diff --git a/Cantera/src/config.h b/Cantera/src/config.h
index 656ac8921..f4963eb8f 100755
--- a/Cantera/src/config.h
+++ b/Cantera/src/config.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* ../config.h.  Generated by configure.  */
+/* ../config.h.  Generated automatically by configure.  */
 //
 //  Run the 'configure' script to generate 'config.h' from this input file.
 //
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 //------------------------ Fortran settings -------------------//
 
 
-// define types doublereal, integer, and ftnlen to match the
+// define types doublereal, integer, and ftnlen to match the 
 // corresponding Fortran data types on your system. The defaults
 // are OK for most systems
 
-typedef  double       doublereal;       // Fortran double precision
+typedef  double       doublereal;       // Fortran double precision 
 typedef  int          integer;          // Fortran integer
 typedef  int          ftnlen;           // Fortran hidden string length type
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ typedef  int          ftnlen;           // Fortran hidden string length type
 // adding a hidden argement with the length of the string. Some
 // compilers add the hidden length argument immediately after the
 // CHARACTER variable being passed, while others put all of the hidden
-// length arguments at the end of the argument list. Define this if
+// length arguments at the end of the argument list. Define this if 
 // the lengths are at the end of the argument list. This is usually the
 // case for most unix Fortran compilers, but is (by default) false for
 // Visual Fortran under Windows.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ typedef  int          ftnlen;           // Fortran hidden string length type
 //-------- LAPACK / BLAS ---------
 
 // Define if you are using LAPACK and BLAS from the Intel Math Kernel
-// Library
+// Library 
 /* #undef HAVE_INTEL_MKL */
 
 #define LAPACK_FTN_STRING_LEN_AT_END
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ typedef  int          ftnlen;           // Fortran hidden string length type
 // The configure script defines this if the operatiing system is Mac
 // OS X, This used to add some Mac-specific directories to the default
 // data file search path.
-#define DARWIN 1
+#define DARWIN 0
 
 
 //--------- Fonts for reaction path diagrams ----------------------
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ typedef  int          ftnlen;           // Fortran hidden string length type
 //--------------------- Python ------------------------------------
 
 // used to run Python to process .cti files
-#define PYTHON_EXE "/usr/bin/python"
+#define PYTHON_EXE "c:/python23/python"
 
 
-//--------------------- Cantera -----------------------------------
+//--------------------- Cantera ----------------------------------- 
 
-// used to find data files
-#define CANTERA_ROOT "/usr/local/cantera"
+// used to find data files 
+#define CANTERA_ROOT "c:/cantera/cantera"
 
 
 
diff --git a/Cantera/src/ct2ctml.cpp b/Cantera/src/ct2ctml.cpp
index 7ed0e3465..58f4d4b2e 100644
--- a/Cantera/src/ct2ctml.cpp
+++ b/Cantera/src/ct2ctml.cpp
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ namespace ctml {
     }
 
     static bool checkPython() {
-        string path = tmpDir() + "/check.py";
+        string path = tmpDir() + "/.check.py";
         ofstream f(path.c_str());
         if (!f) {
-            throw CanteraError("checkPython","cannot write to "+tmpDir());
+            throw CanteraError("checkPython","cannot open "+path+" for writing);
         }
         f << "from Cantera import *\n";
         f.close();