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gh-106765: Updates Windows installer build instructions to clarify system requirements (GH-110566)

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@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ to macOS framework and universal builds. Refer to `Mac/README.rst
On Windows, see `PCbuild/readme.txt
<https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/PCbuild/readme.txt>`_.
To build Windows installer, see `Tools/msi/README.txt
<https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Tools/msi/README.txt>`_.
If you wish, you can create a subdirectory and invoke configure from there.
For example::

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@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ building on a recent Windows version, use the Control Panel (Programs | Programs
and Features | Turn Windows Features on or off) and ensure that the entry
".NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)" is enabled.
For Python 3.11.x and above, enable "Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 Advanced Services"
instead of "Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.5" available for Windows 10 and above.
Also make sure "MSVC v143 - VS 2022 C++ ARM64 build tools" are selected under
"Desktop Development with C++" in "Visual Studio installer" even if you are not
building on ARM64 along with other x64 related v143 build tools. This is because for
3.11.x and above we have upgraded to Wix-3.14.
For testing, the installer should be built with the Tools/msi/build.bat
script: