Hi,
Not sure if there are browsers that will work on Windows XP.
The problem is not VMware, the problem is TLS.
Without a modern TLS/SSL stack you can't browse the internet.
There's not a lot of websites that allow you to access them with either TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1.
You need at TLS 1.2 in order to browse nowadays and most website require https as well.
The lowest Windows version that supports TLS 1.2 is MS Windows 7 and only after you have installed all security patches.
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Wil