diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/group_html.cpp b/code/ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/group_html.cpp
index ba53686f2..006ea1785 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/group_html.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/interface_v3/group_html.cpp
@@ -2625,7 +2625,7 @@ void CGroupHTML::handle ()
 					_URL = home();
 
 				string finalUrl;
-				lookupLocalFile (finalUrl, _URL.c_str(), true);
+				bool isLocal = lookupLocalFile (finalUrl, _URL.c_str(), true);
 
 				// Reset the title
 				if(_TitlePrefix.empty())
@@ -2664,7 +2664,12 @@ void CGroupHTML::handle ()
 				C3WSmartPtr uri = HTParse(finalUrl.c_str(), NULL, PARSE_ALL);
 
 				// Create an anchor
+#ifdef NL_OS_WINDOWS
 				if ((_LibWWW->Anchor = HTAnchor_findAddress(uri)) == NULL)
+#else
+				// temporarily disable local URL's until LibWWW can be replaced.
+				if (isLocal || ((_LibWWW->Anchor = HTAnchor_findAddress(uri)) == NULL))
+#endif
 				{
 					browseError((string("The page address is malformed : ")+(const char*)uri).c_str());
 				}
diff --git a/code/ryzom/common/src/game_share/xml_auto_ptr.cpp b/code/ryzom/common/src/game_share/xml_auto_ptr.cpp
index ebe4113e6..4fcdb9543 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/common/src/game_share/xml_auto_ptr.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/common/src/game_share/xml_auto_ptr.cpp
@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@
 // You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 // along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-
+/* 
+ * Completely implemented in xml_auto_ptr.h
+ */
 
 #include "stdpch.h"
+
+/*
 #include "xml_auto_ptr.h"
 #include <libxml/parser.h>
 
@@ -45,10 +49,4 @@ CXMLAutoPtr &CXMLAutoPtr::operator = (const char *other)
 	return *this;
 }
 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+*/
diff --git a/code/ryzom/common/src/game_share/xml_auto_ptr.h b/code/ryzom/common/src/game_share/xml_auto_ptr.h
index 8744b9ae4..70a011a00 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/common/src/game_share/xml_auto_ptr.h
+++ b/code/ryzom/common/src/game_share/xml_auto_ptr.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class CXMLAutoPtr
 public:
 	CXMLAutoPtr(const char *value = NULL) : _Value(value) {}
 	CXMLAutoPtr(const unsigned char *value) : _Value((const char *) value) {}
-	~CXMLAutoPtr();
+	~CXMLAutoPtr() { destroy(); }
 	operator const char *() const { return _Value; }
 	operator bool() const { return _Value != NULL; }
 	operator std::string() const { return std::string(_Value); }
@@ -36,7 +36,14 @@ public:
 	operator const unsigned char *() const { return (const unsigned char *)  _Value; }
 	const char operator * ()  const { nlassert(_Value); return *_Value; }
 	/// NB : This remove previous owned pointer with xmlFree
-	CXMLAutoPtr &operator = (const char *other);
+	CXMLAutoPtr &operator = (const char *other)
+	{
+		if (other == _Value) return *this;
+		destroy();
+		_Value = other;
+		return *this;
+	}
+
 	CXMLAutoPtr &operator = (const unsigned char *other)
 	{
 		*this = (const char *) other;
@@ -47,7 +54,15 @@ public:
 private:
 	const char *_Value;
 private:
-	void destroy();
+	void destroy()
+	{
+		if (_Value)
+		{
+			xmlFree(const_cast<char *>(_Value));
+			_Value = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
 	// We'd rather avoid problems
 	CXMLAutoPtr(const CXMLAutoPtr &/* other */)
 	{