diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index c61236d7c5ba5d2fd977217bbbc5608243ab2784..0294746592e09d312ee5fd63652e2183f2dcdf15 100644
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
                     Installation Instructions
 
-                     Last Modified: March 2010
+                     Last Modified: Feb 2012
 
 
 REQUIREMENTS
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ Tested Platform:
 - SunOS 4-5.*
 - Windows
 
-System:
-- C compiler
+Build System:
+- C/C++ compiler
+- Java compiler / JDK
 - GNU Make
 
 Optional Programs:
diff --git a/README_win32.txt b/README_win32.txt
index f6daaf990acab7c0ad6327b1e5bc09c93b16e2f7..495694343b651a075c2ed4a4d46c69fd0bc80285 100644
--- a/README_win32.txt
+++ b/README_win32.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
                 http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit
 
-                     Last Modified: Sept 2008
+                     Last Modified: Feb 2012
 
 ====================================================================
 The Sleuth Kit (TSK) runs on Windows.  If you simply want the
@@ -15,9 +15,22 @@ One is to use Microsoft Visual Studio.  The VS solution file is in
 the win32 directory.  Refer to the BUILDING.txt file in that directory
 for details.
 
-You can also compile Windows executables on Linux using mingw32.
-Simply give the "--host=i586-mingw32msvc" argument when running the
-'./configure' script and use 'make' to compile.
+You can also compile Windows executables using mingw32.  If you're
+using mingw32 on Linux, simply give the "--host=i586-mingw32msvc"
+argument when running the './configure' script and use 'make' to
+compile.  If you're using mingw32 on Windows, './configure' and
+'make' will work directly.
+
+Note that compilation requires a JDK be installed, and by default
+the Oracle JDK on Windows is installed in a path such as
+C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_16\.  GNU autotools do not handle
+paths containing spaces, so you will need to copy the JDK to a
+directory without spaces in the name, such as C:\jdk1.6.0_16\, then
+add C:\jdk1.6.0_16\bin to $PATH before running './configure'
+
+Note also that libtool may fail on mingw32 on Windows if
+C:\Windows\system32 is on $PATH before /usr/bin.  The fix is to have
+the C:\Windows directories at the _end_ of your mingw $PATH.
 
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