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+title: Microsoft Windows
+---
+
+<p>
+  <dfn>Microsoft Windows</dfn> is not currently officially supported. If you are
+  willing to live with bugs and <b>help to test</b> this platform, read on.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Installing Ardour</h2>
+<p>
+  <ol>
+    <li>Download the latest windows build from <a href="http://nightly.ardour.org/">
+      the nightly build page</a>.</li>
+    <li>Run the installer and follow the prompts.</li>
+  </ol>
+</p>
+
+<h2>How to help</h2>
+<p>
+  <ul>
+    <li>Hang out in #ardour-windows on irc.freenode.net. You may ask questions
+      there and if you can, answer questions that others have.</li>
+    <li>Keep an eye on the <a href="https://community.ardour.org/forum/27"> Windows
+      forum</a> and contribute to the discussions there.</li>
+    <li>Update this manual via pull requests on <a href="https://github.com/Ardour/manual">github<a/>.</li>
+  </ul>
+</p>