diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 51e3f6f72c..dbb5854154 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -2410,3 +2410,9 @@ Bruce 27 Feb 2006
         user/
             hosts_user.php
 
+Rom    27 Feb 2006
+    - Bug Fix: Restore the encoding behavior back to 5.2 defaults until
+        we have a better solution in place.
+        
+    client/
+        http_curl.C
diff --git a/client/http_curl.C b/client/http_curl.C
index b4ad25133a..85b014d0f7 100644
--- a/client/http_curl.C
+++ b/client/http_curl.C
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ The checking this option controls is of the identity that the server claims. The
     curlErr = curl_easy_setopt(curlEasy, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 5L);
     curlErr = curl_easy_setopt(curlEasy, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, 1L);
     curlErr = curl_easy_setopt(curlEasy, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
-    curlErr = curl_easy_setopt(curlEasy, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "deflate");
+    //curlErr = curl_easy_setopt(curlEasy, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "deflate");
 
     // setup any proxy they may need
     setupProxyCurl();
diff --git a/win_build/installerv2/BOINC.ism b/win_build/installerv2/BOINC.ism
index 0494c47ae6..a624c4c510 100644
Binary files a/win_build/installerv2/BOINC.ism and b/win_build/installerv2/BOINC.ism differ