diff --git a/VisualStudio/VisualStudio.dsw b/VisualStudio/VisualStudio.dsw
index 002874f33..0567394b6 100644
--- a/VisualStudio/VisualStudio.dsw
+++ b/VisualStudio/VisualStudio.dsw
@@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ Package=<4>
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-Project: "osgPlugin obj"=.\osgPlugins\obj\obj.dsp - Package Owner=<4>
+Project: "osgPlugin net"=".\osgPlugins\net\net.dsp" - Package Owner=<4>
 
 Package=<5>
 {{{
@@ -2294,15 +2294,6 @@ Package=<5>
 
 Package=<4>
 {{{
-    Begin Project Dependency
-    Project_Dep_Name Core osg
-    End Project Dependency
-    Begin Project Dependency
-    Project_Dep_Name Core osgDB
-    End Project Dependency
-    Begin Project Dependency
-    Project_Dep_Name Core osgUtil
-    End Project Dependency
 }}}
 
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/VisualStudio/osgPlugins/net/net.dsp b/VisualStudio/osgPlugins/net/net.dsp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da10ef414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VisualStudio/osgPlugins/net/net.dsp
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+# Microsoft Developer Studio Project File - Name="osgPlugin net" - Package Owner=<4>
+# Microsoft Developer Studio Generated Build File, Format Version 6.00
+# ** DO NOT EDIT **
+
+# TARGTYPE "Win32 (x86) Dynamic-Link Library" 0x0102
+
+CFG=osgPlugin net - Win32 Debug
+!MESSAGE This is not a valid makefile. To build this project using NMAKE,
+!MESSAGE use the Export Makefile command and run
+!MESSAGE 
+!MESSAGE NMAKE /f "osgPlugin net.mak".
+!MESSAGE 
+!MESSAGE You can specify a configuration when running NMAKE
+!MESSAGE by defining the macro CFG on the command line. For example:
+!MESSAGE 
+!MESSAGE NMAKE /f "osgPlugin net.mak" CFG="osgPlugin net - Win32 Debug"
+!MESSAGE 
+!MESSAGE Possible choices for configuration are:
+!MESSAGE 
+!MESSAGE "osgPlugin net - Win32 Release" (based on "Win32 (x86) Dynamic-Link Library")
+!MESSAGE "osgPlugin net - Win32 Debug" (based on "Win32 (x86) Dynamic-Link Library")
+!MESSAGE 
+
+# Begin Project
+# PROP AllowPerConfigDependencies 0
+# PROP Scc_ProjName ""
+# PROP Scc_LocalPath ""
+CPP=cl.exe
+MTL=midl.exe
+RSC=rc.exe
+
+!IF  "$(CFG)" == "osgPlugin net - Win32 Release"
+
+# PROP BASE Use_MFC 0
+# PROP BASE Use_Debug_Libraries 0
+# PROP BASE Output_Dir "Release"
+# PROP BASE Intermediate_Dir "Release"
+# PROP BASE Target_Dir ""
+# PROP Use_MFC 0
+# PROP Use_Debug_Libraries 0
+# PROP Output_Dir "../../../lib"
+# PROP Intermediate_Dir "Release"
+# PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
+# PROP Target_Dir ""
+F90=df.exe
+# ADD BASE CPP /nologo /MT /W3 /GX /O2 /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "OSGPLUGINNET_EXPORTS" /YX /FD /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /MD /W3 /GR /GX /O2 /I "../../../include" /I "../../../../OpenThreads/include" /I "../../../../Producer/include" /I "../../../../3rdParty/include" /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /YX /FD /c
+# ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
+# ADD MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
+# ADD BASE RSC /l 0x409 /d "NDEBUG"
+# ADD RSC /l 0x409 /d "NDEBUG"
+BSC32=bscmake.exe
+# ADD BASE BSC32 /nologo
+# ADD BSC32 /nologo
+LINK32=link.exe
+# ADD BASE LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib /nologo /dll /machine:I386
+# ADD LINK32 osgDB.lib OpenThreadsWin32.lib wsock32.lib /nologo /dll /machine:I386 /out:"../../../bin/osgdb_net.dll"
+
+!ELSEIF  "$(CFG)" == "osgPlugin net - Win32 Debug"
+
+# PROP BASE Use_MFC 0
+# PROP BASE Use_Debug_Libraries 1
+# PROP BASE Output_Dir "osgPlugin_net___Win32_Debug"
+# PROP BASE Intermediate_Dir "osgPlugin_net___Win32_Debug"
+# PROP BASE Target_Dir ""
+# PROP Use_MFC 0
+# PROP Use_Debug_Libraries 1
+# PROP Output_Dir "../../../lib"
+# PROP Intermediate_Dir "Debug"
+# PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
+# PROP Target_Dir ""
+F90=df.exe
+# ADD BASE CPP /nologo /MTd /W3 /Gm /GX /ZI /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "OSGPLUGINNET_EXPORTS" /YX /FD /GZ  /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /MDd /W3 /Gm /vmg /vd0 /GR /GX /Zi /Od /I "../../../include" /I "../../../../OpenThreads/include" /I "../../../../Producer/include" /I "../../../../3rdParty/include" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /YX /FD /GZ  /c
+# ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
+# ADD MTL /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
+# ADD BASE RSC /l 0x409 /d "_DEBUG"
+# ADD RSC /l 0x409 /d "_DEBUG"
+BSC32=bscmake.exe
+# ADD BASE BSC32 /nologo
+# ADD BSC32 /nologo
+LINK32=link.exe
+# ADD BASE LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib /nologo /dll /debug /machine:I386 /pdbtype:sept
+# ADD LINK32 osgDBd.lib OpenThreadsWin32d.lib wsock32.lib /nologo /dll /debug /machine:I386 /out:"../../../bin/osgdb_netd.dll" /pdbtype:sept
+
+!ENDIF 
+
+# Begin Target
+
+# Name "osgPlugin net - Win32 Release"
+# Name "osgPlugin net - Win32 Debug"
+# Begin Group "Source Files"
+
+# PROP Default_Filter "cpp;c;cxx;rc;def;r;odl;idl;hpj;bat"
+# Begin Source File
+
+SOURCE=..\..\..\src\osgPlugins\net\makeDir.cpp
+# End Source File
+# Begin Source File
+
+SOURCE=..\..\..\src\osgPlugins\net\ReaderWriterNET.cpp
+# End Source File
+# Begin Source File
+
+SOURCE=..\..\..\src\osgPlugins\net\sockinet.cpp
+# End Source File
+# Begin Source File
+
+SOURCE=..\..\..\src\osgPlugins\net\sockstream.cpp
+# End Source File
+# End Group
+# Begin Group "Header Files"
+
+# PROP Default_Filter "h;hpp;hxx;hm;inl"
+# Begin Source File
+
+SOURCE=..\..\..\src\osgPlugins\net\makeDir.h
+# End Source File
+# Begin Source File
+
+SOURCE=..\..\..\src\osgPlugins\net\sockinet.h
+# End Source File
+# Begin Source File
+
+SOURCE=..\..\..\src\osgPlugins\net\sockstream.h
+# End Source File
+# End Group
+# Begin Group "Resource Files"
+
+# PROP Default_Filter "ico;cur;bmp;dlg;rc2;rct;bin;rgs;gif;jpg;jpeg;jpe"
+# End Group
+# End Target
+# End Project
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/net/makeDir.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/net/makeDir.cpp
index 4a38fea90..eba60c9b3 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/net/makeDir.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/net/makeDir.cpp
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#ifndef WIN32
 #include <libgen.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#endif
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string>
@@ -19,6 +21,9 @@ namespace TemporaryFileUtils {
 
 bool makeDirectory( const std::string &path )
 {
+#ifdef WIN32
+	return false;
+#else
     char *cpath = new char[path.length()+1];
     strcpy( cpath, path.c_str());
     char *p = dirname(cpath);
@@ -72,6 +77,7 @@ bool makeDirectory( const std::string &path )
         paths.pop();
     }
     return true;
+#endif
 }
 
 }