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 ## Supported Platforms
 
-Microsoft Windows operating systems since Windows 2000. Build either Visual
-Studio or MingW.
+Microsoft Windows operating systems since Windows XP sp2. It can be built
+with either Visual Studio or MinGW.
 
 Linux 2.6 and MacOS using the GCC toolchain.