diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b46b793..6af1ef5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+__THIS PROJECT IS NO LONGER MAINTAINED. Please seek other alternatives.__
+
+* the project cannot be updated on npm due to camelCased title
+* i no longer do Windows
+* both iojs and node.js v0.12 have execSync function
+* older node users can try sync-exec from npm (suggested by one of the commentors)
+
 # execSync
 
 Executes shell commands synchronously.
@@ -8,10 +15,18 @@ production servers.
 ## Install
 
 __Windows__ requires Python and Visual Studio 2012 (Express) installed for
-node to build. See [node-gyp installation](https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-gyp#installation)
+node to build. See [node-gyp installation](https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-gyp#installation).
+Pre-built binaries for node v0.8 and node v0.10 are packaged. They should work and if not try manually
+building.
 
     npm install execSync
 
+Sometimes a manual build is necessary on Windows even with all the tools in place, replace Visual Studio version
+with '2010' or '2012' based on the version installed.
+
+    npm install node-gyp -g
+    node-gyp rebuild --msvs_version=2012
+
 ## Usage
 
 Require it
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 60384a0..57c0d4b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -8,13 +8,24 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 var isWindows = require('os').platform().indexOf('win') === 0;
 
 var shell;
-if (isWindows && !fs.existsSync(__dirname + '/build/Release/shell.node')) {
-  try {
-    shell = require('./win32/shell');
-  } catch (err) {
-    throw new Error('execSync incompatible with installed nodejs');
+if (isWindows) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(__dirname + '/build/Release/shell.node')) {
+    var nodeVersion = process.version;
+    var shellLib = 'v0.8/shell';
+    if (nodeVersion.indexOf('v0.10') === 0)
+      shellLib = 'v0.10/shell';
+
+    try {
+      //! Loading an add-on built for another version of nodeJs may
+      //! cause seg faults. Windows + open source is not always pleasant
+      shell = require('./win32/' + shellLib);
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error(err);
+      throw new Error('execSync incompatible with installed nodejs');
+    }
   }
-} 
+}
+
 if (!shell) {
   shell = require('./build/Release/shell');
 }
@@ -25,7 +36,7 @@ if (!shell) {
 function run(cmd) {
   try {
     if (isWindows)
-	  cmd = 'cmd /C ' + cmd;
+      cmd = 'cmd /C ' + cmd;
     var code = shell.exec(cmd);
     return code;
   } catch (err) {
diff --git a/install.js b/install.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d78a5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+var fs = require('fs');
+var version = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/package.json', 'utf8')).version;
+var verbose = process.env['npm_package_config_verbose'] != null ? process.env['npm_package_config_verbose'] === 'true' : false;
+
+console.log('[execsync v%s] Attempting to compile native extensions.', version);
+
+var gyp = spawn('node-gyp', ['rebuild'], {cwd: __dirname});
+gyp.stdout.on('data', function(data) {
+  if (verbose) process.stdout.write(data);
+});
+gyp.stderr.on('data', function(data) {
+  if (verbose) process.stdout.write(data);
+});
+gyp.on('error', function(err) {
+  console.error(err);
+});
+gyp.on('close', function(code) {
+    if (code !== 0) {
+        console.log("[execSync v%s]", version);
+        console.log('    Native code compile failed!!');
+        if (require('os').platform().indexOf('win') === 0) {
+          console.log('    Will try to use win32 extension.');
+      }
+    } else {
+        console.log('[execSync v%s] Native extension compilation successful!', version);
+    }
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6ae1756..a189a5d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Mario Gutierrez <mario@mgutz.com>",
   "name": "execSync",
   "description": "Node's missing execSync.",
-  "version": "1.0.1-pre",
+  "version": "1.0.4",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "temp": "~0.5.1"
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {},
   "engines": {
-    "node": "*"
+    "node": "<0.11"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "mocha test"
+    "test": "mocha test/unixSpec",
+    "install": "node install.js"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/mgutz/execSync.git"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/unixSpec.js b/test/unixSpec.js
index 49ee9df..e2ae045 100644
--- a/test/unixSpec.js
+++ b/test/unixSpec.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ describe('execSync', function() {
 
   it ('should perform git operations', function() {
     run('rm -rf tmp');
-    run('mkdir -p tmp');
     run('git clone git://github.com/mgutz/execSync tmp');
     run('cd tmp');
     run('git pull origin master')
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ describe('execSync', function() {
     assert.equal(result.code, 0);
   });
 
-  it ('should execute and get everything', function() {
+  it ('should capture stdout, stderr and exit code', function() {
     var result = sh.exec('echo my_bad 1>&2; echo foo; echo your_bad 1>&2; exit 42');
     assert.equal(result.stdout, 'my_bad\nfoo\nyour_bad\n');
     assert.equal(result.code, 42);
diff --git a/win32/v0.10/shell.node b/win32/v0.10/shell.node
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f715c96
Binary files /dev/null and b/win32/v0.10/shell.node differ
diff --git a/win32/shell.node b/win32/v0.8/shell.node
similarity index 100%
rename from win32/shell.node
rename to win32/v0.8/shell.node