Further README updates for Windows systems.

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@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ is available from the Python guide, Installing Python Modules for System
 Administrators, located at http://docs.python.org/inst/inst.html,
 particularly Section 4.
 
+To build from source on Windows, you can use the command:
+
+	python setup.py py2exe --single-file
+
+to build a single executable file which contains Python, librsync, and
+all required modules.
+
 REQUIREMENTS:
 
 Remember that you must have Python 2.2 or later and librsync 0.9.7 or
@@ -40,10 +47,15 @@ later installed.  For Python, see http://www.python.org.  The
 rdiff-backup homepage at http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/ should
 have a recent version of librsync; otherwise see the librsync homepage
 at http://librsync.sourceforge.net/. On Windows, you must have the
-Python for Windows extensions installed: http://pywin32.sourceforge.net/
+Python for Windows extensions installed if you are building from source.
+The extensions can be downloaded from: http://pywin32.sourceforge.net/
+If you are not building from source on Windows, you do not need Python
+or librsync; they are bundled with the executable.
 
 For remote operation, rdiff-backup should be installed and in the
-PATH on remote system(s) (see man page for more information).
+PATH on remote system(s) (see man page for more information). On
+Windows, if you are using the provided .exe binary, you must have an
+SSH package installed for remote operation.
 
 The python modules pylibacl and pyxattr are optional.  If they are
 installed and in the default pythonpath, rdiff-backup will support
@@ -60,8 +72,8 @@ or later.
 TROUBLESHOOTING:
 
 If you have everything installed properly, and it still doesn't work,
-see the enclosed FAQ.html, the web page at
-http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/, and/or the mailing list.
+see the enclosed FAQ.html, the web page at http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org,
+the Wiki at: http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org, and/or the mailing list.
 
 The FAQ in particular is an important reference, especially if you are
 using smbfs/CIFS, Windows, or have compiled by hand on Mac OS X.