diff -Naur lammps-21Oct08/src/MAKE/Windows/notes.4 lammps-24Oct08/src/MAKE/Windows/notes.4
--- lammps-21Oct08/src/MAKE/Windows/notes.4	1969-12-31 17:00:00.000000000 -0700
+++ lammps-24Oct08/src/MAKE/Windows/notes.4	2008-10-24 08:37:56.000000000 -0600
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Compiling LAMMPS under MS Windows:
+
+Tips from Jamie Sanchez
+jamiesanchezuk@gmail.com
+24 Oct 2008
+
+-------------------
+
+1. add the line #include "erfc.h" in the following files:
+pair_coul_long.cpp
+pair_lj_charmm_coul_long.cpp
+pair_lj_cut_coul_long.cpp
+ 
+2. disable dump DCD in style.h
+
+I'm using Visual Studio 2008 in a Win XP and if I don't disable this
+option the code does not compile.
+ 
+3. in read_restart.cpp comment line
+#include "dirent.h"
+then comment lines 323 to 340
+
+I'm not using read_restart in Windows runs so even though this allows
+the code to compile successfully I don't necessarily know what this
+will do if you use this command in windows
diff -Naur lammps-21Oct08/src/atom_vec_hybrid.cpp lammps-24Oct08/src/atom_vec_hybrid.cpp
--- lammps-21Oct08/src/atom_vec_hybrid.cpp	2008-02-08 12:47:58.000000000 -0700
+++ lammps-24Oct08/src/atom_vec_hybrid.cpp	2008-10-24 10:04:25.000000000 -0600
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@
     for (int iextra = 0; iextra < atom->nextra_grow; iextra++) 
       m += modify->fix[atom->extra_grow[iextra]]->pack_exchange(i,&buf[m]);
 
+  buf[0] = m;
   return m;
 }