diff --git a/enterprise_gateway/services/kernels/handlers.py b/enterprise_gateway/services/kernels/handlers.py
index 8f4299a4a..15af66e5e 100644
--- a/enterprise_gateway/services/kernels/handlers.py
+++ b/enterprise_gateway/services/kernels/handlers.py
@@ -58,7 +58,32 @@ async def post(self):
                 raise tornado.web.HTTPError(400)
 
             # Transfer inherited environment variables from current process
-            env = {key: value for key, value in os.environ.items() if key in self.inherited_envs}
+            if os.name == "nt":
+                # We need to ensure we pass all needed environment variables to the kernel
+                # Users can use inherited_envs to add custom envrioment variables,
+                # and we ensure PATH, SYSTEMROOT, TEMP, USERPROFILE, WINDIR, COMSPEC, APPDATA, LOCALAPPDATA, PROGRAMDATA and PROGRAMFILES are included
+                # this allows a more out-of-the-box experience for users
+                required_envs: set[str] = {
+                    "PATH",
+                    "SYSTEMROOT",
+                    "TEMP",
+                    "USERPROFILE",
+                    "WINDIR",
+                    "COMSPEC",
+                    "APPDATA",
+                    "LOCALAPPDATA",
+                    "PROGRAMDATA",
+                    "PROGRAMFILES",
+                }
+                env = {
+                    key: value
+                    for key, value in os.environ.items()
+                    if key in self.inherited_envs or key in required_envs
+                }
+            else:
+                env = {
+                    key: value for key, value in os.environ.items() if key in self.inherited_envs
+                }
 
             # Allow all KERNEL_* envs and those specified in client_envs and set from client.  If this EG
             # instance is configured to accept all envs in the payload (i.e., client_envs == '*'), go ahead
diff --git a/enterprise_gateway/services/processproxies/processproxy.py b/enterprise_gateway/services/processproxies/processproxy.py
index 405adfbca..eb62f83c4 100644
--- a/enterprise_gateway/services/processproxies/processproxy.py
+++ b/enterprise_gateway/services/processproxies/processproxy.py
@@ -1043,6 +1043,8 @@ def __init__(self, kernel_manager: RemoteKernelManager, proxy_config: dict):  #
         """Initialize the proxy."""
         super().__init__(kernel_manager, proxy_config)
         kernel_manager.ip = localinterfaces.LOCALHOST
+        if os.name == "nt":
+            self.win32_interrupt_event = None
 
     async def launch_process(
         self, kernel_cmd: str, **kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None
@@ -1059,6 +1061,10 @@ async def launch_process(
             except OSError:
                 pass
         self.ip = local_ip
+        if (
+            os.name == "nt"
+        ):  # if operating system is Windows then link the win32_interrupt_event from the kernel
+            self.win32_interrupt_event = self.local_proc.win32_interrupt_event
         self.log.info(
             "Local kernel launched on '{}', pid: {}, pgid: {}, KernelID: {}, cmd: '{}'".format(
                 self.ip, self.pid, self.pgid, self.kernel_id, kernel_cmd