diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5d88b08..29325f7 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 + Version 0.11 (??)
 
-  - Fixed some problems with running tests 
+  - Fixed some problems with running tests
+  - Issue #2: made all examples run (and test/run_examples_test.py pass)
+    on Windows.
 
 + Version 0.10 - Initial public release (06.01.2012)
 
diff --git a/examples/dwarf_die_tree.py b/examples/dwarf_die_tree.py
index 769adcf..9650f30 100644
--- a/examples/dwarf_die_tree.py
+++ b/examples/dwarf_die_tree.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 def process_file(filename):
     print('Processing file:', filename)
-    with open(filename) as f:
+    with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
         elffile = ELFFile(f)
 
         if not elffile.has_dwarf_info():
diff --git a/examples/dwarf_location_lists.py b/examples/dwarf_location_lists.py
index a9f22bb..3ac989c 100644
--- a/examples/dwarf_location_lists.py
+++ b/examples/dwarf_location_lists.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 def process_file(filename):
     print('Processing file:', filename)
-    with open(filename) as f:
+    with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
         elffile = ELFFile(f)
 
         if not elffile.has_dwarf_info():
diff --git a/examples/dwarf_range_lists.py b/examples/dwarf_range_lists.py
index 397c162..48a0cbb 100644
--- a/examples/dwarf_range_lists.py
+++ b/examples/dwarf_range_lists.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 def process_file(filename):
     print('Processing file:', filename)
-    with open(filename) as f:
+    with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
         elffile = ELFFile(f)
 
         if not elffile.has_dwarf_info():
diff --git a/examples/elf_low_high_api.py b/examples/elf_low_high_api.py
index 97e4dc4..a4fb2ca 100644
--- a/examples/elf_low_high_api.py
+++ b/examples/elf_low_high_api.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 def process_file(filename):
     print('Processing file:', filename)
-    with open(filename) as f:
+    with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
         section_info_lowlevel(f)
         f.seek(0)
         section_info_highlevel(f)
diff --git a/examples/elf_relocations.py b/examples/elf_relocations.py
index 53bbac4..c8405ad 100644
--- a/examples/elf_relocations.py
+++ b/examples/elf_relocations.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 def process_file(filename):
     print('Processing file:', filename)
-    with open(filename) as f:
+    with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
         elffile = ELFFile(f)
 
         # Read the .rela.dyn section from the file, by explicitly asking
diff --git a/examples/elf_show_debug_sections.py b/examples/elf_show_debug_sections.py
index 3b2c806..a7e0d22 100644
--- a/examples/elf_show_debug_sections.py
+++ b/examples/elf_show_debug_sections.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 def process_file(filename):
     print('In file:', filename)
-    with open(filename) as f:
+    with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
         elffile = ELFFile(f)
 
         for section in elffile.iter_sections():
diff --git a/examples/elfclass_address_size.py b/examples/elfclass_address_size.py
index 39c1fbc..d6b19d3 100644
--- a/examples/elfclass_address_size.py
+++ b/examples/elfclass_address_size.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 
 def process_file(filename):
-    with open(filename) as f:
+    with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
         elffile = ELFFile(f)
         # elfclass is a public attribute of ELFFile, read from its header
         print('%s: elfclass is %s' % (filename, elffile.elfclass))
diff --git a/examples/examine_dwarf_info.py b/examples/examine_dwarf_info.py
index 6064412..6be47b9 100644
--- a/examples/examine_dwarf_info.py
+++ b/examples/examine_dwarf_info.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 def process_file(filename):
     print('Processing file:', filename)
-    with open(filename) as f:
+    with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
         elffile = ELFFile(f)
 
         if not elffile.has_dwarf_info():
diff --git a/test/run_examples_test.py b/test/run_examples_test.py
index 4a73b99..06e8585 100755
--- a/test/run_examples_test.py
+++ b/test/run_examples_test.py
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
         testlog.info('.......ERROR - example returned error code %s' % rc)
         return False
     
-    if example_out == ref_str:
+    # Comparison is done as lists of lines, to avoid EOL problems
+    if example_out.split() == ref_str.split():
         return True
     else:
         testlog.info('.......FAIL comparison')