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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>] '''having said that you can still [https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1014294 you can use latest VMware version for Windows XP SVGA3D 3D acceleration]'''. Unlike VMware;'''VirtualBox does not include 3D acceleration for Windows XP/Vista guest systems anymore (VBoxVGA deprecated) [https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=96010 due to changes in VirtualBox's 3D acceleration system], you must use [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds VirtualBox 6.0.24 or earlier] to use 3D acceleration in a Windows XP or Vista guest'''.
===3D acceleration on Windows XP VMs===
