--- vl.c.old	Fri Mar 18 23:01:24 2005
+++ vl.c	Fri Mar 18 23:02:03 2005
@@ -3031,7 +3031,11 @@
     has_cdrom = 1;
     cyls = heads = secs = 0;
     translation = BIOS_ATA_TRANSLATION_AUTO;
+#ifndef _WIN32
     pstrcpy(monitor_device, sizeof(monitor_device), "vc");
+#else
+    pstrcpy(monitor_device, sizeof(monitor_device), "stdio");
+#endif
 
     pstrcpy(serial_devices[0], sizeof(serial_devices[0]), "vc");
     for(i = 1; i < MAX_SERIAL_PORTS; i++)