diff -ur IceE-1.2.0/config/Make.rules.Linux IceE-1.2.0-hack/config/Make.rules.Linux
--- IceE-1.2.0/config/Make.rules.Linux	2007-05-08 21:54:16.000000000 +0200
+++ IceE-1.2.0-hack/config/Make.rules.Linux	2008-12-08 10:19:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -111,19 +111,22 @@
 #
 CXXLIBS		=
 
-mkshlib		= $(CXX) -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $(1) -Wl,-h,$(2) $(3) $(4) -lpthread
+#mkshlib		= $(CXX) -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $(1) -Wl,-h,$(2) $(3) $(4) -lpthread
+mkshlib		= $(CXX) -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $(1) -Wl,-h,$(2) $(3) $(4) -lws2_32 -lrpcdce4 -liphlpapi
 
 mklib		= $(AR) cr $(1) $(2)
 
-LDPLATFORMFLAGS 	= -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-rpath,$(install_libdir)
+#LDPLATFORMFLAGS 	= -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-rpath,$(install_libdir)
+LDPLATFORMFLAGS 	=  -Wl,-rpath,$(install_libdir)
 
-BASELIBS		= $(STLPORT_LIBS) -lpthread 
+#BASELIBS		= $(STLPORT_LIBS) -lpthread 
+BASELIBS		= $(STLPORT_LIBS) 
 LIBS			= -lIceE $(BASELIBS)
 MINLIBS			= -lIceEC $(BASELIBS)
 TESTLIBS		= -lTestCommon $(LIBS)
 
 ICEUTIL_OS_LIBS		= 
-ICE_OS_LIBS		= -ldl
+#ICE_OS_LIBS		= -ldl
 
 PLATFORM_HAS_READLINE	= yes
 
diff -ur IceE-1.2.0/src/IceE/Acceptor.h IceE-1.2.0-hack/src/IceE/Acceptor.h
--- IceE-1.2.0/src/IceE/Acceptor.h	2007-04-26 15:39:11.000000000 +0200
+++ IceE-1.2.0-hack/src/IceE/Acceptor.h	2008-12-08 10:07:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #   include <winsock2.h>
-typedef int ssize_t;
+//typedef int ssize_t;
 #else
 #   define SOCKET int
 #   include <netinet/in.h> // For struct sockaddr_in
diff -ur IceE-1.2.0/src/IceE/Network.h IceE-1.2.0-hack/src/IceE/Network.h
--- IceE-1.2.0/src/IceE/Network.h	2007-04-11 16:20:22.000000000 +0200
+++ IceE-1.2.0-hack/src/IceE/Network.h	2008-12-08 10:06:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #   include <winsock2.h>
-typedef int ssize_t;
+//typedef int ssize_t;
 #else
 #   include <unistd.h>
 #   include <fcntl.h>
diff -ur IceE-1.2.0/src/IceE/Transceiver.h IceE-1.2.0-hack/src/IceE/Transceiver.h
--- IceE-1.2.0/src/IceE/Transceiver.h	2007-04-26 15:39:11.000000000 +0200
+++ IceE-1.2.0-hack/src/IceE/Transceiver.h	2008-12-08 10:06:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #   include <winsock2.h>
-typedef int ssize_t;
+//typedef int ssize_t;
 #else
 #   define SOCKET int
 #endif
diff -ur IceE-1.2.0/src/IceE/UUID.cpp IceE-1.2.0-hack/src/IceE/UUID.cpp
--- IceE-1.2.0/src/IceE/UUID.cpp	2007-05-04 03:25:58.000000000 +0200
+++ IceE-1.2.0-hack/src/IceE/UUID.cpp	2008-12-08 10:55:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -158,21 +158,78 @@
 }
 
 
+int myUuidToString(UUID *Uuid, unsigned char** StringUuid)
+{
+  static UUID uuid_nil;
+
+  *StringUuid = (unsigned char*)HeapAlloc( GetProcessHeap(), 0, sizeof(char) * 37);
+ 
+  if(!(*StringUuid))
+    return RPC_S_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+ 
+  if (!Uuid) Uuid = &uuid_nil;
+ 
+  sprintf( (char*)*StringUuid, "%08x-%04x-%04x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x",
+                 Uuid->Data1, Uuid->Data2, Uuid->Data3,
+                 Uuid->Data4[0], Uuid->Data4[1], Uuid->Data4[2],
+                 Uuid->Data4[3], Uuid->Data4[4], Uuid->Data4[5],
+                 Uuid->Data4[6], Uuid->Data4[7] );
+
+//  return RPC_S_OK;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+
 string
 IceUtil::generateUUID()
 {
 #if defined(_WIN32 ) && !defined(_WIN32_WCE)
+    static int first = 1;
 
-    UUID uuid;
-    UuidCreate(&uuid);
+    if (first)
+    {
+	srand(time(NULL));
+        first = 0;
+    }
+
+    struct hackUUID
+    {
+	unsigned char timeLow[4];
+	unsigned char timeMid[2];
+	unsigned char timeHighAndVersion[2];
+	unsigned char clockSeqHiAndReserved;
+	unsigned char clockSeqLow;
+	unsigned char node[6];
+    };
+    hackUUID uuid;
+    char *ptr = (char*)&uuid;
+
+    assert(sizeof(uuid) == 16);
+
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < sizeof (uuid); i += 2)
+    {
+        int val = rand();
+
+        char byteval = val & 255;
+        memcpy(&ptr[2 * i], &byteval, 1);
+
+	val >>= 8;
+
+        byteval = val & 255;
+        memcpy(&ptr[2 * i] + 1, &byteval, 1);
+    }
+
+//    UuidCreate(&uuid);
 
     unsigned char* str;
 
-    UuidToString(&uuid, &str);
+    myUuidToString((UUID*)&uuid, &str);
 
     string result = reinterpret_cast<char*>(str);
 
-    RpcStringFree(&str);
+//    RpcStringFree(&str); // Using my own hacked myUuidToString instead and thus free it with HeapFree().
+    HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, str);
+    
     return result;
     
 #else
@@ -224,7 +281,7 @@
 	IceUtil::StaticMutex::Lock lock(staticMutex);
 	if(fd == -1)
 	{
-	    fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
+	    fd = _open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
 	    if (fd == -1)
 	    {
 		assert(0);
@@ -246,7 +303,7 @@
 	//
 	while(reads <= 20 && index != sizeof(UUID))
 	{
-	    ssize_t bytesRead = read(fd, buffer + index, sizeof(UUID) - index);
+	    ssize_t bytesRead = _read(fd, buffer + index, sizeof(UUID) - index);
 	    
 	    if(bytesRead == -1 && errno != EINTR)
 	    {