diff --git a/cmd/bucket-handlers-listobjects.go b/cmd/bucket-handlers-listobjects.go
index 81db8b65c..6381ce837 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-handlers-listobjects.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-handlers-listobjects.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 )
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ func validateListObjectsArgs(prefix, marker, delimiter string, maxKeys int) APIE
 	// Marker is set validate pre-condition.
 	if marker != "" {
 		// Marker not common with prefix is not implemented.
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(marker, prefix) {
+		if !hasPrefix(marker, prefix) {
 			return ErrNotImplemented
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-handlers.go b/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
index e6f5c6871..660396a3a 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) ListMultipartUploadsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter,
 	}
 	if keyMarker != "" {
 		// Marker not common with prefix is not implemented.
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(keyMarker, prefix) {
+		if !hasPrefix(keyMarker, prefix) {
 			writeErrorResponse(w, ErrNotImplemented, r.URL)
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-policy-handlers.go b/cmd/bucket-policy-handlers.go
index 00b3b5d2b..d68e2537f 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-policy-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-policy-handlers.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 
 	humanize "github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 	mux "github.com/gorilla/mux"
@@ -63,6 +65,10 @@ func bucketPolicyActionMatch(action string, statement policyStatement) bool {
 
 // Match function matches wild cards in 'pattern' for resource.
 func resourceMatch(pattern, resource string) bool {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		// For windows specifically make sure we are case insensitive.
+		return wildcard.Match(strings.ToLower(pattern), strings.ToLower(resource))
+	}
 	return wildcard.Match(pattern, resource)
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-policy-parser.go b/cmd/bucket-policy-parser.go
index 7af5e5bf4..5d98b8690 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-policy-parser.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-policy-parser.go
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ func isValidResources(resources set.StringSet) (err error) {
 		return err
 	}
 	for resource := range resources {
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(resource, bucketARNPrefix) {
+		if !hasPrefix(resource, bucketARNPrefix) {
 			err = errors.New("Unsupported resource style found: ‘" + resource + "’, please validate your policy document")
 			return err
 		}
 		resourceSuffix := strings.SplitAfter(resource, bucketARNPrefix)[1]
-		if len(resourceSuffix) == 0 || strings.HasPrefix(resourceSuffix, "/") {
+		if len(resourceSuffix) == 0 || hasPrefix(resourceSuffix, "/") {
 			err = errors.New("Invalid resource style found: ‘" + resource + "’, please validate your policy document")
 			return err
 		}
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func checkBucketPolicyResources(bucket string, bucketPolicy *bucketPolicy) APIEr
 		// nesting. Reject such rules.
 		for _, otherResource := range resources {
 			// Common prefix reject such rules.
-			if strings.HasPrefix(otherResource, resource) {
+			if hasPrefix(otherResource, resource) {
 				return ErrPolicyNesting
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/generic-handlers.go b/cmd/generic-handlers.go
index 974045687..229e752b4 100644
--- a/cmd/generic-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/generic-handlers.go
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ func setBrowserCacheControlHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 func (h cacheControlHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if r.Method == httpGET && guessIsBrowserReq(r) && globalIsBrowserEnabled {
 		// For all browser requests set appropriate Cache-Control policies
-		if strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, reservedBucket+"/") {
-			if strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, ".js") || r.URL.Path == reservedBucket+"/favicon.ico" {
+		if hasPrefix(r.URL.Path, reservedBucket+"/") {
+			if hasSuffix(r.URL.Path, ".js") || r.URL.Path == reservedBucket+"/favicon.ico" {
 				// For assets set cache expiry of one year. For each release, the name
 				// of the asset name will change and hence it can not be served from cache.
 				w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "max-age=31536000")
diff --git a/cmd/lockinfo-handlers.go b/cmd/lockinfo-handlers.go
index 3a9e093f9..aa3fb234d 100644
--- a/cmd/lockinfo-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/lockinfo-handlers.go
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@
 
 package cmd
 
-import (
-	"strings"
-	"time"
-)
+import "time"
 
 // SystemLockState - Structure to fill the lock state of entire object storage.
 // That is the total locks held, total calls blocked on locks and state of all the locks for the entire system.
@@ -82,7 +79,7 @@ func listLocksInfo(bucket, prefix string, duration time.Duration) []VolumeLockIn
 			continue
 		}
 		// N B empty prefix matches all param.path.
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(param.path, prefix) {
+		if !hasPrefix(param.path, prefix) {
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/cmd/notifiers.go b/cmd/notifiers.go
index b7b5ec496..f1f1c4cbc 100644
--- a/cmd/notifiers.go
+++ b/cmd/notifiers.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/wildcard"
 )
@@ -206,9 +205,9 @@ func filterRuleMatch(object string, frs []filterRule) bool {
 	var prefixMatch, suffixMatch = true, true
 	for _, fr := range frs {
 		if isValidFilterNamePrefix(fr.Name) {
-			prefixMatch = strings.HasPrefix(object, fr.Value)
+			prefixMatch = hasPrefix(object, fr.Value)
 		} else if isValidFilterNameSuffix(fr.Name) {
-			suffixMatch = strings.HasSuffix(object, fr.Value)
+			suffixMatch = hasSuffix(object, fr.Value)
 		}
 	}
 	return prefixMatch && suffixMatch
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-input-checks.go b/cmd/object-api-input-checks.go
index 74b736e54..62e77ab16 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-input-checks.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-input-checks.go
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@
 
 package cmd
 
-import (
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/skyrings/skyring-common/tools/uuid"
-)
+import "github.com/skyrings/skyring-common/tools/uuid"
 
 // Checks on GetObject arguments, bucket and object.
 func checkGetObjArgs(bucket, object string) error {
@@ -69,7 +65,7 @@ func checkListObjsArgs(bucket, prefix, marker, delimiter string, obj ObjectLayer
 		})
 	}
 	// Verify if marker has prefix.
-	if marker != "" && !strings.HasPrefix(marker, prefix) {
+	if marker != "" && !hasPrefix(marker, prefix) {
 		return traceError(InvalidMarkerPrefixCombination{
 			Marker: marker,
 			Prefix: prefix,
@@ -84,7 +80,7 @@ func checkListMultipartArgs(bucket, prefix, keyMarker, uploadIDMarker, delimiter
 		return err
 	}
 	if uploadIDMarker != "" {
-		if strings.HasSuffix(keyMarker, slashSeparator) {
+		if hasSuffix(keyMarker, slashSeparator) {
 			return traceError(InvalidUploadIDKeyCombination{
 				UploadIDMarker: uploadIDMarker,
 				KeyMarker:      keyMarker,
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-utils.go b/cmd/object-api-utils.go
index 95f63d339..206c0c1a0 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-utils.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-utils.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"path"
 	"regexp"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
@@ -91,10 +92,10 @@ func IsValidObjectName(object string) bool {
 	if len(object) == 0 {
 		return false
 	}
-	if strings.HasSuffix(object, slashSeparator) {
+	if hasSuffix(object, slashSeparator) {
 		return false
 	}
-	if strings.HasPrefix(object, slashSeparator) {
+	if hasPrefix(object, slashSeparator) {
 		return false
 	}
 	return IsValidObjectPrefix(object)
@@ -159,6 +160,26 @@ func getCompleteMultipartMD5(parts []completePart) (string, error) {
 	return s3MD5, nil
 }
 
+// Prefix matcher string matches prefix in a platform specific way.
+// For example on windows since its case insensitive we are supposed
+// to do case insensitive checks.
+func hasPrefix(s string, prefix string) bool {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		return strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToLower(s), strings.ToLower(prefix))
+	}
+	return strings.HasPrefix(s, prefix)
+}
+
+// Suffix matcher string matches suffix in a platform specific way.
+// For example on windows since its case insensitive we are supposed
+// to do case insensitive checks.
+func hasSuffix(s string, suffix string) bool {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		return strings.HasSuffix(strings.ToLower(s), strings.ToLower(suffix))
+	}
+	return strings.HasSuffix(s, suffix)
+}
+
 // byBucketName is a collection satisfying sort.Interface.
 type byBucketName []BucketInfo
 
diff --git a/cmd/posix-list-dir-nix.go b/cmd/posix-list-dir-nix.go
index 62421abce..1da7eaf76 100644
--- a/cmd/posix-list-dir-nix.go
+++ b/cmd/posix-list-dir-nix.go
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ func parseDirents(dirPath string, buf []byte) (entries []string, err error) {
 		if name == "." || name == ".." {
 			continue
 		}
-		// Skip special files.
-		if hasPosixReservedPrefix(name) {
-			continue
-		}
 
 		switch dirent.Type {
 		case syscall.DT_DIR:
diff --git a/cmd/posix-list-dir-others.go b/cmd/posix-list-dir-others.go
index abd3d965b..dd40faca5 100644
--- a/cmd/posix-list-dir-others.go
+++ b/cmd/posix-list-dir-others.go
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ func readDir(dirPath string) (entries []string, err error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		for _, fi := range fis {
-			// Skip special files, if found.
-			if hasPosixReservedPrefix(fi.Name()) {
-				continue
-			}
 			// Stat symbolic link and follow to get the final value.
 			if fi.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == os.ModeSymlink {
 				var st os.FileInfo
diff --git a/cmd/posix-list-dir_test.go b/cmd/posix-list-dir_test.go
index c709f7ec5..30d85b862 100644
--- a/cmd/posix-list-dir_test.go
+++ b/cmd/posix-list-dir_test.go
@@ -69,26 +69,6 @@ func setupTestReadDirEmpty(t *testing.T) (testResults []result) {
 	return testResults
 }
 
-// Test to read empty directory with only reserved names.
-func setupTestReadDirReserved(t *testing.T) (testResults []result) {
-	dir := mustSetupDir(t)
-	entries := []string{}
-	// Create a file with reserved name.
-	for _, reservedName := range posixReservedPrefix {
-		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, reservedName), []byte{}, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-			// For cleanup, its required to add these entries into test results.
-			testResults = append(testResults, result{dir, entries})
-			t.Fatalf("Unable to create file, %s", err)
-		}
-		// entries = append(entries, reservedName) - reserved files are skipped.
-	}
-	sort.Strings(entries)
-
-	// Add entries slice for this test directory.
-	testResults = append(testResults, result{dir, entries})
-	return testResults
-}
-
 // Test to read non-empty directory with only files.
 func setupTestReadDirFiles(t *testing.T) (testResults []result) {
 	dir := mustSetupDir(t)
@@ -198,8 +178,6 @@ func TestReadDir(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Setup and capture test results for empty directory.
 	testResults = append(testResults, setupTestReadDirEmpty(t)...)
-	// Setup and capture test results for reserved files.
-	testResults = append(testResults, setupTestReadDirReserved(t)...)
 	// Setup and capture test results for directory with only files.
 	testResults = append(testResults, setupTestReadDirFiles(t)...)
 	// Setup and capture test results for directory with files and directories.
diff --git a/cmd/posix-utils_common.go b/cmd/posix-utils_common.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ea15b8bca..000000000
--- a/cmd/posix-utils_common.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Minio Cloud Storage, (C) 2016 Minio, Inc.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package cmd
-
-import "strings"
-
-// List of reserved words for files, includes old and new ones.
-var posixReservedPrefix = []string{
-	"$tmpfile",
-	// Add new reserved words if any used in future.
-}
-
-// hasPosixReservedPrefix - has reserved prefix.
-func hasPosixReservedPrefix(name string) (isReserved bool) {
-	for _, reservedKey := range posixReservedPrefix {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(name, reservedKey) {
-			isReserved = true
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	return isReserved
-}
diff --git a/cmd/tree-walk.go b/cmd/tree-walk.go
index 8993a96d0..05c78b0cd 100644
--- a/cmd/tree-walk.go
+++ b/cmd/tree-walk.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func filterMatchingPrefix(entries []string, prefixEntry string) []string {
 		if start == end {
 			break
 		}
-		if strings.HasPrefix(entries[start], prefixEntry) {
+		if hasPrefix(entries[start], prefixEntry) {
 			break
 		}
 		start++
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func filterMatchingPrefix(entries []string, prefixEntry string) []string {
 		if start == end {
 			break
 		}
-		if strings.HasPrefix(entries[end-1], prefixEntry) {
+		if hasPrefix(entries[end-1], prefixEntry) {
 			break
 		}
 		end--
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func doTreeWalk(bucket, prefixDir, entryPrefixMatch, marker string, recursive bo
 				// Skip as the marker would already be listed in the previous listing.
 				continue
 			}
-			if recursive && !strings.HasSuffix(entry, slashSeparator) {
+			if recursive && !hasSuffix(entry, slashSeparator) {
 				// We should not skip for recursive listing and if markerDir is a directory
 				// for ex. if marker is "four/five.txt" markerDir will be "four/" which
 				// should not be skipped, instead it will need to be treeWalk()'ed into.
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func doTreeWalk(bucket, prefixDir, entryPrefixMatch, marker string, recursive bo
 				continue
 			}
 		}
-		if recursive && strings.HasSuffix(entry, slashSeparator) {
+		if recursive && hasSuffix(entry, slashSeparator) {
 			// If the entry is a directory, we will need recurse into it.
 			markerArg := ""
 			if entry == markerDir {
diff --git a/cmd/tree-walk_test.go b/cmd/tree-walk_test.go
index 939439f2f..9490c6c56 100644
--- a/cmd/tree-walk_test.go
+++ b/cmd/tree-walk_test.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func testTreeWalkPrefix(t *testing.T, listDir listDirFunc, isLeaf isLeafFunc) {
 
 	// Check if all entries received on the channel match the prefix.
 	for res := range twResultCh {
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(res.entry, prefix) {
+		if !hasPrefix(res.entry, prefix) {
 			t.Errorf("Entry %s doesn't match prefix %s", res.entry, prefix)
 		}
 	}