diff --git a/cpu/native/net/README-WPCAP b/cpu/native/net/README-WPCAP
index 8f0de0de7..05717b0f8 100644
--- a/cpu/native/net/README-WPCAP
+++ b/cpu/native/net/README-WPCAP
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 Contiki network I/O on Microsoft Windows (including the Cygwin environment) is
 implemented based on the quite popular WinPcap library that is available at
-http://www.winpcap.org/install/default.htm.
+http://www.winpcap.org/.
 
 Developing Contiki network applications most likely involves working with a
 network protocol analyzer. Wireshark (formerly known as Ethereal) is a very
 popular one that on Windows uses - and actually comes with - the WinPcap
-libary. Wireshark is available at http://www.wireshark.org/download.html.
+libary. Wireshark is available at http://www.wireshark.org/.
 
 So with Wireshark installed Contiki network I/O doesn't need any additional
 components.
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ On Windows every Contiki application has one obligatory comand line argument
 that identifies the Windows network interface to be used by Contiki. While on
 Unix those network interfaces are called i.e. '/dev/tap0' they have on Windows
 names like '\Device\NPF_{F76B480A-1D31-4B3D-8002-C0EF49185737}'. In order to
-avoid the necessity to enter such names on the command line instead the IP
+avoid the necessity to enter such names on the command line instead the IPv4
 address used by Windows is entered to identify the network interface to be
-used by Contiki. Please note that this IP address is _NOT_ the IP address to
-be used by Contiki !
+used by Contiki. Please note that this IPv4 address is _NOT_ the IPv4 address
+to be used by Contiki !
 
 Contiki network I/O on Windows uses the same MAC address used by Windows. This
 approach often described as IP-Aliasing was primarily choosen because it avoids
diff --git a/platform/win32/README b/platform/win32/README
index b151db93b..ec1e30379 100644
--- a/platform/win32/README
+++ b/platform/win32/README
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ extend two makefiles are necessary:
 - Makefile.win32 is an ordinary (yet complex) Contiki 2.x Makefile.$(TARGET)
 
 As an alternative to building with Cygwin, gcc and the Contiki 2.x build system
-it is also possible to use Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (including the Express
+it is also possible to use Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (including the Express
 Edition) by loading platform/win32/contiki.sln.
 
 As platform/win32/Makefile.win32 includes cpu/native/Makefile.native the WinPcap
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ Windows system menu under 'Properties'.
 As the console is used for displaying the actual user interface the log output
 is routed to the debug output. DebugView is a very lean program for displaying
 the debug output in case no debugger is active and does so. It is available at
-http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/debugview.mspx.
+http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896647.aspx.