diff --git a/CHANGED b/CHANGED
index a7893d3ed..65d1dfb2a 100644
--- a/CHANGED
+++ b/CHANGED
@@ -520,3 +520,4 @@
   - bugfix:  Add binmode to 01_fhemweb.pm for windows
   - bugfix:  Uniform check for windows, enable CUL for windows.
   - bugfix:  CUL/HMS parsing patches from Peter
+  - bugfix:  Fixes for Windows by Klaus
diff --git a/fhem.pl b/fhem.pl
index f67d65bec..853f6b458 100755
--- a/fhem.pl
+++ b/fhem.pl
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ my %defaultattr;    		# Default attributes
 my %intAt;			# Internal at timer hash.
 my $nextat;                     # Time when next timer will be triggered.
 my $intAtCnt=0;
-my $cvsid = '$Id: fhem.pl,v 1.76 2009-07-26 09:20:07 rudolfkoenig Exp $';
+my $cvsid = '$Id: fhem.pl,v 1.77 2009-08-04 08:03:57 rudolfkoenig Exp $';
 my $namedef =
   "where <name> is either:\n" .
   "- a single device name\n" .
@@ -254,6 +254,12 @@ if(int(@ARGV) == 2) {
 my $ret = CommandInclude(undef, $attr{global}{configfile});
 die($ret) if($ret);
 
+if($^O =~ m/Win/ && !$attr{global}{nofork}) {
+  Log 1, "Forcing 'attr global nofork' on WINDOWS";
+  Log 1, "set it in the config file to avoud this message";
+  $attr{global}{nofork}=1;
+}
+
 # Go to background if the logfile is a real file (not stdout)
 if($attr{global}{logfile} ne "-" && !$attr{global}{nofork}) {
   defined(my $pid = fork) || die "Can't fork: $!";