U++ problem (was: counting words)

This is specifically regarding U++ which is C++ libraries and IDE
(please don't whine whether its on or off topic. Right click on the
thread and click on ignore instead of wasting time). 

This is specifically for Mirek Fidler. I am on a new computer (with
Vista instead of XP, 3 gig ram, and 3 core phenom). I downloaded U++
IDE (with mingw). Compiled the counting words benchmark (with MINGW
speed option) and it was much slower than before (2000ms instead of
800-1000 ms on the older comp). I also noticed that the version of g++
bundled with the IDE now is 3.4.2 (mingw-special) (instead of 3.4.0). 

Also, I can't make U++ work with MSC9. On the older XP, it worked fine
without any problem. (In fact, MSC9 was automatically the default
compiler and produced faster code than mingw).