diff --git a/releng.control/localBuildExample/buildutilities.properties b/releng.control/localBuildExample/buildutilities.properties
index 5189048..20733ef 100644
--- a/releng.control/localBuildExample/buildutilities.properties
+++ b/releng.control/localBuildExample/buildutilities.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 
-#normalizeJarFiles=true
+# it is faster, for local builds to not do normalization. 
+# it is only needed when pack200 is required
+normalizeJarFiles=false
diff --git a/releng.control/localBuildExample/runbuild.properties b/releng.control/localBuildExample/runbuild.properties
index b2f2c50..2a0b70b 100644
--- a/releng.control/localBuildExample/runbuild.properties
+++ b/releng.control/localBuildExample/runbuild.properties
@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@
 
 
 # some standard ones for Sun
-J2SE-1.4="${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/rt.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/jsse.jar"
-J2SE-1.5="${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/rt.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/jsse.jar"
+J2SE-1.4=${env.JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/rt.jar:${env.JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/jsse.jar
+J2SE-1.5=${env.JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/rt.jar:${env.JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/jsse.jar
 ANT_OPTS=-Xms256m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=128M -XX:+UseParallelGC
 JAVADOC_ARGS=-J-Xms256m -J-Xmx1024m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=256m -J-XX:+UseParallelGC
 
+# need to use exe form for windows
+JAVADOC_COMMAND=${env.JAVA_5_HOME}/bin/javadoc
+
 # some standard ones for IBM's JRE
-#J2SE-1.4=${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/core.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/xml.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/graphics.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/server.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/ibmorbapi.jar:${JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/security.jar
-#J2SE-1.5=${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/core.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/vm.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/xml.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/graphics.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/server.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/ibmorbapi.jar:${JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/security.jar
+#J2SE-1.4=${env.JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/core.jar:${env.JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/xml.jar:${env.JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/graphics.jar:${env.JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/server.jar:${env.JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/ibmorbapi.jar:${env.JAVA_4_HOME}/jre/lib/security.jar
+#J2SE-1.5=${env.JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/core.jar:${env.JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/vm.jar:${env.JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/xml.jar:${env.JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/graphics.jar:${env.JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/server.jar:${env.JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/ibmorbapi.jar:${env.JAVA_5_HOME}/jre/lib/security.jar
 #ANT_OPTS="-Xms256m -Xmx1024m"
 #JAVADOC_ARGS="-J-Xms256m -J-Xmx1024m"