diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b7900e0e..08084abd 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "cygwin/mintty-colors-solarized"]
-	path = cygwin/mintty-colors-solarized
-	url = https://github.com/mavnn/mintty-colors-solarized.git
 [submodule ".oh-my-zsh"]
 	path = .oh-my-zsh
 	url = git://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git
diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index 8123a54d..6046b727 100755
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Plugin 'tpope/vim-cucumber'
 Plugin 'airblade/vim-gitgutter.git'
 Plugin 'godlygeek/tabular'
 Plugin 'plasticboy/vim-markdown'
-Plugin 'Valloric/YouCompleteMe'
+Plugin 'Shougo/neocomplete.vim'
 
 call vundle#end()
 filetype plugin indent on
@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ set background=dark
 highlight clear SignColumn
 colorscheme solarized
 
+" plugins: neocomplete
+let g:neocomplete#enable_at_startup = 1
+let g:neocomplete#enable_smart_case = 1
+"" <CR>: close popup and save indent.
+inoremap <silent> <CR> <C-r>=<SID>my_cr_function()<CR>
+function! s:my_cr_function()
+  return (pumvisible() ? "\<C-y>" : "" ) . "\<CR>"
+endfunction
+"" <TAB>: completion.
+inoremap <expr><TAB>  pumvisible() ? "\<C-n>" : "\<TAB>"
+
 " plugins: airline
 let g:bufferline_echo = 0
 let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1
diff --git a/common/configure_fresh_system b/common/configure_fresh_system
index 7b5f90f0..9b13c143 100755
--- a/common/configure_fresh_system
+++ b/common/configure_fresh_system
@@ -106,13 +106,6 @@ fi
 
 if [[ -z $NOVIM ]]; then
     echo "\n" | vim +PluginInstall +qa
-    cd "$DIR/.vim/bundle/YouCompleteMe/"
-    git submodule update --init --recursive
-    if [[ -z $NORUST ]]; then
-        ./install.py --clang-completer --omnisharp-completer
-    else
-        ./install.py --racer-completer --clang-completer --omnisharp-completer
-    fi
 fi
 
 if [[ -z $NO_GO ]]; then
diff --git a/cygwin/mintty-colors-solarized b/cygwin/mintty-colors-solarized
deleted file mode 160000
index 11d7c05b..00000000
--- a/cygwin/mintty-colors-solarized
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 11d7c05bf97b6c4ae6985fa94b16f6c4e7a61b94
diff --git a/windows_cygwin/.minttyrc b/windows_cygwin/.minttyrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..553257b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/windows_cygwin/.minttyrc
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+BoldAsFont=-1
+Font=DejaVu Sans Mono for Powerline
+FontHeight=12
+FontWeight=700
+FontIsBold=yes
+Locale=en_GB
+Charset=UTF-8
+ForegroundColour=131,148,150
+BackgroundColour=0,43,54
+CursorColour=220,50,47
+Black=7,54,66
+BoldBlack=0,43,54
+Red=220,50,47
+BoldRed=203,75,22
+Green=133,153,0
+BoldGreen=88,110,117
+Yellow=181,137,0
+BoldYellow=101,123,131
+Blue=38,139,210
+BoldBlue=131,148,150
+Magenta=211,54,130
+BoldMagenta=108,113,196
+Cyan=42,161,152
+BoldCyan=147,161,161
+White=238,232,213
+BoldWhite=253,246,227
+BellType=0
diff --git a/windows_cygwin/build.bat b/windows_cygwin/build.bat
index 6f5f5163..33a8ac94 100755
--- a/windows_cygwin/build.bat
+++ b/windows_cygwin/build.bat
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 @echo on
-choco install -y firefox googlechrome wget notepadplusplus sublimetext3 mono monodevelop gtksharp visualstudiocode microsoft-build-tools visualstudio2015community p4merge dotnet4.5 ruby ruby2.devkit 
+choco install -y --allowEmptyChecksum firefox googlechrome wget notepadplusplus sublimetext3 mono monodevelop gtksharp visualstudiocode microsoft-build-tools visualstudio2015community p4merge dotnet4.5 ruby nodejs
 
 wget -c https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe
-setup-x86_64.exe -R "C:\cygwin64" -s http://cygwin.netbet.org/ -q -g -P curl,zsh,git,vim,wget,xz,tar,gawk,bzip2,subversion,zlib,fontconfig,clang
+setup-x86_64.exe -R "C:\cygwin64" -s http://cygwin.netbet.org/ -q -g -P curl,zsh,git,vim,wget,xz,tar,gawk,bzip2,subversion,zlib,fontconfig,clang,cmake,lua,perl
 
 set script_path=%~dp0
 set repo_path=%script_path%\..\
diff --git a/windows_cygwin/build_insider.sh b/windows_cygwin/build_insider.sh
index 7dadc6bd..e4954069 100755
--- a/windows_cygwin/build_insider.sh
+++ b/windows_cygwin/build_insider.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export NOSUDO=true
 export DONT_CHANGE_SHELL=true
 export NORUST=true
 export NORUBY=true
-export NOVIM=true
 export NO_GO=true
 export DIR=$DOTFILES_PATH 
 
@@ -21,4 +20,5 @@ curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py > /tmp/get-pip.py
 python /tmp/get-pip.py
 
 $DIR/common/configure_fresh_system
+ln -vfs $DIR/windows_cygwin/.minttyrc $HOME/