diff -r dbcb11553a3b -r 79d7aa832cf4 tests/killdaemons.py
--- a/tests/killdaemons.py	Sun Aug 19 16:41:09 2012 +0200
+++ b/tests/killdaemons.py	Sun Aug 19 18:06:15 2012 +0200
@@ -2,6 +2,34 @@
 
 import os, time, errno, signal
 
+if os.name =='nt':
+    import ctypes
+    def kill(pid, logfn, tryhard=True):
+        logfn('# Killing daemon process %d' % pid)
+        PROCESS_TERMINATE = 1
+        handle = ctypes.windll.kernel32.OpenProcess(
+                PROCESS_TERMINATE, False, pid)
+        ctypes.windll.kernel32.TerminateProcess(handle, -1)
+        ctypes.windll.kernel32.CloseHandle(handle)
+else:
+    def kill(pid, logfn, tryhard=True):
+        try:
+            os.kill(pid, 0)
+            logfn('# Killing daemon process %d' % pid)
+            os.kill(pid, signal.SIGTERM)
+            if tryhard:
+                for i in range(10):
+                    time.sleep(0.05)
+                    os.kill(pid, 0)
+            else:
+                time.sleep(0.1)
+                os.kill(pid, 0)
+            logfn('# Daemon process %d is stuck - really killing it' % pid)
+            os.kill(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
+        except OSError, err:
+            if err.errno != errno.ESRCH:
+                raise
+
 def killdaemons(pidfile, tryhard=True, remove=False, logfn=None):
     if not logfn:
         logfn = lambda s: s
@@ -13,22 +41,7 @@
                 pid = int(line)
             except ValueError:
                 continue
-            try:
-                os.kill(pid, 0)
-                logfn('# Killing daemon process %d' % pid)
-                os.kill(pid, signal.SIGTERM)
-                if tryhard:
-                    for i in range(10):
-                        time.sleep(0.05)
-                        os.kill(pid, 0)
-                else:
-                    time.sleep(0.1)
-                    os.kill(pid, 0)
-                logfn('# Daemon process %d is stuck - really killing it' % pid)
-                os.kill(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
-            except OSError, err:
-                if err.errno != errno.ESRCH:
-                    raise
+            kill(pid, logfn, tryhard)
         fp.close()
         if remove:
             os.unlink(pidfile)