diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6c19ace27..cedb9617a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
   - Enumerate VMs in a multi-VM environment in order they were defined. [GH-244]
   - Check for VM boot changed to use `timeout` library, which works better with Windows.
   - Show special error if VirtualBox not detected on 64-bit Windows.
+  - Show error to Windows users attempting to use host only networking since
+    it doesn't work yet.
 
 ## 0.6.8 (November 30, 2010)
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/vm/network.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/vm/network.rb
index 0236b8535..c12bb5f15 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/vm/network.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/vm/network.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ module Vagrant
           @app = app
           @env = env
 
+          if enable_network? && Util::Platform.windows?
+            raise Errors::NetworkNotImplemented
+          end
+
           env["config"].vm.network_options.compact.each do |network_options|
             raise Errors::NetworkCollision.new if !verify_no_bridge_collision(network_options)
           end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/errors.rb b/lib/vagrant/errors.rb
index cf1447ef0..08f537495 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/errors.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/errors.rb
@@ -183,6 +183,13 @@ module Vagrant
       error_key(:not_found, "vagrant.actions.vm.network")
     end
 
+    # Note: This is a temporary error for Windows users while host-only
+    # networking doesn't quite work.
+    class NetworkNotImplemented < VagrantError
+      status_code(49)
+      error_key(:windows_not_implemented, "vagrant.actions.vm.network")
+    end
+
     class NFSHostRequired < VagrantError
       status_code(31)
       error_key(:host_required, "vagrant.actions.vm.nfs")
diff --git a/templates/locales/en.yml b/templates/locales/en.yml
index 21280996a..485d450a9 100644
--- a/templates/locales/en.yml
+++ b/templates/locales/en.yml
@@ -304,14 +304,19 @@ en:
             This will cause your specified IP to be inaccessible. Please change
             the IP or name of your host only network to not match that of
             a bridged or non-hostonly network.
-          creating: Creating new host only network for environment...
-          enabling: Enabling host only network...
+          creating: "Creating new host only network for environment..."
+          enabling: "Enabling host only network..."
           not_found: |-
             The specified host network could not be found: '%{name}.'
             If the name specification is removed, Vagrant will create a new
             host only network for you. Alternatively, please create the
             specified network manually.
-          preparing: Preparing host only network...
+          preparing: "Preparing host only network..."
+          windows_not_implemented: |-
+            Host only networking is currently broken on Windows due to a bug
+            in jruby-win32ole. When the bug is fixed, a patch release for Vagrant
+            will be released to remove this error. Until then, please just use
+            forwarded ports.
         nfs:
           host_required: |-
             A host class is required for NFS shared folders. By default, these
diff --git a/test/vagrant/action/vm/network_test.rb b/test/vagrant/action/vm/network_test.rb
index 924d50b02..33626d3ab 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/action/vm/network_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/action/vm/network_test.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,24 @@ class NetworkVMActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   context "initializing" do
+    should "raise an error if on windows and networking is enabled" do
+      Vagrant::Util::Platform.stubs(:windows?).returns(true)
+      @env.env.config.vm.network("foo")
+
+      assert_raises(Vagrant::Errors::NetworkNotImplemented) {
+        @klass.new(@app, @env)
+      }
+    end
+
+    should "not raise an error if not on windows and networking is enabled" do
+      Vagrant::Util::Platform.stubs(:windows?).returns(false)
+      @env.env.config.vm.network("foo")
+
+      assert_nothing_raised {
+        @klass.new(@app, @env)
+      }
+    end
+
     should "verify no bridge collisions for each network enabled" do
       @env.env.config.vm.network("foo")
       @klass.any_instance.expects(:verify_no_bridge_collision).returns(true).once.with() do |options|