diff --git a/host/README.md b/host/README.md
index 2b9363c7..5efd28f6 100644
--- a/host/README.md
+++ b/host/README.md
@@ -4,34 +4,34 @@ produce a low cost, open source software radio platform.
 ##How to build the host software on Linux:
 
 ###Prerequisites for Linux (Debian/Ubuntu):
-
 `sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake libusb-1.0-0-dev pkg-config libfftw3-dev`
 
 ###Build host software on Linux:
+```
+mkdir host/build
+cd host/build
+cmake ..
+make
+sudo make install
+sudo ldconfig
+```
 
-`cd host`
+By defualt this will attempt to install a udev rule to '/etc/udev/rules.d` to
+provide the `usb` or `plugdev` group access to HackRF. If your setup requires
+the udev rule to be installed elsewhere you can modify the path with
+`-DUDEV_RULES_PATH=/path/to/udev`.
 
-`mkdir build`
-
-`cd build`
-
-`cmake ../ -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON`
-
-`make`
-
-`sudo make install`
-
-`sudo ldconfig`
+Note: The udev rule is not installed for by default for PyBOMBS installs as
+they do not ususally get installed with root privileges.
 
 ##Clean CMake temporary files/dirs:
-
-`cd host/build`
-
-`rm -rf *`
+```
+cd host/build
+rm -rf *
+```
 
 ##How to build host software on Windows:
-
-###Prerequisites for cygwin or mingw:
+###Prerequisites for cygwin, mingw, or Visual Studio:
 
 * cmake-2.8.12.1 or more see http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html
 * libusbx-1.0.18 or more see http://sourceforge.net/projects/libusbx/files/latest/download?source=files
@@ -43,56 +43,45 @@ produce a low cost, open source software radio platform.
  Ctrl C is not managed correctly and especially for hackrf_transfer the Ctrl C(abort) will not stop correctly and will corrupt the file.
 
 ###For Cygwin:
-
-`cd host`
-
-`mkdir build`
-
-`cd build`
-
-`cmake ../ -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_LEGACY_CYGWIN_WIN32=1 -DLIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/include/libusb-1.0/`
-
-`make`
-
-`make install`
-
+```
+mkdir host/build
+cd host/build
+cmake ../ -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_LEGACY_CYGWIN_WIN32=1 -DLIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/include/libusb-1.0/
+make
+make install
+```
 
 ###For MinGW:
+```
+mkdir host/build
+cd host/build
+cmake ../ -G "MSYS Makefiles" -DLIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/include/libusb-1.0/
+make
+make install
+```
 
-`cd host`
+###For Visual Studio 2015 x64
+```
+c:\hackrf\host\build> cmake ../ -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" \
+-DLIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIR=c:\libusb-1.0.18-win\include\libusb-1.0 \
+-DLIBUSB_LIBRARIES=c:\libusb-1.0.18-win\MS64\static\libusb-1.0.lib \
+-DTHREADS_PTHREADS_INCLUDE_DIR=c:\pthreads-w32-2-9-1-release\Pre-built.2\include \
+-DTHREADS_PTHREADS_WIN32_LIBRARY=c:\pthreads-w32-2-9-1-release\Pre-built.2\lib\x64\pthreadVC2.lib
+```
 
-`mkdir build`
-
-`cd build`
-
-Normal version:
-
-* 
-`cmake ../ -G "MSYS Makefiles" -DLIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/include/libusb-1.0/`
-
-Debug version:
-
-* 
-`cmake ../ -G "MSYS Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DLIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/include/libusb-1.0/`
-
-`make`
-
-`make install`
-
-###For Visual Studio 2012 x64
-`c:\hackrf\host\cmake>cmake ../ -G "Visual Studio 11 2012 Win64" -DLIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIR=c:\libusb-1.0.18-win\include\libusb-1.0 -DLIBUSB_LIBRARIES=c:\libusb-1.0.18-win\MS64\static\libusb-1.0.lib  -DTHREADS_PTHREADS_INCLUDE_DIR=c:\pthreads-w32-2-9-1-release\Pre-built.2\include -DTHREADS_PTHREADS_WIN32_LIBRARY=c:\pthreads-w32-2-9-1-release\Pre-built.2\lib\x64\pthreadVC2.lib`
-
-Solution file: `c:\hackrf\host\cmake\hackrf_all.sln`
+Cmake will produce a solution file named `hackrf_all.sln` and a series of
+project files which can be used with msbuild as follows:
+`c:\hackrf\host\build> msbuild ALL_BUILD.vcxproj`
 
 ##How to build host the software on FreeBSD
-
 You can use the binary package:
 `# pkg install hackrf`
 
 You can build and install from ports:
-`# cd /usr/ports/comms/hackrf`
-`# make install`
-
+```
+# cd /usr/ports/comms/hackrf
+# make install
+```
 
 principal author: Michael Ossmann <mike@ossmann.com>