diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/tests/test_kernelmanager.py b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/tests/test_kernelmanager.py
index 3b8c18a..74cfafe 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/tests/test_kernelmanager.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/tests/test_kernelmanager.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from subprocess import PIPE
 import time
 from unittest import TestCase
 
+from IPython.testing import decorators as dec
+
 from IPython.config.loader import Config
 from IPython.frontend.html.notebook.kernelmanager import MultiKernelManager
 from IPython.zmq.kernelmanager import KernelManager
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ class TestKernelManager(TestCase):
         km = self._get_tcp_km()
         self._run_lifecycle(km)
     
+    @dec.skip_win32
     def test_tcp_cinfo(self):
         km = self._get_tcp_km()
         self._run_cinfo(km, 'tcp', '127.0.0.1')
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/tests/test_kernelmanager.py b/IPython/zmq/tests/test_kernelmanager.py
index 9a1973d..1561722 100644
--- a/IPython/zmq/tests/test_kernelmanager.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/tests/test_kernelmanager.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from subprocess import PIPE
 import time
 from unittest import TestCase
 
+from IPython.testing import decorators as dec
+
 from IPython.config.loader import Config
 from IPython.zmq.kernelmanager import KernelManager
 
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ class TestKernelManager(TestCase):
         km = self._get_tcp_km()
         self._run_lifecycle(km)
 
+    @dec.skip_win32
     def testipc_lifecycle(self):
         km = self._get_ipc_km()
         self._run_lifecycle(km)