diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index b0f219a961..7eebae5367 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -8580,3 +8580,10 @@ David  19 Dec 2003
 		res/
 			iconerror.ico (new)
 			iconinfo.ico (new)
+
+Karl 2003-12-19
+    - undid #ifndef for base64.  Renamed to r_base64.
+
+    lib/
+        parse.h
+        base64.C
diff --git a/lib/base64.C b/lib/base64.C
index 213abd57cd..bc04b6dab7 100644
--- a/lib/base64.C
+++ b/lib/base64.C
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static short base64_char_to_value[128] =
    The octets are divided into 6 bit chunks, which are then encoded into
    base64 characters.  */
 
-string base64_encode (const char* from, size_t length) throw(InvalidBase64Exception)
+string r_base64_encode (const char* from, size_t length) throw(InvalidBase64Exception)
 {
     string result;
     result.reserve(length + length/3 + 1);
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ string base64_encode (const char* from, size_t length) throw(InvalidBase64Except
     }                                                             \
     while (IS_BASE64_IGNORABLE (c))
 
-string base64_decode (const char* from, size_t length) throw(InvalidBase64Exception)
+string r_base64_decode (const char* from, size_t length) throw(InvalidBase64Exception)
 {
     size_t i = 0;
     string result;
diff --git a/lib/parse.h b/lib/parse.h
index 245e4ae735..499e08534d 100644
--- a/lib/parse.h
+++ b/lib/parse.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ extern void replace_element(char* buf, char* start, char* end, char* replacement
 extern char* sgets(char* buf, int len, char* &in);
 extern bool extract_xml_record(const std::string &field, const char *tag, std::string &record);
 
-#ifndef _WIN32
 class InvalidBase64Exception
 {
 };
@@ -53,4 +52,3 @@ inline string base64_decode (string const& from) throw(InvalidBase64Exception)
 {
     return base64_decode(from.c_str(), from.length());
 }
-#endif