diff --git a/bindings/java/src/jni/win32/pdh.c b/bindings/java/src/jni/win32/pdh.c
index 97965d31..86bcdfac 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/jni/win32/pdh.c
+++ b/bindings/java/src/jni/win32/pdh.c
@@ -172,6 +172,34 @@ JNIEXPORT void SIGAR_JNI(win32_Pdh_pdhRemoveCounter)
     }
 }
 
+JNIEXPORT void SIGAR_JNI(win32_Pdh_pdhCollectQueryDataOverSecond) 
+(JNIEnv *env, jclass cur, jlong query)
+{
+   HQUERY                h_query        = (HQUERY)query;
+   PdhCollectQueryData(h_query);
+   Sleep(1000);
+   PdhCollectQueryData(h_query);
+}
+
+
+JNIEXPORT jdouble SIGAR_JNI(win32_Pdh_pdhGetFormattedValue)
+(JNIEnv *env, jclass cur, jlong counter)
+{
+    HCOUNTER              h_counter      = (HCOUNTER)counter;
+    PDH_STATUS            status;
+    PDH_FMT_COUNTERVALUE fmt_value; 
+    status = PdhGetFormattedCounterValue(h_counter,
+                                         PDH_FMT_DOUBLE,
+                                         (LPDWORD)NULL,
+                                         &fmt_value);
+    if (status != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+        win32_throw_exception(env, get_error_message(status));
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return fmt_value.doubleValue;
+}
+
 JNIEXPORT jdouble SIGAR_JNI(win32_Pdh_pdhGetValue)
 (JNIEnv *env, jclass cur, jlong query, jlong counter, jboolean fmt)
 {
@@ -353,6 +381,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jobjectArray SIGAR_JNI(win32_Pdh_pdhGetInstances)
     return array;
 }
 
+
 JNIEXPORT jobjectArray SIGAR_JNI(win32_Pdh_pdhGetKeys)
 (JNIEnv *env, jclass cur, jstring cp)
 {
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/win32/Pdh.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/win32/Pdh.java
index 36c97554..a584cd31 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/win32/Pdh.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/win32/Pdh.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ package org.hyperic.sigar.win32;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
@@ -353,6 +355,60 @@ public class Pdh extends Win32 {
         return pdhGetObjects();
     }
 
+	/**
+		sigar is compatible with java 1.4 (no generics there)
+	**/
+    public Map getFormattedValues(Collection paths) throws Win32Exception {
+        if (this.hostname != null) {
+            pdhConnectMachine(this.hostname);
+        }
+        Map res = new HashMap();
+
+	    Map counters = new HashMap();
+		/*
+		* no for each loop either
+		*/
+		Iterator pathsIt = paths.iterator();
+        while (pathsIt.hasNext()) {
+		    String path = (String)pathsIt.next();
+            try {			    
+                counters.put(path,  new Long(pdhAddCounter(this.query, translate(path))));
+            } catch ( Win32Exception ex) {
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (counters.size() > 0) {
+            try {
+                pdhCollectQueryDataOverSecond(this.query);
+				pathsIt = paths.iterator();
+                while (pathsIt.hasNext()) {
+                    try {
+					    String path = (String)pathsIt.next();
+                        Long c = (Long)counters.get(path);
+                        if (c != null) {
+                            double val = pdhGetFormattedValue(c.longValue());
+                            res.put(path, new Double(val));
+                        }
+                    } catch (Exception ex) {
+                    }
+                }
+            } finally {
+			   Iterator countersIt = counters.values().iterator();
+               while (countersIt.hasNext()) {
+                    try {
+					    Long counter = (Long)countersIt.next();
+                        pdhRemoveCounter(counter.longValue());
+                    } catch (Win32Exception ex) {
+                        
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+       return res;
+    }
+
+
     public static final native int validate(String path);
 
     private static final native void pdhConnectMachine(String host)
@@ -383,6 +439,13 @@ public class Pdh extends Win32 {
     private static final native int pdhLookupPerfIndex(String name)
         throws Win32Exception;
 
+    private static final native void pdhCollectQueryDataOverSecond(long query)
+       throws Win32Exception;
+
+    private static final native double pdhGetFormattedValue(long counter)
+        throws Win32Exception;
+
+
     /**
      * Main method for dumping the entire PDH
      *