diff --git a/app/PdeCompiler.java b/app/PdeCompiler.java
index b03ae431d..a02716278 100755
--- a/app/PdeCompiler.java
+++ b/app/PdeCompiler.java
@@ -133,10 +133,11 @@ public class PdeCompiler implements PdeMessageConsumer {
         buildPath + File.separator + sketch.code[i].preprocName;
     }
     */
-
-    //for (int i = 0; i < command.length; i++) {
-      //System.out.println("cmd " + i + ": " + command[i]);
-    //}
+/*
+    for (int i = 0; i < command.length; i++) {
+      System.out.println("cmd " + i + ": " + command[i]);
+    }
+ */
 
     firstErrorFound = false;  // haven't found any errors yet
     secondErrorFound = false;
@@ -199,7 +200,8 @@ public class PdeCompiler implements PdeMessageConsumer {
     }
 
     // success would mean that 'result' is set to zero
-    return (result == 0); // ? true : false;
+    //// MOBILE: jikes returns result 1 with wierd errors even though files compile ok
+    return firstErrorFound;//(result == 0); // ? true : false;
   }
 
 
@@ -215,7 +217,8 @@ public class PdeCompiler implements PdeMessageConsumer {
   public void message(String s) {
     // This receives messages as full lines, so a newline needs 
     // to be added as they're printed to the console.
-    System.err.println(s);    
+    //// MOBILE: moving to end due to wierd jikes output
+    //System.err.println(s);    
     
     // ignore cautions
     if (s.indexOf("Caution") != -1) return;
@@ -284,6 +287,7 @@ public class PdeCompiler implements PdeMessageConsumer {
         }
 
         // if executing at this point, this is *at least* the first error
+        /// MOBILE: moving to end due to wierd jikes output
         firstErrorFound = true;
 
         //err += "error:".length();
@@ -327,12 +331,20 @@ public class PdeCompiler implements PdeMessageConsumer {
           }
         }        
 
+        //// MOBILE: ignore wierd jikes errors that get output even though it compiles fine
         if (description.indexOf("Type java.io.Serializable was not found.") != -1) {
           return;
         }
         if (description.indexOf("Type java.lang.Cloneable was not found.") != -1) {
           return;          
         }
+        if (description.indexOf("A non-standard version of the type \"java.lang.StringBuffer\" was found.") != -1) {
+          return;
+        }
+        
+        //// MOBILE: moving to end due to wierd jikes output
+        firstErrorFound = true;
+        System.err.println(s);    
         
         //System.out.println("description = " + description);
         //System.out.println("creating exception " + exception);
diff --git a/app/PdeSketch.java b/app/PdeSketch.java
index 90920867e..079b1210a 100755
--- a/app/PdeSketch.java
+++ b/app/PdeSketch.java
@@ -1832,7 +1832,7 @@ public class PdeSketch {
                              wtkLibPath + "midpapi10.jar";
     //// this is just to satisfy Jikes which wants java.io.Serializable and java.lang.Cloneable to be reachable...
     //System.out.println(System.getProperty ("java.home"));
-    bootClassPath += File.pathSeparator + System.getProperty("java.home") + File.separator + "lib" + File.separator + "rt.jar";
+    //bootClassPath += File.pathSeparator + System.getProperty("java.home") + File.separator + "lib" + File.separator + "rt.jar";
     String   additionalClassPath = "lib" + File.separator + "mobile.jar";
     String foundName = build(midletDir.getPath(), name, baseClass, baseImports, 
                              bootClassPath, additionalClassPath);
diff --git a/build/windows/build.xml b/build/windows/build.xml
index 982f77492..590c8af93 100755
--- a/build/windows/build.xml
+++ b/build/windows/build.xml
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
         <!-- Check if processing has been checked out and set property accordingly-->
         <available property="ischeckedout" file="processing" type="dir"/>        
         <!-- home directory of cygwin -->
-        <property name="cygwin.dir" value="C:/Sdk/cygwin"/>
+        <property name="cygwin.dir" value="C:/cygwin"/>
         <!-- the absolute path of the basedir, specified here with unix slashes -->
-        <property name="parent.dir" value="C:/Projects/processing"/>
+        <property name="parent.dir" value="C:/projects/processing"/>
         <!-- the absolute path of a WTK implementation for building core files -->
         <property name="wtk.dir" value="C:/WTK22"/>
         <!-- the boot classpath to use when compiling core files -->
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     </target>
        
     <!-- checks out a tagged copy of processing if it hasn't been done so already. -->
-    <target name="checkout" unless="ischeckedout">
+    <target name="checkout" depends="init" unless="ischeckedout">
         <!-- perform the cvs update to get clean files. -->
         <exec executable="${cygwin.dir}/bin/bash.exe">
             <arg value="--login"/>
diff --git a/core/processing/core/PMIDlet.java b/core/processing/core/PMIDlet.java
index 16222ca79..67687528a 100755
--- a/core/processing/core/PMIDlet.java
+++ b/core/processing/core/PMIDlet.java
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ public abstract class PMIDlet extends MIDlet implements Runnable {
                 }
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            
+            e.printStackTrace();
         } finally {
             if (is != null) {
                 try {
@@ -375,4 +375,12 @@ public abstract class PMIDlet extends MIDlet implements Runnable {
         
         return strings;
     }
+    
+    public final void print(String data) {
+        System.out.print(data);
+    }
+    
+    public final void println(String data) {
+        System.out.println(data);
+    }
 }