diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 512f4a786..3d6bc0bfb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
   - Fix issue where starting a VM on some systems was incorrectly treated
     as failing. [GH-720]
 
+## 0.9.7 (February 9, 2012)
+
+  - Fix regression where all subprocess IO simply didn't work with
+    Windows. [GH-721]
+
 ## 0.9.6 (February 7, 2012)
 
   - Fix strange issue with inconsistent childprocess reads on JRuby. [GH-711]
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/util/subprocess.rb b/lib/vagrant/util/subprocess.rb
index 56eee94d0..70d591c12 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/util/subprocess.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/util/subprocess.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ module Vagrant
         # Make sure the stdin does not buffer
         process.io.stdin.sync = true
 
+        if RUBY_PLATFORM != "java"
+          # On Java, we have to close after. See down the method...
+          # Otherwise, we close the writers right here, since we're
+          # not on the writing side.
+          stdout_writer.close
+          stderr_writer.close
+        end
+
         # Create a dictionary to store all the output we see.
         io_data = { :stdout => "", :stderr => "" }
 
@@ -136,11 +144,12 @@ module Vagrant
           yield io_name, extra_data if block_given?
         end
 
-        # Close the writer pipes. Note that we do this so late (after the process
-        # has quit) to work around an issue with childprocess and JRuby. It is
-        # bizarre but it works.
-        stdout_writer.close
-        stderr_writer.close
+        if RUBY_PLATFORM == "java"
+          # On JRuby, we need to close the writers after the process,
+          # for some reason. See GH-711.
+          stdout_writer.close
+          stderr_writer.close
+        end
 
         # Return an exit status container
         return Result.new(process.exit_code, io_data[:stdout], io_data[:stderr])