diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e11c0e5e2..8dcee82a4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -59,12 +59,7 @@ AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
-if test -z "$host_alias"; then
-    hostaliaswindres=
-else
-    hostaliaswindres="$host_alias-windres"
-fi
-AC_CHECK_PROGS(WINDRES, [windres $hostaliaswindres $host_os-windres])
+AC_CHECK_TOOL(WINDRES, [windres], [:])
 
 dnl Set up the compiler and linker flags
 INCLUDE="-I$srcdir/include"
diff --git a/src/thread/win32/SDL_systhread.c b/src/thread/win32/SDL_systhread.c
index b98afbfe9..368dbf4b7 100644
--- a/src/thread/win32/SDL_systhread.c
+++ b/src/thread/win32/SDL_systhread.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ typedef struct ThreadStartParms
   pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread pfnCurrentEndThread;
 } tThreadStartParms, *pThreadStartParms;
 
-static DWORD WINAPI RunThread(LPVOID *data)
+static unsigned __stdcall RunThread(void *data)
 {
   pThreadStartParms pThreadParms = (pThreadStartParms)data;
   pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread pfnCurrentEndThread = NULL;
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ int SDL_SYS_CreateThread(SDL_Thread *thread, void *args)
 	pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread pfnEndThread = _endthreadex;
 #endif
 #endif /* SDL_PASSED_BEGINTHREAD_ENDTHREAD */
-	DWORD threadid = 0;
 	pThreadStartParms pThreadParms = (pThreadStartParms)SDL_malloc(sizeof(tThreadStartParms));
 	if (!pThreadParms) {
 		SDL_OutOfMemory();
@@ -112,10 +111,12 @@ int SDL_SYS_CreateThread(SDL_Thread *thread, void *args)
 	pThreadParms->args = args;
 
 	if (pfnBeginThread) {
+		unsigned threadid = 0;
 		thread->handle = (SYS_ThreadHandle)
 				((size_t) pfnBeginThread(NULL, 0, RunThread,
 										 pThreadParms, 0, &threadid));
 	} else {
+		DWORD threadid = 0;
 		thread->handle = CreateThread(NULL, 0, RunThread, pThreadParms, 0, &threadid);
 	}
 	if (thread->handle == NULL) {
diff --git a/src/video/wincommon/SDL_sysevents.c b/src/video/wincommon/SDL_sysevents.c
index d3786a05c..8af88f828 100644
--- a/src/video/wincommon/SDL_sysevents.c
+++ b/src/video/wincommon/SDL_sysevents.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ extern void DIB_SwapGamma(_THIS);
 static int codepage;
 static int Is9xME();
 static int GetCodePage();
-static int WINAPI ToUnicode9xME(UINT vkey, UINT scancode, BYTE *keystate, LPWSTR wchars, int wsize, UINT flags);
+static int WINAPI ToUnicode9xME(UINT vkey, UINT scancode, const BYTE *keystate, LPWSTR wchars, int wsize, UINT flags);
 
 ToUnicodeFN SDL_ToUnicode = ToUnicode9xME;
 #endif /* !NO_GETKEYBOARDSTATE */
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static int GetCodePage()
 	return cp;
 }
 
-static int WINAPI ToUnicode9xME(UINT vkey, UINT scancode, PBYTE keystate, LPWSTR wchars, int wsize, UINT flags)
+static int WINAPI ToUnicode9xME(UINT vkey, UINT scancode, const PBYTE keystate, LPWSTR wchars, int wsize, UINT flags)
 {
 	BYTE	chars[2];
 
diff --git a/src/video/windx5/SDL_dx5events.c b/src/video/windx5/SDL_dx5events.c
index c522780c9..9b4c51146 100644
--- a/src/video/windx5/SDL_dx5events.c
+++ b/src/video/windx5/SDL_dx5events.c
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ int DX5_CreateWindow(_THIS)
 
 	SDL_windowid = (windowid != NULL);
 	if ( SDL_windowid ) {
-		SDL_Window = (HWND)SDL_strtoull(windowid, NULL, 0);
+		SDL_Window = (HWND)((size_t)SDL_strtoull(windowid, NULL, 0));
 		if ( SDL_Window == NULL ) {
 			SDL_SetError("Couldn't get user specified window");
 			return(-1);