@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@ page_description: Docker installation on Microsoft Windows

 page_keywords: Docker, Docker documentation, Windows, requirements, virtualbox, boot2docker

 # Windows

+> **Note:**

+> Docker has been tested on Windows 7.1 and 8; it may also run on older versions.

-Docker Engine runs on Windows using a lightweight virtual machine. There

-is no native Windows Docker client yet, so everything is done inside the virtual

-machine.

-To make this process easier we designed a helper application called

-[Boot2Docker](https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker) to install the

-virtual machine and run the Docker daemon.

+The Docker Engine uses Linux-specific kernel features, so to run it on OS X

+we need to use a lightweight virtual machine (vm).  You use the OS X Docker client to

+control the virtualized Docker Engine to build, run, and manage Docker containers.

+

+To make this process easier, we've designed a helper application called

+[Boot2Docker](https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker) that installs the

+virtual machine and runs the Docker daemon.

 ## Demonstration

@@ -19,8 +22,8 @@ virtual machine and run the Docker daemon.

 ## Installation

 1. Download the latest release of the [Docker for Windows Installer](https://github.com/boot2docker/windows-installer/releases)

-2. Run the installer, which will install VirtualBox, MSYS-git, the boot2docker Linux ISO and the

-   Boot2Docker management tool.

+2. Run the installer, which will install VirtualBox, MSYS-git, the boot2docker Linux ISO,

+and the Boot2Docker management tool.

    ![](/installation/images/windows-installer.png)

 3. Run the `Boot2Docker Start` shell script from your Desktop or Program Files > Docker.

    The Start script will ask you to enter an ssh key passphrase - the simplest

@@ -46,19 +49,18 @@ virtual machine and run the Docker daemon.

 ## Running Docker

-Boot2Docker will log you in automatically so you can start using Docker

-right away.

+Boot2Docker will log you in automatically so you can start using Docker right away.

 Let's try the “hello world” example. Run

     $ docker run busybox echo hello world

-This will download the small busybox image and print hello world.

+This will download the small busybox image and print "hello world".

 # Further Details

-The Boot2Docker management tool provides some commands:

+The Boot2Docker management tool provides several commands:

     $ ./boot2docker

     Usage: ./boot2docker [<options>] {help|init|up|ssh|save|down|poweroff|reset|restart|config|status|info|delete|download|version} [<args>]

@@ -66,8 +68,7 @@ The Boot2Docker management tool provides some commands:

 ## Container port redirection

-The latest version of `boot2docker` sets up a host only

-network adaptor on which the container's ports will be exposed.

+The latest version of `boot2docker` sets up a host only network adaptor which provides access to the container's ports.

 If you run a container with an exposed port:

@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ to you using:

     boot2docker ip

-Typically, it is `192.168.59.103`, but it can change.

+Typically, it is 192.168.59.103, but it could get changed by Virtualbox's DHCP

+implementation.

 For further information or to report issues, please see the [Boot2Docker site](http://boot2docker.io)