diff --git a/webserver/plugin.jelly b/webserver/plugin.jelly
index c166bacc..dcf07d73 100644
--- a/webserver/plugin.jelly
+++ b/webserver/plugin.jelly
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <!-- S U P P O R T E D  W E B S E R V E R S                           -->
   <!--==================================================================-->
-  <j:import inherit="true" uri="file:${plugin.resources}/apache-2.x.jelly" />
+  <j:import inherit="true" uri="apache-2.x.jelly" />
 
   <!--==================================================================-->
   <!-- B E G I N  C O R E  P R O C E S S I N G                          -->
@@ -17,15 +17,28 @@
   <goal name="webserver:init"
     description="Initialize resources needed for the plugin">
 
+    <!-- a flag to see if the webserver is started -->
     <ant:condition property="maven.webserver.started">
       <ant:http url="${maven.webserver.url}" />
     </ant:condition>
 
+    <!-- a flag to see if the webserver is installed -->
     <ant:available property="maven.webserver.installed"
-      file="${maven.webserver.dir}" type="dir" />
+      file="${maven.webserver.root}" type="dir" />
 
+    <!-- convert all path related properties to their os equivalent -->
+    <ant:property name="maven.webserver.home.path"
+      location="${maven.webserver.home}" />
+    <ant:property name="maven.webserver.conf.dir.path"
+      location="${maven.webserver.conf.dir}" />
+    <ant:property name="maven.webserver.root.path"
+      location="${maven.webserver.root}" />
+    <ant:property name="maven.webserver.dir.path"
+      location="${maven.webserver.dir}" />
+
+    <!-- create the filterset to be available to copy tasks that want it -->
     <ant:filterset id="maven.webserver.filterset.default">
-      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.home" value="${maven.webserver.home}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.home" value="${maven.webserver.home.path}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.name" value="${maven.webserver.name}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.version" value="${maven.webserver.version}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.port.http" value="${maven.webserver.port.http}" />
@@ -33,10 +46,10 @@
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.port.one" value="${maven.webserver.port.one}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.port.two" value="${maven.webserver.port.two}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.port.three" value="${maven.webserver.port.three}" />
-      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.conf.dir" value="${maven.webserver.conf.dir}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.conf.dir" value="${maven.webserver.conf.dir.path}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.host" value="${maven.webserver.host}" />
-      <!-- FIXME - should be moved to a webapp plugin -->
-      <ant:filter token="maven.webapp.dir" value="${maven.webapp.dir}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.dir" value="${maven.webserver.dir.path}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.root" value="${maven.webserver.root.path}" />
     </ant:filterset>
 
     <ant:filterset id="maven.webserver.filterset">
@@ -57,8 +70,7 @@
       </j:choose>
     </j:set>
 
-    <log:info trim="false">
-Maven has determined your <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}"/> webserver instance is <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.installed.msg}"/> in directory [ <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.dir}"/> ] and <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.started.msg}"/> on <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.url}"/>
+    <log:info trim="false">Maven has determined your <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}"/> webserver instance is <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.installed.msg}"/> in directory [ <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.dir}"/> ] and <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.started.msg}"/> on <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.url}"/>
     </log:info>
 
   </goal>
@@ -123,9 +135,10 @@ Maven has determined your <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}"/> webserve
 
     <!-- must install before starting -->
     <j:if test="${!maven.webserver.installed}">
-      <log:info>
-        Installing the <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}"/>
-        webserver instance before starting it..."/>
+      <log:info trim="false">
+
+Installing the <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}" /> webserver instance before starting it ...
+
       </log:info>
       <attainGoal name="webserver:install" />
     </j:if>
@@ -136,7 +149,7 @@ Maven has determined your <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}"/> webserve
           <attainGoal name="webserver:stop" />
           <log:info>
           Restarting the <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}"/>
-          webserver instance ..."/>
+          webserver instance ...
           </log:info>
           <attainGoal name="webserver:restart" />
         </attain>
@@ -144,7 +157,7 @@ Maven has determined your <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}"/> webserve
       <j:when test="${!maven.webserver.installed}">
         <log:info>
           Installing the <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}"/>
-          webserver instance before starting it ..."/>
+          webserver instance before starting it ...
         </log:info>
         <attainGoal name="webserver:install" />
         <attainGoal name="webserver:start-${maven.webserver.fullname}"/>
@@ -161,7 +174,7 @@ Maven has determined your <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}"/> webserve
   <goal name="webserver:restart"
     prereqs="webserver:init,webserver:restart-${maven.webserver.fullname}"
     description="Restart the web server instance">
-    <!-- <attainGoal name="start-${maven.webserver.fullname}" />-->
+    <!-- <attainGoal name="start-${maven.webserver.fullname}" /> -->
   </goal>
 
   <!--==================================================================-->
@@ -198,27 +211,32 @@ Maven has determined your <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}"/> webserve
 
     <j:if test="${maven.webserver.started}">
       <log:info>
-        Stopping the <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}"/>
-        webserver instance before deleting it..."/>
+        Stopping the <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}" />
+        webserver instance before deleting it...
       </log:info>
       <attainGoal name="webserver:stop" />
     </j:if>
 
     <j:if test="${maven.webserver.installed}">
       <log:info>
-        Deleting the <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}"/>
-        webserver instance ..."/>
+        Deleting the <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}" />
+        webserver instance ...
       </log:info>
+
+      <!-- allow webservers to have their own cleanup -->
+      <attainGoal name="webserver:clean-${maven.webserver.fullname}" />
+      <!-- by default cleanup the server dir -->
       <ant:delete dir="${maven.webserver.dir}"/>
+
     </j:if>
 
     <j:if test="${!maven.webserver.installed}">
       <log:info>
         The <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}"/>
-        webserver instance is already cleaned!"/>
+        webserver instance is already cleaned!
       </log:info>
     </j:if>
 
   </goal>
 
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webserver/plugin.properties b/webserver/plugin.properties
index a0ac2aa0..cb5f242b 100644
--- a/webserver/plugin.properties
+++ b/webserver/plugin.properties
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ maven.webserver.host=localhost
 maven.webserver.url=http://${maven.webserver.host}:${maven.webserver.port.http}/index.html
 
 #
-# The directory out of which you will server your documents
-# FIXME: Let's make a webapp plugin and put this property there
+# The root directory out of which you will server will serve your documents
 #
-maven.webapp.dir=${maven.webserver.dir}/webapps/ROOT
+maven.webserver.root=${maven.webserver.dir}/webapps/ROOT
+
diff --git a/webserver/src/plugin-resources/apache-2.x.jelly b/webserver/src/plugin-resources/apache-2.x.jelly
index 62f7bd6e..7aff240a 100644
--- a/webserver/src/plugin-resources/apache-2.x.jelly
+++ b/webserver/src/plugin-resources/apache-2.x.jelly
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 
     <!-- Check if user has http.conf in a conf dir -->
     <ant:available file="${maven.webserver.conf.dir}/conf/httpd.conf"
-      type="file"  property="maven.webserver.apache2x.has.conf"
-      value="true" />
+      type="file" property="maven.webserver.apache2x.has.conf" value="true" />
 
     <ant:fail unless="maven.webserver.apache2x.has.conf">
 To use this webserver, you must have a project specific
@@ -17,15 +16,27 @@ configuration file at the following location:
 ${maven.webserver.conf.dir}/conf/httpd.conf
     </ant:fail>
 
+    <ant:property name="maven.webserver.apache.executable"
+      location="${maven.webserver.home}/bin/apache" />
+
+    <ant:property name="maven.webserver.apache.httpd.conf"
+      location="${maven.webserver.dir}/conf/httpd.conf" />
+
+    <j:set var="osName" value="${context.getVariable('os.name')}" />
+
+    <!-- TODO - only run this for Windows NT/2000/XP -->
+    <j:set var="maven.webserver.apache2x.service.name"
+      value="${context.getVariable('user.name')}-maven-webserver-${pom.getId()}" />
+
   </goal>
 
-  <goal name="webserver:install-apache-2.x"
-    prereqs="webserver:apache-2.x-reqs"
-    description="Install user files into apache installation">
+  <goal name="webserver:install-apache-2.x" prereqs="webserver:apache-2.x-reqs"
+    description="Install Apache 2.x">
 
     <!-- Create common directories and copy configuration files -->
     <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.webserver.dir}/logs"/>
     <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.webserver.dir}/conf"/>
+    <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.webserver.root}"/>
 
     <!-- copy any user configuration files w/ filtering by forcing copy -->
     <!-- expecting at least a httpd.conf -->
@@ -35,26 +46,185 @@ ${maven.webserver.conf.dir}/conf/httpd.conf
       <ant:filterset refid="maven.webserver.filterset" />
     </ant:copy>
 
+    <!-- try to install the service for this project on Windows NT/2000/XP -->
+    <ant:exec executable="${maven.webserver.home}\bin\apache.exe"
+      os="Windows 2000">
+      <ant:arg value="-d" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.root}" />
+      <ant:arg value="-f" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.dir}\conf\httpd.conf" />
+      <ant:arg line="-k install" />
+      <ant:arg line="-n ${maven.webserver.apache2x.service.name}" />
+    </ant:exec>
+
+    <ant:exec executable="${maven.webserver.home}\bin\apache.exe"
+      os="Windows NT">
+      <ant:arg value="-d" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.root}" />
+      <ant:arg value="-f" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.dir}\conf\httpd.conf" />
+      <ant:arg line="-k install" />
+      <ant:arg line="-n ${maven.webserver.apache2x.service.name}" />
+    </ant:exec>
+
+    <ant:exec executable="${maven.webserver.home}\bin\apache.exe"
+      os="Windows XP">
+      <ant:arg value="-d" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.root}" />
+      <ant:arg value="-f" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.dir}\conf\httpd.conf" />
+      <ant:arg line="-k install" />
+      <ant:arg line="-n ${maven.webserver.apache2x.service.name}" />
+    </ant:exec>
+
+    <!-- TBD - should I install a helper script for each install??? -->
+    <!-- <ant:copy file="${plugin.dir}/apache-2.x.bat"
+      tofile="${maven.webserver.dir}/apache.bat" overwrite="true">
+      <ant:filterset refid="maven.webserver.filterset.default" />
+      <ant:filterset refid="maven.webserver.filterset" />
+    </ant:copy> -->
+
   </goal>
 
-  <goal name="webserver:start-apache-2.x"
-    description="Start Apache">
-    <log:warn>
-      Not implemented yet!
-    </log:warn>
+  <goal name="webserver:start-apache-2.x" description="Start Apache 2.x"
+    prereqs="webserver:apache-2.x-reqs" >
+
+    <ant:exec executable="${maven.webserver.home}\bin\apache.exe"
+      os="Windows 2000">
+      <ant:arg value="-d" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.root}" />
+      <ant:arg value="-f" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.dir}\conf\httpd.conf" />
+      <ant:arg line="-k start" />
+      <ant:arg line="-n ${maven.webserver.apache2x.service.name}" />
+    </ant:exec>
+
+    <ant:exec executable="${maven.webserver.home}\bin\apache.exe"
+      os="Windows NT">
+      <ant:arg value="-d" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.root}" />
+      <ant:arg value="-f" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.dir}\conf\httpd.conf" />
+      <ant:arg line="-k start" />
+      <ant:arg line="-n ${maven.webserver.apache2x.service.name}" />
+    </ant:exec>
+
+    <ant:exec executable="${maven.webserver.home}\bin\apache.exe"
+      os="Windows XP">
+      <ant:arg value="-d" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.root}" />
+      <ant:arg value="-f" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.dir}\conf\httpd.conf" />
+      <ant:arg line="-k start" />
+      <ant:arg line="-n ${maven.webserver.apache2x.service.name}" />
+    </ant:exec>
+
   </goal>
 
-  <goal name="webserver:restart-apache-2.x"
-    description="Restart Apache">
-    <log:warn>
-      Not implemented yet!
-    </log:warn>
+  <goal name="webserver:restart-apache-2.x" description="Restart Apache 2.x"
+    prereqs="webserver:apache-2.x-reqs" >
+
+    <ant:exec executable="${maven.webserver.home}\bin\apache.exe"
+      os="Windows 2000">
+      <ant:arg value="-d" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.root}" />
+      <ant:arg value="-f" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.dir}\conf\httpd.conf" />
+      <ant:arg line="-k restart" />
+      <ant:arg line="-n ${maven.webserver.apache2x.service.name}" />
+    </ant:exec>
+
+    <ant:exec executable="${maven.webserver.home}\bin\apache.exe"
+      os="Windows NT">
+      <ant:arg value="-d" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.root}" />
+      <ant:arg value="-f" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.dir}\conf\httpd.conf" />
+      <ant:arg line="-k restart" />
+      <ant:arg line="-n ${maven.webserver.apache2x.service.name}" />
+    </ant:exec>
+
+    <ant:exec executable="${maven.webserver.home}\bin\apache.exe"
+      os="Windows XP">
+      <ant:arg value="-d" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.root}" />
+      <ant:arg value="-f" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.dir}\conf\httpd.conf" />
+      <ant:arg line="-k restart" />
+      <ant:arg line="-n ${maven.webserver.apache2x.service.name}" />
+    </ant:exec>
+
   </goal>
 
-  <goal name="webserver:stop-apache-2.x" description="Stop Apache">
-    <log:warn>
-      Not implemented yet!
-    </log:warn>
+  <goal name="webserver:stop-apache-2.x" description="Stop Apache 2.x"
+    prereqs="webserver:apache-2.x-reqs" >
+
+    <ant:exec executable="${maven.webserver.home}\bin\apache.exe"
+      os="Windows 2000">
+      <ant:arg value="-d" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.root}" />
+      <ant:arg value="-f" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.dir}\conf\httpd.conf" />
+      <ant:arg line="-k stop" />
+      <ant:arg line="-n ${maven.webserver.apache2x.service.name}" />
+    </ant:exec>
+
+    <ant:exec executable="${maven.webserver.home}\bin\apache.exe"
+      os="Windows NT">
+      <ant:arg value="-d" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.root}" />
+      <ant:arg value="-f" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.dir}\conf\httpd.conf" />
+      <ant:arg line="-k stop" />
+      <ant:arg line="-n ${maven.webserver.apache2x.service.name}" />
+    </ant:exec>
+
+    <ant:exec executable="${maven.webserver.home}\bin\apache.exe"
+      os="Windows XP">
+      <ant:arg value="-d" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.root}" />
+      <ant:arg value="-f" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.dir}\conf\httpd.conf" />
+      <ant:arg line="-k stop" />
+      <ant:arg line="-n ${maven.webserver.apache2x.service.name}" />
+    </ant:exec>
+
   </goal>
 
-  </project>
+  <goal name="webserver:clean-apache-2.x" description="Clean Apache 2.x"
+    prereqs="webserver:apache-2.x-reqs" >
+
+    <!-- to clean up on windows uninstall the service -->
+    <ant:exec executable="${maven.webserver.home}\bin\apache.exe"
+      os="Windows 2000">
+      <ant:arg value="-d" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.root}" />
+      <ant:arg value="-f" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.dir}\conf\httpd.conf" />
+      <ant:arg line="-k uninstall" />
+      <ant:arg line="-n ${maven.webserver.apache2x.service.name}" />
+    </ant:exec>
+
+    <ant:exec executable="${maven.webserver.home}\bin\apache.exe"
+      os="Windows NT">
+      <ant:arg value="-d" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.root}" />
+      <ant:arg value="-f" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.dir}\conf\httpd.conf" />
+      <ant:arg line="-k uninstall" />
+      <ant:arg line="-n ${maven.webserver.apache2x.service.name}" />
+    </ant:exec>
+
+    <ant:exec executable="${maven.webserver.home}\bin\apache.exe"
+      os="Windows XP">
+      <ant:arg value="-d" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.root}" />
+      <ant:arg value="-f" />
+      <ant:arg line="${maven.webserver.dir}\conf\httpd.conf" />
+      <ant:arg line="-k uninstall" />
+      <ant:arg line="-n ${maven.webserver.apache2x.service.name}" />
+    </ant:exec>
+
+  </goal>
+
+</project>