diff --git a/Essentials/pAntler/Antler.cpp b/Essentials/pAntler/Antler.cpp
index 8f9b80f..a1e6524 100644
--- a/Essentials/pAntler/Antler.cpp
+++ b/Essentials/pAntler/Antler.cpp
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ bool CAntler::MakeConsoleLaunchParams(std::string sParam,STRING_LIST & LaunchLis
 
 CAntler::MOOSProc* CAntler::CreateMOOSProcess(string sConfiguration)
 {
-    
+	MOOSRemoveChars(sConfiguration," \t\r");
     
     //what tis its name? (if no @ symbol we just get the name and no cmdline)
     string sProcName = MOOSChomp(sConfiguration,"@");
diff --git a/Essentials/pAntler/CMakeLists.txt b/Essentials/pAntler/CMakeLists.txt
index 624d8cc..0410e76 100644
--- a/Essentials/pAntler/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Essentials/pAntler/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ find_package(MOOS 10)
 #what files are needed?
 SET(SRCS  AntlerMain.cpp Antler.cpp)
 
+IF (WIN32)
+	SET(SRCS ${SRCS} XPCProcess.cpp XPCProcessAttrib.cpp)
+ENDIF(WIN32)
+
+
 include_directories( ${${EXECNAME}_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${MOOS_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${MOOS_DEPEND_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 add_executable(${EXECNAME} ${SRCS} )
 target_link_libraries(${EXECNAME} ${MOOS_LIBRARIES} ${MOOS_DEPEND_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/Essentials/pLogger/MOOSLogger.cpp b/Essentials/pLogger/MOOSLogger.cpp
index bf3f19c..f9eeb9d 100644
--- a/Essentials/pLogger/MOOSLogger.cpp
+++ b/Essentials/pLogger/MOOSLogger.cpp
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ bool CMOOSLogger::CreateDirectory(const std::string & sDirectory)
 {
 
 #if _WIN32
-    int bOK  = ::CreateDirectory(sDirectory.c_str(),NULL);
+    int bOK  = ::CreateDirectoryA(sDirectory.c_str(),NULL);
 
     if(!bOK)
     {
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ bool CMOOSLogger::CreateDirectory(const std::string & sDirectory)
         {
 
             LPVOID lpMsgBuf;
-            FormatMessage(
+            FormatMessageA(
                 FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
                 FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
                 FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
diff --git a/Essentials/pLogger/MOOSLogger.h b/Essentials/pLogger/MOOSLogger.h
index 4f07814..f58efd5 100644
--- a/Essentials/pLogger/MOOSLogger.h
+++ b/Essentials/pLogger/MOOSLogger.h
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
 #include <string>
 #include "Zipper.h"
 
+#if _WIN32
+    #include <windows.h>
+    #include <winbase.h>
+#endif // windows
+
 typedef std::vector<std::string> STRING_VECTOR; 
 
 class CMOOSLogger : public CMOOSApp  
diff --git a/Essentials/pMOOSBridge/MOOSCommunity.cpp b/Essentials/pMOOSBridge/MOOSCommunity.cpp
index 0f88809..79cb36d 100644
--- a/Essentials/pMOOSBridge/MOOSCommunity.cpp
+++ b/Essentials/pMOOSBridge/MOOSCommunity.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
 // MOOSCommunity.cpp: implementation of the CMOOSCommunity class.
 //
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+// JLBC: Avoid winsock2 conflict by including it now:
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    #include <winsock2.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "MOOSCommunity.h"
 #include "MOOS/libMOOS/MOOSLib.h"
 
diff --git a/Essentials/pScheduler/MOOSScheduler.cpp b/Essentials/pScheduler/MOOSScheduler.cpp
index ee95471..7d0720f 100644
--- a/Essentials/pScheduler/MOOSScheduler.cpp
+++ b/Essentials/pScheduler/MOOSScheduler.cpp
@@ -372,11 +372,29 @@ bool CMOOSScheduler::CEvent::GetOutput(double dfTimeNow, MOOSMSG_LIST &Out)
         //set up next fire time
         m_dfFireTime+=m_dfPeriod;
 
-        CMOOSMsg Msg(    MOOS_NOTIFY,
+	CMOOSMsg *msg = NULL;
+	double fVal=0;
+	if ( ::sscanf(m_sVal.c_str(),"%lf",&fVal)==1)
+	{
+		// It's a double:
+        	msg = new CMOOSMsg(MOOS_NOTIFY,
+                        m_sName.c_str(),
+                        fVal,
+                        dfTimeNow);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		// It's text:
+        	msg = new CMOOSMsg(MOOS_NOTIFY,
                         m_sName.c_str(),
                         m_sVal.c_str(),
                         dfTimeNow);
 
+	}
+
+        CMOOSMsg Msg = *msg;
+	delete msg;
+
         Out.push_front(Msg);
 
         return true;
diff --git a/Essentials/pShare/CMakeLists.txt b/Essentials/pShare/CMakeLists.txt
index dff17bd..d8ef2a0 100644
--- a/Essentials/pShare/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Essentials/pShare/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ include_directories( ${${EXECNAME}_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${MOOS_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${MOOS_DEP
 add_executable(${EXECNAME} ${SRCS} )
 target_link_libraries(${EXECNAME} ${MOOS_LIBRARIES} ${MOOS_DEPEND_LIBRARIES})
 
+IF (WIN32)
+	target_link_libraries(${EXECNAME} Ws2_32.lib)
+ENDIF(WIN32)
+
 INSTALL(TARGETS ${EXECNAME}
   RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
 )
diff --git a/Essentials/pShare/Listener.cpp b/Essentials/pShare/Listener.cpp
index a9c2e92..a34cb8e 100644
--- a/Essentials/pShare/Listener.cpp
+++ b/Essentials/pShare/Listener.cpp
@@ -5,12 +5,19 @@
  *      Author: pnewman
  */
 #ifndef _WIN32
-#include "unistd.h"
+#	include "unistd.h"
+#	include <sys/socket.h>
+#	include <arpa/inet.h>
+#	include <netinet/in.h>
+#else
+#	ifndef _WIN32_WINNT
+#		define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0600 //will only work with vista and above as XP does not support IPv6
+#	endif
+#	include <io.h>
+#	include <winsock2.h>
+#	include <Ws2tcpip.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <stdexcept>
@@ -52,7 +59,7 @@ bool Listener::ListenLoop()
 
 		//we want to be able to resuse it (multiple folk are interested)
 		int reuse = 1;
-		if (setsockopt(socket_fd, SOL_SOCKET,SO_REUSEADDR/* SO_REUSEPORT*/, &reuse, sizeof(reuse)) == -1)
+		if (setsockopt(socket_fd, SOL_SOCKET,SO_REUSEADDR/* SO_REUSEPORT*/, (const char*)&reuse, sizeof(reuse)) == -1)
 			throw std::runtime_error("Listener::ListenLoop::setsockopt::reuse");
 
 /*		if (setsockopt(socket_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEPORT,
@@ -63,7 +70,7 @@ bool Listener::ListenLoop()
 		//give ourselves plenty of receive space
 		//set aside some space for receiving - just a few multiples of 64K
 		int rx_buffer_size = 64*1024*28;
-		if (setsockopt(socket_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &rx_buffer_size, sizeof(rx_buffer_size)) == -1)
+		if (setsockopt(socket_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, (const char*)&rx_buffer_size, sizeof(rx_buffer_size)) == -1)
 			throw std::runtime_error("Listener::ListenLoop()::setsockopt::rcvbuf");
 
 
@@ -91,7 +98,7 @@ bool Listener::ListenLoop()
 			struct ip_mreq mreq;
 			mreq.imr_multiaddr.s_addr = inet_addr(address_.host().c_str());
 			mreq.imr_interface.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
-			if(setsockopt(socket_fd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP, &mreq, sizeof(mreq))==-1)
+			if(setsockopt(socket_fd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP, (const char*)&mreq, sizeof(mreq))==-1)
 				throw std::runtime_error("Listener::ListenLoop()::setsockopt::ADD_MEMBERSHIP");
 		}
 
diff --git a/Essentials/pShare/Share.cpp b/Essentials/pShare/Share.cpp
index d851f45..43a6e0d 100644
--- a/Essentials/pShare/Share.cpp
+++ b/Essentials/pShare/Share.cpp
@@ -4,9 +4,21 @@
  *  Created on: Aug 26, 2012
  *      Author: pnewman
  */
-#include <ifaddrs.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <netdb.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#	ifndef _WIN32_WINNT
+#		define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0600 //will only work with vista and above as XP does not support IPv6
+#	endif
+#	include <winsock2.h>
+#	ifdef NTDDI_VERSION
+#		undef NTDDI_VERSION
+#	endif
+#	define NTDDI_VERSION NTDDI_VISTA
+#	include <Ws2tcpip.h>
+#else
+#	include <ifaddrs.h>
+#	include <arpa/inet.h>
+#	include <netdb.h>
+#endif
 
 #include <map>
 #include <stdexcept>
@@ -1021,7 +1033,7 @@ bool Share::Impl::ApplyRoutes(CMOOSMsg & msg)
 		}
 
 		//send here
-		if (sendto(relevant_socket.socket_fd, buffer.data(), buffer.size(), 0,
+		if (sendto(relevant_socket.socket_fd, (const char*)buffer.data(), buffer.size(), 0,
 				(struct sockaddr*) (&relevant_socket.sock_addr),
 				sizeof(relevant_socket.sock_addr)) < 0)
 		{
@@ -1066,7 +1078,7 @@ bool Share::Impl::AddOutputRoute(MOOS::IPV4Address address, bool multicast)
 
 	int reuse = 1;
 	if (setsockopt(new_socket.socket_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR,
-		&reuse, sizeof(reuse)) == -1)
+		(const char*)&reuse, sizeof(reuse)) == -1)
 	throw std::runtime_error("failed to set resuse socket option");
 /*
 	if (setsockopt(new_socket.socket_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEPORT,
@@ -1076,7 +1088,7 @@ bool Share::Impl::AddOutputRoute(MOOS::IPV4Address address, bool multicast)
 	int send_buffer_size = 4 * 64 * 1024;
 	if (setsockopt(new_socket.socket_fd,
 			SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF,
-			&send_buffer_size,
+			(const char*)&send_buffer_size,
 			sizeof(send_buffer_size)) == -1)
 	{
 		throw std::runtime_error("failed to set size of socket send buffer");
@@ -1101,11 +1113,20 @@ bool Share::Impl::AddOutputRoute(MOOS::IPV4Address address, bool multicast)
 
 	std::string dotted_ip = MOOS::IPV4Address::GetNumericAddress(new_socket.address.host());
 
-	if(inet_aton(dotted_ip.c_str(), &new_socket.sock_addr.sin_addr)==0)
-	{
-		throw std::runtime_error("failed to intepret "
-				+dotted_ip+" as an ip address");
-	}
+#ifdef UNIX
+    if(inet_aton(dotted_ip.c_str(), &new_socket.sock_addr.sin_addr)==0)
+    {
+        throw std::runtime_error("failed to intepret "
+                +dotted_ip+" as an ip address");
+    }
+#elif _WIN32
+	if( InetPtonA(AF_INET,dotted_ip.c_str(), &new_socket.sock_addr.sin_addr)==0)
+    {
+        throw std::runtime_error("failed to intepret "
+                +dotted_ip+" as an ip address");
+    }
+#endif
+
 
 	//new_socket.sock_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(new_socket.address.ip_num.c_str());
 	new_socket.sock_addr.sin_port = htons(new_socket.address.port());