diff --git a/CASA/build_config/win64/buildu.sh b/CASA/build_config/win64/buildu.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# setup for calling "builduser.cmd and buildkernel.cmd" via cygwin's rsh
+# since ssh is having trouble. This is a hack, but we don't any other way
+# to solve this at the moment.
+
+echo "============================================="
+echo "  START - Build User Space code"
+echo "============================================="
+
+/usr/bin/rsh -n -d -l nds_cm localhost '(cd /d c:\cygwin\home\nds_cm\build_win\casa~1.7\CASA\ && build_config\win64\builduser.cmd)'
+
+echo "Status: $?"
+
+echo "============================================="
+echo "  END - Build User Space code"
+echo "============================================="
+
diff --git a/CASA/build_config/win64/builduser.cmd b/CASA/build_config/win64/builduser.cmd
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+@echo on
+rem setup for calling nmake
+rem setlocal
+
+set casa_root_dir=%cd%
+rem Do a free (retail) build
+setlocal
+call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 2005\VC\bin\amd64\vcvarsamd64.bat"
+
+cd /d %casa_root_dir%
+cd package\windows\vs_solutions\CASA64-msi
+devenv /clean  Release CASA-64-32.sln /out build.log
+devenv /rebuild Release CASA-64-32.sln /out build.log
+
+endlocal