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doc: describe the Windows MSI installer as experimental

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@ -125,11 +125,27 @@ Terminal sessions for the change to take effect.
<p>
The Go project provides two installation options for Windows users
(besides <a href="/doc/install/source">installing from source</a>):
an MSI installer that configures your installation automatically,
and a zip archive that requires you to set some environment variables.
a zip archive that requires you to set some environment variables and an
experimental MSI installer that configures your installation automatically.
</p>
<h4 id="windows_msi">MSI installer</h3>
<h4 id="windows_zip">Zip archive</h3>
<p>
Extract the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/go/downloads/list?q=OpSys-Windows+Type%3DArchive">zip file</a>
to the directory of your choice (we suggest <code>c:\Go</code>).
</p>
<p>
If you chose a directory other than <code>c:\Go</code>, you must set
the <code>GOROOT</code> environment variable to your chosen path.
</p>
<p>
Add the <code>bin</code> subdirectory of your Go root (for example, <code>c:\Go\bin</code>) to to your <code>PATH</code> environment variable.
</p>
<h4 id="windows_msi">MSI installer (experimental)</h3>
<p>
Open the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/go/downloads/list?q=OpSys-Windows+Type%3DInstaller">MSI file</a>
@ -143,22 +159,6 @@ The installer should put the <code>c:\Go\bin</code> directory in your
command prompts for the change to take effect.
</p>
<h4 id="windows_zip">Zip archive</h3>
<p>
Extract the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/go/downloads/list?q=OpSys-Windows+Type%3DArchive">ZIP file</a>
to the directory of your choice (we suggest <code>c:\Go</code>).
</p>
<p>
If you chose a directory other than <code>c:\Go</code>, you must set
the <code>GOROOT</code> environment variable to your chosen path.
</p>
<p>
Add the <code>bin</code> subdirectory of your Go root (for example, <code>c:\Go\bin</code>) to to your <code>PATH</code> environment variable.
</p>
<h4 id="windows_env">Setting environment variables under Windows</h4>
<p>