Windows
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-On Windows, Cygwin (https://www.cygwin.com/) is required in order to build
-fio. To create an MSI installer package install WiX from
+The minimum versions of Windows for building/runing fio are Windows 7/Windows
+Server 2008 R2. On Windows, Cygwin (https://www.cygwin.com/) is required in
+order to build fio. To create an MSI installer package install WiX from
https://wixtoolset.org and run :file:`dobuild.cmd` from the :file:`os/windows`
directory.
To build fio for 32-bit Windows, ensure the -i686 versions of the previously
mentioned -x86_64 packages are installed and run ``./configure
---build-32bit-win`` before ``make``. To build an fio that supports versions of
-Windows below Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 also add ``--target-win-ver=xp``
-to the end of the configure line that you run before doing ``make``.
+--build-32bit-win`` before ``make``.
It's recommended that once built or installed, fio be run in a Command Prompt or
other 'native' console such as console2, since there are known to be display and