diff --git a/win/rfb_win32/CleanDesktop.cxx b/win/rfb_win32/CleanDesktop.cxx
index 90b3451..8009fc8 100644
--- a/win/rfb_win32/CleanDesktop.cxx
+++ b/win/rfb_win32/CleanDesktop.cxx
@@ -303,12 +303,12 @@
       desktopCfg.openKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, _T("Control Panel\\Desktop"));
       SysParamsInfo(SPI_SETFONTSMOOTHING, desktopCfg.getInt(_T("FontSmoothing"), 0) != 0, 0, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
 #ifdef RFB_HAVE_SPI_UIEFFECTS
-      if (SysParamsInfo(SPI_SETUIEFFECTS, 0, (void*)uiEffects, SPIF_SENDCHANGE) == ERROR_CALL_NOT_IMPLEMENTED) {
-        SysParamsInfo(SPI_SETCOMBOBOXANIMATION, 0, (void*)comboBoxAnim, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
-        SysParamsInfo(SPI_SETGRADIENTCAPTIONS, 0, (void*)gradientCaptions, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
-        SysParamsInfo(SPI_SETHOTTRACKING, 0, (void*)hotTracking, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
-        SysParamsInfo(SPI_SETLISTBOXSMOOTHSCROLLING, 0, (void*)listBoxSmoothScroll, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
-        SysParamsInfo(SPI_SETMENUANIMATION, 0, (void*)menuAnim, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
+      if (SysParamsInfo(SPI_SETUIEFFECTS, 0, (void*)(intptr_t)uiEffects, SPIF_SENDCHANGE) == ERROR_CALL_NOT_IMPLEMENTED) {
+        SysParamsInfo(SPI_SETCOMBOBOXANIMATION, 0, (void*)(intptr_t)comboBoxAnim, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
+        SysParamsInfo(SPI_SETGRADIENTCAPTIONS, 0, (void*)(intptr_t)gradientCaptions, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
+        SysParamsInfo(SPI_SETHOTTRACKING, 0, (void*)(intptr_t)hotTracking, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
+        SysParamsInfo(SPI_SETLISTBOXSMOOTHSCROLLING, 0, (void*)(intptr_t)listBoxSmoothScroll, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
+        SysParamsInfo(SPI_SETMENUANIMATION, 0, (void*)(intptr_t)menuAnim, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
       }
       restoreEffects = false;
 #else
diff --git a/win/rfb_win32/MsgWindow.cxx b/win/rfb_win32/MsgWindow.cxx
index 1d58561..8086bea 100644
--- a/win/rfb_win32/MsgWindow.cxx
+++ b/win/rfb_win32/MsgWindow.cxx
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 
 MsgWindowClass::~MsgWindowClass() {
   if (classAtom) {
-    UnregisterClass((const TCHAR*)classAtom, instance);
+    UnregisterClass((const TCHAR*)(intptr_t)classAtom, instance);
   }
 }
 
@@ -97,8 +97,9 @@
 
 MsgWindow::MsgWindow(const TCHAR* name_) : name(tstrDup(name_)), handle(0) {
   vlog.debug("creating window \"%s\"", (const char*)CStr(name.buf));
-  handle = CreateWindow((const TCHAR*)baseClass.classAtom, name.buf, WS_OVERLAPPED,
-    0, 0, 10, 10, 0, 0, baseClass.instance, this);
+  handle = CreateWindow((const TCHAR*)(intptr_t)baseClass.classAtom,
+                        name.buf, WS_OVERLAPPED, 0, 0, 10, 10, 0, 0,
+                        baseClass.instance, this);
   if (!handle) {
     throw rdr::SystemException("unable to create WMNotifier window instance", GetLastError());
   }