NT is old stuff. 2000 works great and XP knows all the hardware.

I wouldn't go that far, I have a 3 button Logitech trackball that I can't
use under XP. I also have an external DVD-RW that when connected kills my
CD-RW.

I've got boxes of old stuff and XP knew what it all was without
needing to find drivers. Of course XP Home ****ed me off when it
wanted to reactive after a week of testing hardware. Too many
changes for it's device hash to match anymore. I went back to
W2K. My XP Pro still thinks it has a valid SN, but home gets
changed with SP2.