Update documentation

Author: Lukas Grützmacher

html/hints/winnt.html

@@ -44,22 +44,26 @@ <h4>Compiling Requirements</h4>
         <ul>
             <li>Windows 7 or Windows.NET Server 2003, or later.
             <li>Windows NT 4.0 Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista <i>may</i> still work.
-            <li>Microsoft Visual C++ 2008, 2010, or 2013 EE
+            <li>Microsoft Visual C++ 2022
+            <li>Microsoft Visual C++ 2008, 2010, 2013 are out of support and should not be used anymore.
             <li>Some way of uncompressing and untarring the gzipped tar file.
-            <li>OpenSSL must be built on the box before building NTP. Additional steps would
-            be required to not use OpenSSL.
-        <li>Microsoft Visual C++ redistributables</ul>
+            <li>OpenSSL must be built on the box before building NTP. Additional steps would be required to not use OpenSSL.
+            <li>Microsoft Visual C++ redistributables</ul>
         <a name="Compiling"><B>Compiling Instructions</B></a>
         <ol>
-            <li>Install Micosoft Visual C++ <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9B2DA534-3E03-4391-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF">redistributables</a>
-            <li>Install <a href="http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html">OpenSSL full installer for Windows</a>. Add the following to your system environment variables in the control panel (adjusting paths as appropriate to point to the directory containing only an openssl subdirectory, for OPENSSL_INC, and to the directory containing openssl .lib files for OPENSSL_LIB:
-<ul><li>	OPENSSL_INC=C:\OpenSSL\include
-<li>	OPENSSL_LIB=C:\OpenSSL\lib</ul>
+            <li>Install Micosoft Visual C++ <a href="https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe">redistributables</a>.
+            The 32-bit version is still available but should not be used anymore.
+            <li>Install <a href="https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html">OpenSSL full installer for Windows</a>.
+            Add the following to your system environment variables in the control panel (adjusting paths as appropriate to point to the directory containing only an openssl subdirectory, for OPENSSL_INC, and to the directory containing openssl .lib files for OPENSSL_LIB:
+            <ul>
+                <li>OPENSSL_INC=C:\OpenSSL\include
+                <li>OPENSSL_LIB=C:\OpenSSL\lib
+            </ul>
             <li>Unpack the NTP-4.x.tar.gz using utilities such as WinZip or WinRar.
-            <li>Run Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 EE.
-            <li>Open the ports\winnt\vs2008\ntp.sln solution file
+            <li>Run Microsoft Visual C++ 2022.
+            <li>Open the <tt>ports\winnt\vs2022\ntp.sln</tt> solution file
             <li>Batch build all projects (Build menu, Batch Build..., select all, build).
-            <li>The built binaries can be found in the <tt>ports\winnt\v2008\Win32-bin\Release</tt> directory.
+            <li>The built binaries can be found in the <tt>ports\winnt\vs2022\x64-out\Release</tt> directory.
             <li>If you are shipping binaries in a kit it is strongly recommended that you ship this file (winnt.html) along with the binaries.
         </ol>
         <h4>Configuration File</h4>
@@ -83,7 +87,7 @@ <h4>Command Line Parameters and Registry Entries</h4>
         <h4>Bug Reports</h4>
         <p>Please follow the <a href="../bugs.html">NTP Bug Reporting Procedures</a> to report bugs or request enhancements.</p>
 	<p>Last update:
-	  <!-- #BeginDate format:En2m -->6-Apr-2014  23:27<!-- #EndDate -->
+	  <!-- #BeginDate format:En2m -->10-June-2025<!-- #EndDate -->
 	</p>
 
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