools 10.0.12 will be the last version to support <abbr title="Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003">legacy Guest Operating Systems</abbr>] although you can still [https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1014294 use latest VMware version with VMware Tools 10.0.12 for Windows XP SVGA3D 3D acceleration], VMware automatically installs it for you when you install Windows XP to Guest. But :VirtualBox on the other hand; does not include 3D acceleration for Windows XP/Vista guest systems for with recent versions anymore (due to VBoxVGA deprecated, deprecate<ref>[https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=96010 due to changes in VirtualBox's 3D acceleration system])</ref>, you must use [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds VirtualBox 6.0.24 version or earlier] to use 3D acceleration in a Windows 2000, XP or Vista guest.
'''Also there was a major change in VMware 16.x in how virtual graphics were handled (sandboxed) and it also added support for DX11 in Windows VMs. But due to these changes users reported lots of crashes (ISBRendererComm error) lately especially with "3D Acceleration". Although some users report that it's fixed with [https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Player/17.5/rn/vmware-workstation-175-player-release-notes/index.html#Resolved%20Issues-Security%20Issues 17.5 version], crash still occurs with WinXP guest OS; so use [https://customerconnect.vmware.com/en/downloads/info/slug/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_workstation_player/15_0 15.7 version] until it's fixed.''' See [[Hypervisors#ISBRendererComm_error_with_3D_Acceleration|this section]] for more information about this problem.
