windows xp
i don’t really use winxp much anymore or keep up with its “latest” developments, but in the legacy-ridden IT field i am forced to still deal with it.
so some things to note:
SP3 (evidently?) breaks RDP connectivity for some video cards until an updated video driver is installed. this proved to be the case for an ATI Radeon HD 2400
and making a winxp VM in ESX, use this floppy image for buslogic drivers:
http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmscsi-1.2.0.4.flp