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Note that Windows releases earlier than Windows XP SP1 are no longer supported. Remove most information about support on those systems, but link to a new wiki page with that information instead: https://secwiki.org/w/Nmap_On_Old_Windows_Releases

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released in 2000 and has since become the second most popular Nmap
platform (behind Linux). Because of this popularity and the fact that
many Windows users do not have a compiler, binary executables are
distributed for each major Nmap release. Nmap supports all versions
of Windows since NT, including 2K, XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Server
2003/2008. While it has improved dramatically, the Windows port is not
distributed for each major Nmap release. Nmap supports Windows 7,
Windows Server 2008 and 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows XP SP1 and
later. We also have a <ulink
url="https://secwiki.org/w/Nmap_On_Old_Windows_Releases">help
page</ulink> for users who must run Nmap on earlier versions of
Windows. While it has improved dramatically, the Windows port is not
quite as efficient as on Unix. Here are the known limitations:
</para>
<indexterm><primary>Windows</primary><secondary>limitations of</secondary></indexterm>
<itemizedlist>
@@ -779,13 +781,6 @@ be reused. Most people simply check the box to apply these changes in the execu
Nmap, all of which are available from the
download page at <ulink url="http://nmap.org/download.html" />.</para>
<sect2 id="inst-win2k"><title>Windows 2000 Dependencies</title>
<indexterm><primary>Windows</primary><secondary>Windows 2000 Dependencies</secondary></indexterm>
<para>Nmap supports Windows 2000, but a couple dependencies from Microsoft must be installed first. Those are the <ulink url="http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=889482FC-5F56-4A38-B838-DE776FD4138C">Windows Installer 3.1 (v2)</ulink> and the <ulink url="http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0692C27E-F63A-414C-B3EB-D2342FBB6C00">Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB835732)</ulink>. After installing these, follow the general instructions in the following two sections to install Nmap.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="inst-win-exe"><title>Windows Self-installer</title>
<indexterm><primary>Windows</primary><secondary>self-installer</secondary></indexterm>