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-================
-README for Win32
-================
+LyX for Windows
+===============
 
-LyX has been ported to Win32 using the Cygwin environement.
-See README.Cygwin for details.
+Since July 2005, an official native Windows version of LyX is available.
+Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 are currently supported.
 
-Ever since Ruurd Reitsma made his port of LyX 1.3.3 to Windows
-available to the general public in 2003, users of LyX/Win have had to
-fight to overcome bugs that simply weren't present on other
-platforms. Ruurd did a superb job in writing the original port, but
-didn't have the resources to squash all the irritating little bugs
-discovered by many people using LyX "for real". 
+Binary Releases
+===============
 
-The official LyX line on these LyX/Win ports has always been that
-it's nice to know they exist but we won't support them
-officially. There were two reasons for this: we didn't have the
-necessary knowledge or resources and, until recently, only
-closed-source versions of the Qt GUI library existed. The increasing
-maturity of the Qt/Win Free project means that this latter point is
-no longer true, so we felt that we should make the effort and make
-LyX/Win an official part of LyX.
+Ready-to-use installers can be downloaded from http://www.lyx.org/Download
+Additional information and tips are also available on this site.
 
-As a result, LyX 1.3.6 cannot really be classified as a minor bug fix
-release, especially for Windows users. Large chunks of the code base
-have been touched in an attempt to resolve those problems that
-Windows users have found with Ruurd's original ports. We feel
-confident that LyX 1.3.6 will be the best ever version of LyX on
-Windows. We are not confident, however, that we haven't introduced
-any new bugs.
+Compiling
+=========
 
-Detailed installation instructions can be found in INSTALL.Win32 for
-those who wish to compile LyX for themselves. For the rest of us,
-LyX/Win comes with its own installer, so installation should be pretty
-straightforward. As always, more detailed help can be found on the
-wiki at http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows.
+If you want to participate in the development of LyX and need to compile
+LyX for Windows yourself, please follow the instructions in INSTALL.Win32