diff --git a/doc/build-msw.txt b/doc/build-msw.txt
index f3150e086..346be75f5 100644
--- a/doc/build-msw.txt
+++ b/doc/build-msw.txt
@@ -15,14 +15,8 @@ WINDOWS BUILD NOTES
 
 Compilers Supported
 -------------------
-MinGW GCC  http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net/
-   TDM-GCC with gcc 4.5.1 was used to build this release.
-MSYS 1.0.11 was also used (sh needed to compile some dependencies)
-
-
-Candidate releases were built with MSVC 10.0 (2010), but
-compiling with Visual C++ caused rendering artifacts when
-bitcoin was run.
+TODO: What works?
+Note: releases are cross-compiled using mingw running on Linux.
 
 
 Dependencies
@@ -42,7 +36,7 @@ Boost          MIT-like license
 miniupnpc      New (3-clause) BSD license
 
 Versions used in this release:
-OpenSSL      1.0.0d
+OpenSSL      1.0.0e
 Berkeley DB  4.8.30.NC
 Boost        1.47.0
 miniupnpc    1.6
@@ -54,7 +48,7 @@ MSYS shell:
 un-tar sources with MSYS 'tar xfz' to avoid issue with symlinks (OpenSSL ticket 2377)
 change 'MAKE' env. variable from 'C:\MinGW32\bin\mingw32-make.exe' to '/c/MinGW32/bin/mingw32-make.exe'
 
-cd /c/openssl-1.0.0d-mgw
+cd /c/openssl-1.0.0e-mgw
 ./config
 make
 
@@ -86,5 +80,5 @@ Bitcoin
 -------
 DOS prompt:
 cd \bitcoin\src
-mingw32-make bitcoind.exe -f makefile.mingw
+mingw32-make -f makefile.mingw
 strip bitcoind.exe
diff --git a/doc/release-process.txt b/doc/release-process.txt
index ceff72483..c487935eb 100644
--- a/doc/release-process.txt
+++ b/doc/release-process.txt
@@ -10,45 +10,68 @@
 
 * tag version in git
 
-  $ git tag -a v0.5.0
+   git tag -a v0.5.0
 
 * write release notes.  git shortlog helps a lot:
 
-  $ git shortlog --no-merges v0.4.0..
+   git shortlog --no-merges v0.4.0..
 
 * create source-only archive
 
-  $ git archive --format=tar --prefix=bitcoin-0.5.0/ HEAD | \
+   git archive --format=tar --prefix=bitcoin-0.5.0/ HEAD | \
   	gzip -9c > ~/tmp/bitcoin-0.5.0-src.tar.gz 
 
 * perform gitian builds
 
   * From a directory containing the bitcoin source, gitian-builder and gitian.sigs
-  $ export VERSION=0.5.0
-  $ cd ./gitian-builder
-  $ ./bin/gbuild --commit bitcoin=v$VERSION ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
-  $ ./bin/gsign --signer (your gitian key, ie bluematt, sipa, etc) --release $VERSION --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
-  $ cd build/out
-  $ zip bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian.zip *
-  $ mv bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian.zip ../../
-
-  * NOTE: gitian cross-compiled builds for Windows is broken, we are building
-    Windows binaries using a public Amazon AWS instance for this release.
+   export VERSION=0.5.0
+   cd ./gitian-builder
+
+  * Fetch and build inputs:
+   mkdir -p inputs; cd inputs/
+   wget 'http://miniupnp.free.fr/files/download.php?file=miniupnpc-1.6.tar.gz' -O miniupnpc-1.6.tar.gz
+   wget 'http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.0e.tar.gz'
+   wget 'http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz'
+   wget 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.47.0/boost_1_47_0.tar.bz2'
+   wget 'http://download.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.4.tar.gz'
+   cd ..
+   ./bin/gbuild ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/boost-win32.yml
+   cp build/out/boost-win32-1.47.0-gitian.zip inputs/
+   ./bin/gbuild ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/qt-win32.yml
+   cp build/out/qt-win32-4.7.4-gitian.zip inputs/
+
+  * Build bitcoind and bitcoin-qt on Linux32, Linux64, and Win32:
+   ./bin/gbuild --commit bitcoin=v$VERSION ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
+   ./bin/gsign --signer (your gitian key, ie bluematt, sipa, etc) --release $VERSION --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
+   cd build/out
+   zip bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian.zip *
+   mv bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian.zip ../../
+   ./bin/gbuild --commit bitcoin=v$VERSION ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
+   ./bin/gsign --signer (your gitian key, ie bluematt, sipa, etc) --release $VERSION-win32 --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
+   cd build/out
+   zip bitcoin-$VERSION-win32-gitian.zip *
+   mv bitcoin-$VERSION-win32-gitian.zip ../../
 
   Build output expected:
   1. linux 32-bit and 64-bit binaries + source (bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian.zip)
-  2. Gitian signatures (in gitian.sigs/$VERSION[-win32]/(your gitian key)/
+  2. windows 32-bit binary, installer + source (bitcoin-$VERSION-win32-gitian.zip)
+  3. Gitian signatures (in gitian.sigs/$VERSION[-win32]/(your gitian key)/
 
 * repackage gitian builds for release as stand-alone zip/tar/installer exe
 
   * Linux .tar.gz:
-  $ mkdir bitcoin-$VERSION-linux
-  $ cd bitcoin-$VERSION-linux
-  $ unzip bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian.zip
-  $ cd ..; tar czvf bitcoin-$VERSION-linux.tar.gz bitcoin-$VERSION-linux
+   mkdir bitcoin-$VERSION-linux
+   cd bitcoin-$VERSION-linux
+   unzip bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian.zip
+   cd ..; tar czvf bitcoin-$VERSION-linux.tar.gz bitcoin-$VERSION-linux
+
+  * Windows .zip and setup.exe:
+   mkdir bitcoin-$VERSION-win32
+   cd bitcoin-$VERSION-win32
+   unzip bitcoin-$VERSION-win32-gitian.zip
+   mv bitcoin-$VERSION-win32-setup.exe ..
+   cd ..; zip bitcoin-$VERSION-win32.zip bitcoin-$VERSION-win32
 
-* Compile Windows .zip and setup.exe on Amazon EC2 instance
-  TODO: document process
 
 * perform Mac build
   TODO: document process
@@ -70,17 +93,28 @@
   * Collect enough gitian signatures to meet minimum_weight (see contrib/gitian-downloader/*-download-config)
 
   * From a directory containing bitcoin source, gitian.sigs and gitian zips
-  $ export VERSION=0.5.0
-  $ mkdir bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian; cd bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian
-  $ unzip ../bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian.zip
-  $ mkdir gitian
-  $ cp ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-downloader/*.pgp ./gitian/
-  $ for file in `ls ../gitian.sigs/$VERSION/`; do
-  $   cp ../gitian.sigs/$VERSION/$file/bitcoin-build.assert ./gitian/$file-build.assert
-  $   cp ../gitian.sigs/$VERSION/$file/bitcoin-build.assert.sig ./gitian/$file-build.assert.sig
-  $ done
-  $ zip bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian.zip *
-  $ cp bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian.zip ../
+   export VERSION=0.5.0
+   mkdir bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian; cd bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian
+   unzip ../bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian.zip
+   mkdir gitian
+   cp ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-downloader/*.pgp ./gitian/
+   for file in `ls ../gitian.sigs/$VERSION/`; do
+     cp ../gitian.sigs/$VERSION/$file/bitcoin-build.assert ./gitian/$file-build.assert
+     cp ../gitian.sigs/$VERSION/$file/bitcoin-build.assert.sig ./gitian/$file-build.assert.sig
+   done
+   zip bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian.zip *
+   cp bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian.zip ../
+   cd ..
+   mkdir bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian; cd bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian
+   unzip ../bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian.zip
+   mkdir gitian
+   cp ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-downloader/*.pgp ./gitian/
+   for file in `ls ../gitian.sigs/$VERSION/`; do
+     cp ../gitian.sigs/$VERSION/$file/bitcoin-build.assert ./gitian/$file-build.assert
+     cp ../gitian.sigs/$VERSION/$file/bitcoin-build.assert.sig ./gitian/$file-build.assert.sig
+   done
+   zip bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian.zip *
+   cp bitcoin-$VERSION-linux-gitian.zip ../
 
   * Upload gitian zips to SourceForge