pushed off tomorrow's demo, it's taken a full day to try and get Windows up to speed, haven't even installed the socket server or the API...
oh well, looks like I'm working this weekend 
webRat
says
Have you considered renting a windows vps box?
ninjamonkey
says
it's just for testing purposes, and I'm on a fixed budget
webRat
says
Windows VPS are pretty cheap these days.