diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b6bea8109..3ef061396 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-05-06 Holger Vogt
+ * src/frontend/outitf.c: suppress printing of "Reference value" into log-file
+   under Windows 
+
 2008-05-03 Dietmar Warning
  * src/include/ngspice.h, src/main.c: srandom has a macro in ngspice.h as a 
    central place - should be sufficient also under windows
diff --git a/src/frontend/outitf.c b/src/frontend/outitf.c
index 707604291..22cc00647 100644
--- a/src/frontend/outitf.c
+++ b/src/frontend/outitf.c
@@ -448,23 +448,26 @@ OUTpData(void *plotPtr, IFvalue *refValue, IFvalue *valuePtr)
 /*  While we're looking at the reference value, print it to the screen
       every quarter of a second, to give some feedback without using
       too much CPU time  */
-
+#ifndef HAS_WINDOWS
             currclock = clock();
             if ((currclock-lastclock)>(0.25*CLOCKS_PER_SEC)) {
             	fprintf(stderr, " Reference value : % 12.5e\r",
                             refValue->cValue.real);
               lastclock = currclock;
             }
+#endif            
          } else {
 
 /*  And the same for a non-complex value  */
 
             fileAddRealValue(run->fp, run->binary, refValue->rValue);
+#ifndef HAS_WINDOWS            
             currclock = clock();
             if ((currclock-lastclock)>(0.25*CLOCKS_PER_SEC)) {
             	fprintf(stderr, " Reference value : % 12.5e\r", refValue->rValue);
               lastclock = currclock;
             }
+#endif            
         }
     }
         for (i = 0; i < run->numData; i++) {