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+0. Install Python 2.5 (<http://python.org/download/releases/2.5.4/>)
+
+1. Install Darcs (<http://wiki.darcs.net/DarcsWiki/Binaries>, "Windows without Cygwin")
+
+2. Add the Python and Darcs to the search path (rough translation from German):
+Start -> Settings -> System control -> System -> Enhanced -> Environment variables -> System variables: add ";C:\Python25;C:\Python25\Scripts;C:\darcs-2.2.1-win1" to the "Path" entry
+
+3. Install win32api for Python 2.5 (<http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78018>)
+Note: Build 213 does not work on Windows 2000, Build 212 does.
+
+4. Install Setuptools (<http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools>, Windows Installer for Python 2.5)
+
+5. Download darcsver 1.2.1 from
+    <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/darcsver/1.2.1>
+
+6. Download Twisted, setuptools_darcs and setuptools_trial from
+    <http://testgrid.allmydata.org:3567/uri/URI:DIR2-RO:snrfwfxatrci35zdgjnzxxx2ke:unarxv347edtku3xzmefy4mcdmfngxzeb72iyqcadbjzjpczjx5a/index.html>
+
+7. Open the command line (cmd/command)
+
+8. cd to your download directory
+
+9. Run
+    easy_install Twisted-8.2.0-py2.5-win32.egg
+
+10. Decompress setuptools_darcs and setuptools_trial, cd into each directory and run
+     python setup.py install
+
+11. Get Tahoe from Darcs:
+     darcs get --lazy <http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk-hashedformat> tahoe
+
+12. cd to tahoe and build Tahoe:
+     python setup.py build
+
+13. Optional: run testcases:
+     python setup.py test
+
+    Summary on 2009-23-02 on Windows 2000:
+```
+Ran 558 tests in 1281.032s
+
+FAILED (skips=8, expectedFailures=4, errors=1, unexpectedSuccesses=6, successes=
+539)
+```
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