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Update Windows installation notes.
pginstaller isn't used anymore, in favor of the one-click installers. Make it clear that we support Windows 2000 and newer with the native port, instead of first saying we support NT4 and then saying we don't.
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.336 2010/01/05 01:06:55 tgl Exp $ -->
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.337 2010/01/10 15:54:11 mha Exp $ -->
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<chapter id="installation">
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<title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
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this chapter; the Visual C++ build works completely differently
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and is described in <![%standalone-include[the
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documentation]]><![%standalone-ignore[<xref linkend="install-win32">]]>.
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There is also a precompiled binary installer which you can find at
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from <ulink url="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller"></ulink>.
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It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like
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MinGW. The ready-made installer files are available on the main
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PostgreSQL FTP servers in the <filename>binary/win32</filename>
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directory.
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MinGW. A ready-made installer is available on the main
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PostgreSQL web site.
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</para>
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<para>
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The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft
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operating system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows
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XP. (NT 4 is no longer supported.) Earlier operating systems do
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The native Windows port requires a 32 or 64-bit version of Windows
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2000 or later. Earlier operating systems do
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not have sufficient infrastructure (but Cygwin may be used on
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those). MinGW, the Unix-like build tools, and MSYS, a collection
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of Unix tools required to run shell scripts

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