src/gui: Remove QT_WA and non-Unicode code paths, dropping Win9x and NT support

Also - Make winPeekMessage() & winPostMessage() obsolete
     - FlashWindowEx, IsValidLanguageGroup functions no longer resolved
       dynamically (available on >= Windows 2000)
     - LoadIcon/LoadCursor -> LoadImage w/LR_SHARED for system
       icons/cursors
     - qsystemtrayicon_win: use Shell_NotifyIconGetRect if available
       (Windows 7)

Merge-request: 604
Reviewed-by: Marius Storm-Olsen <marius@trolltech.com>

50 files changed, 1227 insertions, 2919 deletions

diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qt_windows.h b/src/corelib/global/qt_windows.h
index 5df57e5..27c06e5 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qt_windows.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qt_windows.h
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 #endif
 
 // already defined when compiled with WINVER >= 0x0500
-// and we only use them in Qt::WV_2000 and Qt::WV_98
 #ifndef SPI_SETMENUANIMATION
 #define SPI_SETMENUANIMATION 0x1003
 #endif
@@ -113,4 +112,24 @@
 #define ETO_PDY 0x2000
 #endif
 
+// already defined when compiled with WINVER >= 0x0600
+#ifndef SPI_GETFLATMENU
+#define SPI_GETFLATMENU 0x1022
+#endif
+#ifndef CS_DROPSHADOW
+#define CS_DROPSHADOW 0x00020000
+#endif
+#ifndef CLEARTYPE_QUALITY
+#define CLEARTYPE_QUALITY 5
+#endif
+
+#ifdef Q_WS_WINCE
+#ifndef LR_DEFAULTSIZE
+#define LR_DEFAULTSIZE 0
+#endif
+#ifndef LR_SHARED
+#define LR_SHARED 0
+#endif
+#endif // Q_WS_WINCE
+
 #endif // QT_WINDOWS_H
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_win.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_win.cpp
index 23e4fa9..33b66f5 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_win.cpp
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK qt_internal_proc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
 static HWND qt_create_internal_window(const QEventDispatcherWin32 *eventDispatcher)
 {
     // make sure that multiple Qt's can coexist in the same process
-    QString className = QLatin1Strign("QEventDispatcherWin32_Internal_Widget") + QString::number(quintptr(qt_internal_proc));
+    QString className = QLatin1String("QEventDispatcherWin32_Internal_Widget") + QString::number(quintptr(qt_internal_proc));
 
     WNDCLASS wc;
     wc.style = 0;
diff --git a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible_win.cpp b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible_win.cpp
index ccb2673..bfacb94 100644
--- a/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/accessible/qaccessible_win.cpp
@@ -177,14 +177,14 @@ void QAccessible::updateAccessibility(QObject *o, int who, Event reason)
         return;
     }
 
-    QByteArray soundName;
+    QString soundName;
     switch (reason) {
     case PopupMenuStart:
-        soundName = "MenuPopup";
+        soundName = QLatin1String("MenuPopup");
         break;
 
     case MenuCommand:
-        soundName = "MenuCommand";
+        soundName = QLatin1String("MenuCommand");
         break;
 
     case Alert:
@@ -194,13 +194,13 @@ void QAccessible::updateAccessibility(QObject *o, int who, Event reason)
             if (mb) {
                 switch (mb->icon()) {
                 case QMessageBox::Warning:
-                    soundName = "SystemExclamation";
+                    soundName = QLatin1String("SystemExclamation");
                     break;
                 case QMessageBox::Critical:
-                    soundName = "SystemHand";
+                    soundName = QLatin1String("SystemHand");
                     break;
                 case QMessageBox::Information:
-                    soundName = "SystemAsterisk";
+                    soundName = QLatin1String("SystemAsterisk");
                     break;
                 default:
                     break;
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ void QAccessible::updateAccessibility(QObject *o, int who, Event reason)
             } else
 #endif // QT_NO_MESSAGEBOX
             {
-                soundName = "SystemAsterisk";
+                soundName = QLatin1String("SystemAsterisk");
             }
 
         }
@@ -219,20 +219,16 @@ void QAccessible::updateAccessibility(QObject *o, int who, Event reason)
 
     if (soundName.size()) {
 #ifndef QT_NO_SETTINGS
-        QSettings settings(QLatin1String("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\AppEvents\\Schemes\\Apps\\.Default\\") +
-                                         QString::fromLatin1(soundName.constData()), QSettings::NativeFormat);
+        QSettings settings(QLatin1String("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\AppEvents\\Schemes\\Apps\\.Default\\") + soundName,
+                           QSettings::NativeFormat);
         QString file = settings.value(QLatin1String(".Current/.")).toString();
 #else
-		QString file;
+        QString file;
 #endif
-		if (!file.isEmpty()) {
-	        QT_WA({
-				PlaySoundW(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (QString::fromLatin1(soundName).utf16()), 0, SND_ALIAS | SND_ASYNC | SND_NODEFAULT | SND_NOWAIT );
-			} , {
-				PlaySoundA(soundName.constData(), 0, SND_ALIAS | SND_ASYNC | SND_NODEFAULT | SND_NOWAIT );
-			});
-		}
-	}
+        if (!file.isEmpty()) {
+				    PlaySound(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(soundName.utf16()), 0, SND_ALIAS | SND_ASYNC | SND_NODEFAULT | SND_NOWAIT);
+        }
+    }
 
     if (!isActive())
         return;
diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/qdialog.cpp b/src/gui/dialogs/qdialog.cpp
index 0288cd9..bb6c6d6 100644
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/qdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/qdialog.cpp
@@ -762,8 +762,7 @@ void QDialog::setVisible(bool visible)
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
     if (d->mainDef && isActiveWindow()) {
         BOOL snapToDefault = false;
-        if ( QT_WA_INLINE( SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETSNAPTODEFBUTTON, 0, &snapToDefault, 0) ,
-                           SystemParametersInfoA(SPI_GETSNAPTODEFBUTTON, 0, &snapToDefault, 0) )) {
+        if (SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETSNAPTODEFBUTTON, 0, &snapToDefault, 0)) {
             if (snapToDefault)
                 QCursor::setPos(d->mainDef->mapToGlobal(d->mainDef->rect().center()));
         }
diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/qfiledialog_p.h b/src/gui/dialogs/qfiledialog_p.h
index 654b3bb..d798f9d 100644
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/qfiledialog_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/qfiledialog_p.h
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ public:
 #ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
         DWORD maxLength;
         QString drive = path.left(3);
-        if (QT_WA_INLINE(::GetVolumeInformationW(reinterpret_cast<const WCHAR *>(drive.utf16()), NULL, 0, NULL, &maxLength, NULL, NULL, 0),
-            ::GetVolumeInformationA(drive.toLocal8Bit().constData(), NULL, 0, NULL, &maxLength, NULL, NULL, 0)) == FALSE)
+        if (::GetVolumeInformation(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(drive.utf16()), NULL, 0, NULL, &maxLength, NULL, NULL, 0) == FALSE)
             return -1;
         return maxLength;
 #else
diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/qfiledialog_win.cpp b/src/gui/dialogs/qfiledialog_win.cpp
index 4cb31f5..6883bf9 100644
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/qfiledialog_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/qfiledialog_win.cpp
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@
 typedef struct qt_priv_browseinfo {
     HWND          hwndOwner;
     LPCITEMIDLIST pidlRoot;
-    LPTSTR        pszDisplayName;
-    LPCTSTR       lpszTitle;
+    LPWSTR        pszDisplayName;
+    LPCWSTR       lpszTitle;
     UINT          ulFlags;
     BFFCALLBACK   lpfn;
     LPARAM        lParam;
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ typedef LPITEMIDLIST (WINAPI *PtrSHBrowseForFolder)(BROWSEINFO*);
 static PtrSHBrowseForFolder ptrSHBrowseForFolder = 0;
 typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrSHGetPathFromIDList)(LPITEMIDLIST,LPWSTR);
 static PtrSHGetPathFromIDList ptrSHGetPathFromIDList = 0;
+typedef HRESULT (WINAPI *PtrSHGetMalloc)(LPMALLOC *);
+static PtrSHGetMalloc ptrSHGetMalloc = 0;
+
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -111,20 +114,20 @@ static void qt_win_resolve_libs()
 #endif
 
         triedResolve = true;
-        if (!(QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based)) {
 #if !defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
-            QLibrary lib(QLatin1String("shell32"));
-            ptrSHBrowseForFolder = (PtrSHBrowseForFolder) lib.resolve("SHBrowseForFolderW");
-            ptrSHGetPathFromIDList = (PtrSHGetPathFromIDList) lib.resolve("SHGetPathFromIDListW");
+        QLibrary lib(QLatin1String("shell32"));
+        ptrSHBrowseForFolder = (PtrSHBrowseForFolder) lib.resolve("SHBrowseForFolderW");
+        ptrSHGetPathFromIDList = (PtrSHGetPathFromIDList) lib.resolve("SHGetPathFromIDListW");
+        ptrSHGetMalloc = (PtrSHGetMalloc) lib.resolve("SHGetMalloc");
 #else
-            // CE stores them in a different lib and does not use unicode version
-    	    HINSTANCE handle = LoadLibraryW(L"Ceshell");
-            ptrSHBrowseForFolder = (PtrSHBrowseForFolder)GetProcAddress(handle, L"SHBrowseForFolder");
-            ptrSHGetPathFromIDList = (PtrSHGetPathFromIDList)GetProcAddress(handle, L"SHGetPathFromIDList");
-            if (ptrSHBrowseForFolder && ptrSHGetPathFromIDList)
-                qt_priv_ptr_valid = true;
+        // CE stores them in a different lib and does not use unicode version
+        HINSTANCE handle = LoadLibraryW(L"Ceshell");
+        ptrSHBrowseForFolder = (PtrSHBrowseForFolder)GetProcAddress(handle, L"SHBrowseForFolder");
+        ptrSHGetPathFromIDList = (PtrSHGetPathFromIDList)GetProcAddress(handle, L"SHGetPathFromIDList");
+        ptrSHGetMalloc = (PtrSHGetMalloc)GetProcAddress(handle, L"SHGetMalloc");
+        if (ptrSHBrowseForFolder && ptrSHGetPathFromIDList && ptrSHGetMalloc)
+            qt_priv_ptr_valid = true;
 #endif
-        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -186,95 +189,15 @@ static QString qt_win_selected_filter(const QString &filter, DWORD idx)
     return qt_win_make_filters_list(filter).at((int)idx - 1);
 }
 
-#ifndef Q_WS_WINCE
-// Static vars for OFNA funcs:
-static QByteArray aInitDir;
-static QByteArray aInitSel;
-static QByteArray aTitle;
-static QByteArray aFilter;
-// Use ANSI strings and API
-
-// If you change this, then make sure you change qt_win_make_OFN (below) too
-static OPENFILENAMEA *qt_win_make_OFNA(QWidget *parent,
-				       const QString &initialSelection,
-				       const QString &initialDirectory,
-				       const QString &title,
-				       const QString &filters,
-				       QFileDialog::FileMode mode,
-				       QFileDialog::Options options)
-{
-    if (parent)
-        parent = parent->window();
-    else
-        parent = QApplication::activeWindow();
-
-    aTitle = title.toLocal8Bit();
-    aInitDir = QDir::toNativeSeparators(initialDirectory).toLocal8Bit();
-    if (initialSelection.isEmpty()) {
-        aInitSel = "";
-    } else {
-        aInitSel = QDir::toNativeSeparators(initialSelection).toLocal8Bit();
-	    aInitSel.replace('<', "");
-	    aInitSel.replace('>', "");
-	    aInitSel.replace('\"', "");
-	    aInitSel.replace('|', "");
-    }
-    int maxLen = mode == QFileDialog::ExistingFiles ? maxMultiLen : maxNameLen;
-    aInitSel.resize(maxLen + 1);                // make room for return value
-    aFilter = filters.toLocal8Bit();
-
-    OPENFILENAMEA* ofn = new OPENFILENAMEA;
-    memset(ofn, 0, sizeof(OPENFILENAMEA));
-
-#if defined(Q_CC_BOR) && (WINVER >= 0x0500) && (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0500)
-    // according to the MSDN, this should also be necessary for MSVC, but
-    // OPENFILENAME_SIZE_VERSION_400A is in not Microsoft header, as it seems
-    if (QApplication::winVersion()==Qt::WV_NT || QApplication::winVersion()&Qt::WV_DOS_based) {
-        ofn->lStructSize = OPENFILENAME_SIZE_VERSION_400A;
-    } else {
-        ofn->lStructSize = sizeof(OPENFILENAMEA);
-    }
-#else
-    ofn->lStructSize = sizeof(OPENFILENAMEA);
-#endif
-    Q_ASSERT(!parent ||parent->testAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Created));
-    ofn->hwndOwner = parent ? parent->winId() : 0;
-    ofn->lpstrFilter = aFilter;
-    ofn->lpstrFile = aInitSel.data();
-    ofn->nMaxFile = maxLen;
-    ofn->lpstrInitialDir = aInitDir.data();
-    ofn->lpstrTitle = aTitle.data();
-    ofn->Flags = (OFN_NOCHANGEDIR | OFN_HIDEREADONLY | OFN_EXPLORER);
-
-    if (mode == QFileDialog::ExistingFile ||
-         mode == QFileDialog::ExistingFiles)
-        ofn->Flags |= (OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST | OFN_PATHMUSTEXIST);
-    if (mode == QFileDialog::ExistingFiles)
-        ofn->Flags |= (OFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT);
-    if (!(options & QFileDialog::DontConfirmOverwrite))
-        ofn->Flags |= OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT;
-
-    return ofn;
-}
-
-static void qt_win_clean_up_OFNA(OPENFILENAMEA **ofn)
-{
-    delete *ofn;
-    *ofn = 0;
-}
-#endif
-
 static QString tFilters, tTitle, tInitDir;
 
-#ifdef UNICODE
-// If you change this, then make sure you change qt_win_make_OFNA (above) too
 static OPENFILENAME* qt_win_make_OFN(QWidget *parent,
                                      const QString& initialSelection,
                                      const QString& initialDirectory,
                                      const QString& title,
                                      const QString& filters,
                                      QFileDialog::FileMode mode,
-				     QFileDialog::Options options)
+                                     QFileDialog::Options options)
 {
     if (parent)
         parent = parent->window();
@@ -286,14 +209,14 @@ static OPENFILENAME* qt_win_make_OFN(QWidget *parent,
     tTitle = title;
     QString initSel = QDir::toNativeSeparators(initialSelection);
     if (!initSel.isEmpty()) {
-	    initSel.remove(QLatin1Char('<'));
-	    initSel.remove(QLatin1Char('>'));
-	    initSel.remove(QLatin1Char('\"'));
-	    initSel.remove(QLatin1Char('|'));
+        initSel.remove(QLatin1Char('<'));
+        initSel.remove(QLatin1Char('>'));
+        initSel.remove(QLatin1Char('\"'));
+        initSel.remove(QLatin1Char('|'));
     }
 
     int maxLen = mode == QFileDialog::ExistingFiles ? maxMultiLen : maxNameLen;
-    TCHAR *tInitSel = new TCHAR[maxLen+1];
+    wchar_t *tInitSel = new wchar_t[maxLen + 1];
     if (initSel.length() > 0 && initSel.length() <= maxLen)
         memcpy(tInitSel, initSel.utf16(), (initSel.length()+1)*sizeof(QChar));
     else
@@ -302,24 +225,14 @@ static OPENFILENAME* qt_win_make_OFN(QWidget *parent,
     OPENFILENAME* ofn = new OPENFILENAME;
     memset(ofn, 0, sizeof(OPENFILENAME));
 
-#if defined(Q_CC_BOR) && (WINVER >= 0x0500) && (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0500)
-    // according to the MSDN, this should also be necessary for MSVC, but
-    // OPENFILENAME_SIZE_VERSION_400 is in not Microsoft header, as it seems
-    if (QApplication::winVersion()==Qt::WV_NT || QApplication::winVersion()&Qt::WV_DOS_based) {
-        ofn->lStructSize= OPENFILENAME_SIZE_VERSION_400;
-    } else {
-        ofn->lStructSize = sizeof(OPENFILENAME);
-    }
-#else
     ofn->lStructSize = sizeof(OPENFILENAME);
-#endif
     Q_ASSERT(!parent ||parent->testAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Created));
     ofn->hwndOwner = parent ? parent->winId() : 0;
-    ofn->lpstrFilter = (TCHAR *)tFilters.utf16();
+    ofn->lpstrFilter = (wchar_t*)tFilters.utf16();
     ofn->lpstrFile = tInitSel;
     ofn->nMaxFile = maxLen;
-    ofn->lpstrInitialDir = (TCHAR *)tInitDir.utf16();
-    ofn->lpstrTitle = (TCHAR *)tTitle.utf16();
+    ofn->lpstrInitialDir = (wchar_t*)tInitDir.utf16();
+    ofn->lpstrTitle = (wchar_t*)tTitle.utf16();
     ofn->Flags = (OFN_NOCHANGEDIR | OFN_HIDEREADONLY | OFN_EXPLORER);
     if (mode == QFileDialog::ExistingFile ||
          mode == QFileDialog::ExistingFiles)
@@ -332,7 +245,6 @@ static OPENFILENAME* qt_win_make_OFN(QWidget *parent,
     return ofn;
 }
 
-
 static void qt_win_clean_up_OFN(OPENFILENAME **ofn)
 {
     delete [] (*ofn)->lpstrFile;
@@ -340,8 +252,6 @@ static void qt_win_clean_up_OFN(OPENFILENAME **ofn)
     *ofn = 0;
 }
 
-#endif // UNICODE
-
 extern void qt_win_eatMouseMove();
 
 QString qt_win_get_open_file_name(const QFileDialogArgs &args,
@@ -377,35 +287,20 @@ QString qt_win_get_open_file_name(const QFileDialogArgs &args,
     modal_widget.setAttribute(Qt::WA_NoChildEventsForParent, true);
     modal_widget.setParent(args.parent, Qt::Window);
     QApplicationPrivate::enterModal(&modal_widget);
-    QT_WA({
-        // Use Unicode strings and API
-        OPENFILENAME* ofn = qt_win_make_OFN(args.parent, args.selection,
-                                            args.directory, args.caption,
-                                            qt_win_filter(args.filter),
-					    QFileDialog::ExistingFile,
-					    args.options);
-        if (idx)
-            ofn->nFilterIndex = idx + 1;
-        if (GetOpenFileName(ofn)) {
-            result = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)ofn->lpstrFile);
-            selFilIdx = ofn->nFilterIndex;
-        }
-        qt_win_clean_up_OFN(&ofn);
-    } , {
-        // Use ANSI strings and API
-        OPENFILENAMEA* ofn = qt_win_make_OFNA(args.parent, args.selection,
-                                              args.directory, args.caption,
-                                              qt_win_filter(args.filter),
-					      QFileDialog::ExistingFile,
-					      args.options);
-        if (idx)
-            ofn->nFilterIndex = idx + 1;
-        if (GetOpenFileNameA(ofn)) {
-            result = QString::fromLocal8Bit(ofn->lpstrFile);
-            selFilIdx = ofn->nFilterIndex;
-        }
-        qt_win_clean_up_OFNA(&ofn);
-    });
+
+    OPENFILENAME* ofn = qt_win_make_OFN(args.parent, args.selection,
+                                        args.directory, args.caption,
+                                        qt_win_filter(args.filter),
+                                        QFileDialog::ExistingFile,
+                                        args.options);
+    if (idx)
+        ofn->nFilterIndex = idx + 1;
+    if (GetOpenFileName(ofn)) {
+        result = QString::fromWCharArray(ofn->lpstrFile);
+        selFilIdx = ofn->nFilterIndex;
+    }
+    qt_win_clean_up_OFN(&ofn);
+
     QApplicationPrivate::leaveModal(&modal_widget);
 
     qt_win_eatMouseMove();
@@ -422,7 +317,7 @@ QString qt_win_get_open_file_name(const QFileDialogArgs &args,
 
 QString qt_win_get_save_file_name(const QFileDialogArgs &args,
                                   QString *initialDirectory,
-				  QString *selectedFilter)
+                                  QString *selectedFilter)
 {
     QString result;
 
@@ -470,41 +365,22 @@ QString qt_win_get_save_file_name(const QFileDialogArgs &args,
         }
     }
 
-    QT_WA({
-        // Use Unicode strings and API
-        OPENFILENAME *ofn = qt_win_make_OFN(args.parent, args.selection,
-                                            args.directory, args.caption,
-                                            qt_win_filter(args.filter),
-					    QFileDialog::AnyFile,
-					    args.options);
-
-        ofn->lpstrDefExt = (TCHAR *)defaultSaveExt.utf16();
-
-        if (idx)
-            ofn->nFilterIndex = idx + 1;
-        if (GetSaveFileName(ofn)) {
-            result = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)ofn->lpstrFile);
-            selFilIdx = ofn->nFilterIndex;
-        }
-        qt_win_clean_up_OFN(&ofn);
-    } , {
-        // Use ANSI strings and API
-        OPENFILENAMEA *ofn = qt_win_make_OFNA(args.parent, args.selection,
-                                              args.directory, args.caption,
-                                              qt_win_filter(args.filter),
-					      QFileDialog::AnyFile,
-					      args.options);
-        QByteArray asciiExt = defaultSaveExt.toAscii();
-        ofn->lpstrDefExt = asciiExt.data();
-
-        if (idx)
-            ofn->nFilterIndex = idx + 1;
-        if (GetSaveFileNameA(ofn)) {
-            result = QString::fromLocal8Bit(ofn->lpstrFile);
-            selFilIdx = ofn->nFilterIndex;
-        }
-        qt_win_clean_up_OFNA(&ofn);
-    });
+    OPENFILENAME *ofn = qt_win_make_OFN(args.parent, args.selection,
+                                        args.directory, args.caption,
+                                        qt_win_filter(args.filter),
+                                        QFileDialog::AnyFile,
+                                        args.options);
+
+    ofn->lpstrDefExt = (wchar_t*)defaultSaveExt.utf16();
+
+    if (idx)
+        ofn->nFilterIndex = idx + 1;
+    if (GetSaveFileName(ofn)) {
+        result = QString::fromWCharArray(ofn->lpstrFile);
+        selFilIdx = ofn->nFilterIndex;
+    }
+    qt_win_clean_up_OFN(&ofn);
+
 #if defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
     int semIndex = result.indexOf(QLatin1Char(';'));
     if (semIndex >= 0)
@@ -558,73 +434,40 @@ QStringList qt_win_get_open_file_names(const QFileDialogArgs &args,
     modal_widget.setAttribute(Qt::WA_NoChildEventsForParent, true);
     modal_widget.setParent(args.parent, Qt::Window);
     QApplicationPrivate::enterModal(&modal_widget);
-    QT_WA({
-        OPENFILENAME* ofn = qt_win_make_OFN(args.parent, args.selection,
-                                            args.directory, args.caption,
-                                            qt_win_filter(args.filter),
-					    QFileDialog::ExistingFiles,
-					    args.options);
-        if (idx)
-            ofn->nFilterIndex = idx + 1;
-        if (GetOpenFileName(ofn)) {
-            QString fileOrDir = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)ofn->lpstrFile);
-            selFilIdx = ofn->nFilterIndex;
-            int offset = fileOrDir.length() + 1;
-            if (ofn->lpstrFile[offset] == 0) {
-                // Only one file selected; has full path
-                fi.setFile(fileOrDir);
-                QString res = fi.absoluteFilePath();
-                if (!res.isEmpty())
-                    result.append(res);
-            }
-            else {
-                // Several files selected; first string is path
-                dir.setPath(fileOrDir);
-                QString f;
-                while(!(f = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)ofn->lpstrFile+offset)).isEmpty()) {
-                    fi.setFile(dir, f);
-                    QString res = fi.absoluteFilePath();
-                    if (!res.isEmpty())
-                        result.append(res);
-                    offset += f.length() + 1;
-                }
-            }
+
+    OPENFILENAME* ofn = qt_win_make_OFN(args.parent, args.selection,
+                                        args.directory, args.caption,
+                                        qt_win_filter(args.filter),
+                                        QFileDialog::ExistingFiles,
+                                        args.options);
+    if (idx)
+        ofn->nFilterIndex = idx + 1;
+    if (GetOpenFileName(ofn)) {
+        QString fileOrDir = QString::fromWCharArray(ofn->lpstrFile);
+        selFilIdx = ofn->nFilterIndex;
+        int offset = fileOrDir.length() + 1;
+        if (ofn->lpstrFile[offset] == 0) {
+            // Only one file selected; has full path
+            fi.setFile(fileOrDir);
+            QString res = fi.absoluteFilePath();
+            if (!res.isEmpty())
+                result.append(res);
         }
-        qt_win_clean_up_OFN(&ofn);
-    } , {
-        OPENFILENAMEA* ofn = qt_win_make_OFNA(args.parent, args.selection,
-                                              args.directory, args.caption,
-                                              qt_win_filter(args.filter),
-					      QFileDialog::ExistingFiles,
-					      args.options);
-        if (idx)
-            ofn->nFilterIndex = idx + 1;
-        if (GetOpenFileNameA(ofn)) {
-            QByteArray fileOrDir(ofn->lpstrFile);
-            selFilIdx = ofn->nFilterIndex;
-            int offset = fileOrDir.length() + 1;
-            if (ofn->lpstrFile[offset] == '\0') {
-                // Only one file selected; has full path
-                fi.setFile(QString::fromLocal8Bit(fileOrDir));
+        else {
+            // Several files selected; first string is path
+            dir.setPath(fileOrDir);
+            QString f;
+            while(!(f = QString::fromWCharArray(ofn->lpstrFile + offset)).isEmpty()) {
+                fi.setFile(dir, f);
                 QString res = fi.absoluteFilePath();
                 if (!res.isEmpty())
                     result.append(res);
+                offset += f.length() + 1;
             }
-            else {
-                // Several files selected; first string is path
-                dir.setPath(QString::fromLocal8Bit(fileOrDir));
-                QByteArray f;
-                while (!(f = QByteArray(ofn->lpstrFile + offset)).isEmpty()) {
-                    fi.setFile(dir, QString::fromLocal8Bit(f));
-                    QString res = fi.absoluteFilePath();
-                    if (!res.isEmpty())
-                        result.append(res);
-                    offset += f.length() + 1;
-                }
-            }
-            qt_win_clean_up_OFNA(&ofn);
         }
-    });
+    }
+    qt_win_clean_up_OFN(&ofn);
+
     QApplicationPrivate::leaveModal(&modal_widget);
 
     qt_win_eatMouseMove();
@@ -647,34 +490,20 @@ static int __stdcall winGetExistDirCallbackProc(HWND hwnd,
     if (uMsg == BFFM_INITIALIZED && lpData != 0) {
         QString *initDir = (QString *)(lpData);
         if (!initDir->isEmpty()) {
-            // ### Lars asks: is this correct for the A version????
-            QT_WA({
-                SendMessage(hwnd, BFFM_SETSELECTION, TRUE, LPARAM(initDir->utf16()));
-            } , {
-                SendMessageA(hwnd, BFFM_SETSELECTION, TRUE, LPARAM(initDir->utf16()));
-            });
+            SendMessage(hwnd, BFFM_SETSELECTION, TRUE, LPARAM(initDir->utf16()));
         }
     } else if (uMsg == BFFM_SELCHANGED) {
-        QT_WA({
-            qt_win_resolve_libs();
-            TCHAR path[MAX_PATH];
+        qt_win_resolve_libs();
+        if (ptrSHGetPathFromIDList) {
+            wchar_t path[MAX_PATH];
             ptrSHGetPathFromIDList(LPITEMIDLIST(lParam), path);
-            QString tmpStr = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)path);
+            QString tmpStr = QString::fromWCharArray(path);
             if (!tmpStr.isEmpty())
                 SendMessage(hwnd, BFFM_ENABLEOK, 1, 1);
             else
                 SendMessage(hwnd, BFFM_ENABLEOK, 0, 0);
             SendMessage(hwnd, BFFM_SETSTATUSTEXT, 1, LPARAM(path));
-        } , {
-            char path[MAX_PATH];
-            SHGetPathFromIDListA(LPITEMIDLIST(lParam), path);
-            QString tmpStr = QString::fromLocal8Bit(path);
-            if (!tmpStr.isEmpty())
-                SendMessageA(hwnd, BFFM_ENABLEOK, 1, 1);
-            else
-                SendMessageA(hwnd, BFFM_ENABLEOK, 0, 0);
-            SendMessageA(hwnd, BFFM_SETSTATUSTEXT, 1, LPARAM(path));
-        });
+        }
     }
     return 0;
 }
@@ -700,116 +529,49 @@ QString qt_win_get_existing_directory(const QFileDialogArgs &args)
     modal_widget.setAttribute(Qt::WA_NoChildEventsForParent, true);
     modal_widget.setParent(parent, Qt::Window);
     QApplicationPrivate::enterModal(&modal_widget);
-#if !defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
-    QT_WA({
-        qt_win_resolve_libs();
-        QString initDir = QDir::toNativeSeparators(args.directory);
-        TCHAR path[MAX_PATH];
-        TCHAR initPath[MAX_PATH];
-        initPath[0] = 0;
-        path[0] = 0;
-        tTitle = args.caption;
-        BROWSEINFO bi;
-        Q_ASSERT(!parent ||parent->testAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Created));
-        bi.hwndOwner = (parent ? parent->winId() : 0);
-        bi.pidlRoot = NULL;
-        //### This does not seem to be respected? - the dialog always displays "Browse for folder"
-        bi.lpszTitle = (TCHAR*)tTitle.utf16();
-        bi.pszDisplayName = initPath;
-        bi.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS | BIF_STATUSTEXT | BIF_NEWDIALOGSTYLE;
-        bi.lpfn = winGetExistDirCallbackProc;
-        bi.lParam = LPARAM(&initDir);
-        if (ptrSHBrowseForFolder) {
-            LPITEMIDLIST pItemIDList = ptrSHBrowseForFolder(&bi);
-            if (pItemIDList && ptrSHGetPathFromIDList) {
-                ptrSHGetPathFromIDList(pItemIDList, path);
-                IMalloc *pMalloc;
-                if (SHGetMalloc(&pMalloc) != NOERROR)
-                    result = QString();
-                else {
-                    pMalloc->Free(pItemIDList);
-                    pMalloc->Release();
-                    result = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)path);
-                }
-            } else
-                result = QString();
-        }
-        tTitle = QString();
-    } , {
-        QString initDir = QDir::toNativeSeparators(args.directory);
-        char path[MAX_PATH];
-        char initPath[MAX_PATH];
-        QByteArray ctitle = args.caption.toLocal8Bit();
-        initPath[0]=0;
-        path[0]=0;
-        BROWSEINFOA bi;
-        Q_ASSERT(!parent ||parent->testAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Created));
-        bi.hwndOwner = (parent ? parent->winId() : 0);
-        bi.pidlRoot = NULL;
-        bi.lpszTitle = ctitle;
-        bi.pszDisplayName = initPath;
-        bi.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS | BIF_STATUSTEXT | BIF_NEWDIALOGSTYLE;
-        bi.lpfn = winGetExistDirCallbackProc;
-        bi.lParam = LPARAM(&initDir);
-        LPITEMIDLIST pItemIDList = SHBrowseForFolderA(&bi);
-        if (pItemIDList) {
-            SHGetPathFromIDListA(pItemIDList, path);
-            IMalloc *pMalloc;
-            if (SHGetMalloc(&pMalloc) != NOERROR)
-                result = QString();
-            else {
-                pMalloc->Free(pItemIDList);
-                pMalloc->Release();
-                result = QString::fromLocal8Bit(path);
-            }
-        } else
-            result = QString();
-    });
-#else
-    qt_win_resolve_libs();
+
     QString initDir = QDir::toNativeSeparators(args.directory);
-    TCHAR path[MAX_PATH];
-    TCHAR initPath[MAX_PATH];
-    memset(initPath, 0 , MAX_PATH*sizeof(TCHAR));
-    memset(path, 0, MAX_PATH*sizeof(TCHAR));
+    wchar_t path[MAX_PATH];
+    wchar_t initPath[MAX_PATH];
+    initPath[0] = 0;
+    path[0] = 0;
     tTitle = args.caption;
+
+#if !defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
+    BROWSEINFO bi;
+#else
     qt_BROWSEINFO bi;
+#endif
+
     Q_ASSERT(!parent ||parent->testAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Created));
     bi.hwndOwner = (parent ? parent->winId() : 0);
     bi.pidlRoot = NULL;
-    bi.lpszTitle = (TCHAR*)tTitle.utf16();
+    //### This does not seem to be respected? - the dialog always displays "Browse for folder"
+    bi.lpszTitle = (wchar_t*)tTitle.utf16();
     bi.pszDisplayName = initPath;
     bi.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS | BIF_STATUSTEXT | BIF_NEWDIALOGSTYLE;
     bi.lpfn = winGetExistDirCallbackProc;
     bi.lParam = LPARAM(&initDir);
+
+    qt_win_resolve_libs();
     if (ptrSHBrowseForFolder) {
         LPITEMIDLIST pItemIDList = ptrSHBrowseForFolder((BROWSEINFO*)&bi);
-        if (pItemIDList && ptrSHGetPathFromIDList) {
+        if (pItemIDList) {
             ptrSHGetPathFromIDList(pItemIDList, path);
             IMalloc *pMalloc;
-            if (SHGetMalloc(&pMalloc) != NOERROR)
-                result = QString();
-            else {
+            if (ptrSHGetMalloc(&pMalloc) == NOERROR) {
                 pMalloc->Free(pItemIDList);
                 pMalloc->Release();
-                result = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)path);
+                result = QString::fromWCharArray(path);
             }
-        } else
-            result = QString();
+        }
     }
     tTitle = QString();
 
-#endif
     QApplicationPrivate::leaveModal(&modal_widget);
 
     qt_win_eatMouseMove();
 
-    // Due to a bug on Windows Me, we need to reset the current
-    // directory
-    if ((QSysInfo::WindowsVersion == QSysInfo::WV_98 || QSysInfo::WindowsVersion == QSysInfo::WV_Me)
-	&& QDir::currentPath() != currentDir)
-        QDir::setCurrent(currentDir);
-
     if (!result.isEmpty())
         result.replace(QLatin1Char('\\'), QLatin1Char('/'));
     return result;
diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel.cpp b/src/gui/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
index 347a084..e523ec3 100644
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
@@ -296,22 +296,14 @@ static QString qt_GetLongPathName(const QString &strShortPath)
 #else
                 QString longSection = QDir::toNativeSeparators(section);
 #endif
-                QT_WA({
-                    WIN32_FIND_DATAW findData;
-                    h = ::FindFirstFileW((wchar_t *)longSection.utf16(), &findData);
-                    if (h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-                        longPath.append(QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)findData.cFileName));
-                    } , {
-                    WIN32_FIND_DATAA findData;
-                    h = ::FindFirstFileA(section.toLocal8Bit(), &findData);
-                    if (h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-                        longPath.append(QString::fromLocal8Bit(findData.cFileName));
-                });
-                if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+                WIN32_FIND_DATA findData;
+                h = ::FindFirstFile((wchar_t*)longSection.utf16(), &findData);
+                if (h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+                    longPath.append(QString::fromWCharArray(findData.cFileName));
+                    ::FindClose(h);
+                } else {
                     longPath.append(section);
                     break;
-                } else {
-                    ::FindClose(h);
                 }
             }
             if (it != constEnd)
diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/qpagesetupdialog_win.cpp b/src/gui/dialogs/qpagesetupdialog_win.cpp
index 136f939..a84a7ce 100644
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/qpagesetupdialog_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/qpagesetupdialog_win.cpp
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ int QPageSetupDialog::exec()
     HGLOBAL hDevMode;
     int devModeSize;
     if (!ep->globalDevMode) {
-        QT_WA( { devModeSize = sizeof(DEVMODEW) + ((DEVMODEW *) ep->devMode)->dmDriverExtra; },
-               { devModeSize = sizeof(DEVMODEA) + ((DEVMODEA *) ep->devMode)->dmDriverExtra; });
+        devModeSize = sizeof(DEVMODE) + ep->devMode->dmDriverExtra;
         hDevMode = GlobalAlloc(GHND, devModeSize);
         if (hDevMode) {
             void *dest = GlobalLock(hDevMode);
diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/qprintdialog_win.cpp b/src/gui/dialogs/qprintdialog_win.cpp
index e89ce90..6022a66 100644
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/qprintdialog_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/qprintdialog_win.cpp
@@ -77,27 +77,22 @@ public:
     QWin32PrintEnginePrivate *ep;
 };
 
-#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-// If you change this function, make sure you also change the unicode equivalent
-template <class PrintDialog, class DeviceMode>
-static PrintDialog *qt_win_make_PRINTDLG(QWidget *parent,
-                                         QPrintDialog *pdlg,
-                                         QPrintDialogPrivate *d, HGLOBAL *tempDevNames)
+static PRINTDLG* qt_win_make_PRINTDLG(QWidget *parent,
+                                      QPrintDialog *pdlg,
+                                      QPrintDialogPrivate *d, HGLOBAL *tempDevNames)
 {
-    PrintDialog *pd = new PrintDialog;
-    memset(pd, 0, sizeof(PrintDialog));
-    pd->lStructSize = sizeof(PrintDialog);
+    PRINTDLG *pd = new PRINTDLG;
+    memset(pd, 0, sizeof(PRINTDLG));
+    pd->lStructSize = sizeof(PRINTDLG);
 
-    void *devMode = sizeof(DeviceMode) == sizeof(DEVMODEA)
-                    ? (void *) d->ep->devModeA()
-                    : (void *) d->ep->devModeW();
+    DEVMODE *devMode = d->ep->devMode;
 
     if (devMode) {
-        int size = sizeof(DeviceMode) + ((DeviceMode *) devMode)->dmDriverExtra;
+        int size = sizeof(DEVMODE) + devMode->dmDriverExtra;
         pd->hDevMode = GlobalAlloc(GHND, size);
         {
             void *dest = GlobalLock(pd->hDevMode);
-            memcpy(dest, d->ep->devMode, size);
+            memcpy(dest, devMode, size);
             GlobalUnlock(pd->hDevMode);
         }
     } else {
@@ -140,20 +135,14 @@ static PrintDialog *qt_win_make_PRINTDLG(QWidget *parent,
 
     return pd;
 }
-#endif // Q_OS_WINCE
 
-// If you change this function, make sure you also change the ansi equivalent
-template <typename T>
-static void qt_win_clean_up_PRINTDLG(T **pd)
+static void qt_win_clean_up_PRINTDLG(PRINTDLG **pd)
 {
     delete *pd;
     *pd = 0;
 }
 
-
-// If you change this function, make sure you also change the ansi equivalent
-template <typename T>
-static void qt_win_read_back_PRINTDLG(T *pd, QPrintDialog *pdlg, QPrintDialogPrivate *d)
+static void qt_win_read_back_PRINTDLG(PRINTDLG *pd, QPrintDialog *pdlg, QPrintDialogPrivate *d)
 {
     if (pd->Flags & PD_SELECTION) {
         pdlg->setPrintRange(QPrintDialog::Selection);
@@ -236,32 +225,18 @@ int QPrintDialogPrivate::openWindowsPrintDialogModally()
 
     bool result;
     bool done;
-    void *pd = QT_WA_INLINE(
-        (void*)(qt_win_make_PRINTDLG<PRINTDLGW, DEVMODEW>(parent, q, this, tempDevNames)),
-        (void*)(qt_win_make_PRINTDLG<PRINTDLGA, DEVMODEA>(parent, q, this, tempDevNames))
-        );
+    PRINTDLG *pd = qt_win_make_PRINTDLG(parent, q, this, tempDevNames);
 
     do {
         done = true;
-        QT_WA({
-            PRINTDLGW *pdw = reinterpret_cast<PRINTDLGW *>(pd);
-            result = PrintDlgW(pdw);
-            if ((pdw->Flags & PD_PAGENUMS) && (pdw->nFromPage > pdw->nToPage))
-                done = false;
-            if (result && pdw->hDC == 0)
-                result = false;
-            else if (!result)
-                done = true;
-        }, {
-            PRINTDLGA *pda = reinterpret_cast<PRINTDLGA *>(pd);
-            result = PrintDlgA(pda);
-            if ((pda->Flags & PD_PAGENUMS) && (pda->nFromPage > pda->nToPage))
-                done = false;
-            if (result && pda->hDC == 0)
-                result = false;
-            else if (!result)
-                done = true;
-        });
+        result = PrintDlg(pd);
+        if ((pd->Flags & PD_PAGENUMS) && (pd->nFromPage > pd->nToPage))
+            done = false;
+        if (result && pd->hDC == 0)
+            result = false;
+        else if (!result)
+            done = true;
+
         if (!done) {
             QMessageBox::warning(0, QPrintDialog::tr("Print"),
                                  QPrintDialog::tr("The 'From' value cannot be greater than the 'To' value."),
@@ -275,15 +250,8 @@ int QPrintDialogPrivate::openWindowsPrintDialogModally()
 
     // write values back...
     if (result) {
-        QT_WA({
-            PRINTDLGW *pdw = reinterpret_cast<PRINTDLGW *>(pd);
-            qt_win_read_back_PRINTDLG(pdw, q, this);
-            qt_win_clean_up_PRINTDLG(&pdw);
-        }, {
-            PRINTDLGA *pda = reinterpret_cast<PRINTDLGA *>(pd);
-            qt_win_read_back_PRINTDLG(pda, q, this);
-            qt_win_clean_up_PRINTDLG(&pda);
-        });
+        qt_win_read_back_PRINTDLG(pd, q, this);
+        qt_win_clean_up_PRINTDLG(&pd);
         // update printer validity
         printer->d_func()->validPrinter = !ep->name.isEmpty();
     }
diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/qwizard.cpp b/src/gui/dialogs/qwizard.cpp
index 3fdea54..a7dccd8 100644
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/qwizard.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/qwizard.cpp
@@ -1251,13 +1251,7 @@ void QWizardPrivate::updateMinMaxSizes(const QWizardLayoutInfo &info)
         extraHeight = vistaHelper->titleBarSize() + vistaHelper->topOffset();
 #endif
     QSize minimumSize = mainLayout->totalMinimumSize() + QSize(0, extraHeight);
-    QSize maximumSize;
-    bool skipMaxSize = false;
-#if defined(Q_WS_WIN)
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion <= QSysInfo::WV_Me) // ### See Tasks 164078 and 161660
-        skipMaxSize = true;
-#endif
-    maximumSize = mainLayout->totalMaximumSize();
+    QSize maximumSize = mainLayout->totalMaximumSize();
     if (info.header && headerWidget->maximumWidth() != QWIDGETSIZE_MAX) {
         minimumSize.setWidth(headerWidget->maximumWidth());
         maximumSize.setWidth(headerWidget->maximumWidth());
@@ -1276,13 +1270,11 @@ void QWizardPrivate::updateMinMaxSizes(const QWizardLayoutInfo &info)
     }
     if (q->maximumWidth() == maximumWidth) {
         maximumWidth = maximumSize.width();
-        if (!skipMaxSize)
-            q->setMaximumWidth(maximumWidth);
+        q->setMaximumWidth(maximumWidth);
     }
     if (q->maximumHeight() == maximumHeight) {
         maximumHeight = maximumSize.height();
-        if (!skipMaxSize)
-            q->setMaximumHeight(maximumHeight);
+        q->setMaximumHeight(maximumHeight);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/image/qpixmap_win.cpp b/src/gui/image/qpixmap_win.cpp
index 2c84ce7..56b53bd 100644
--- a/src/gui/image/qpixmap_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/image/qpixmap_win.cpp
@@ -179,13 +179,7 @@ QPixmap QPixmap::fromWinHBITMAP(HBITMAP bitmap, HBitmapFormat format)
     BITMAP bitmap_info;
     memset(&bitmap_info, 0, sizeof(BITMAP));
 
-    int res;
-    QT_WA({
-            res = GetObjectW(bitmap, sizeof(BITMAP), &bitmap_info);
-        } , {
-              res = GetObjectA(bitmap, sizeof(BITMAP), &bitmap_info);
-          });
-
+    int res = GetObject(bitmap, sizeof(BITMAP), &bitmap_info);
     if (!res) {
         qErrnoWarning("QPixmap::fromWinHBITMAP(), failed to get bitmap info");
         return QPixmap();
@@ -417,9 +411,9 @@ QPixmap convertHIconToPixmap( const HICON icon, bool large)
 QPixmap loadIconFromShell32( int resourceId, int size )
 {
 #ifdef Q_OS_WINCE
-    HMODULE hmod = LoadLibrary((const wchar_t *) QString::fromLatin1("ceshell.dll").utf16());
+    HMODULE hmod = LoadLibrary(L"ceshell.dll");
 #else
-    HMODULE hmod = LoadLibraryA("shell32.dll");
+    HMODULE hmod = LoadLibrary(L"shell32.dll");
 #endif
     if( hmod ) {
         HICON iconHandle = (HICON)LoadImage(hmod, MAKEINTRESOURCE(resourceId), IMAGE_ICON, size, size, 0);
diff --git a/src/gui/inputmethod/qwininputcontext_win.cpp b/src/gui/inputmethod/qwininputcontext_win.cpp
index 3bbde89..741d8da 100644
--- a/src/gui/inputmethod/qwininputcontext_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/inputmethod/qwininputcontext_win.cpp
@@ -45,16 +45,11 @@
 #include "qfont.h"
 #include "qwidget.h"
 #include "qapplication.h"
-#include "qlibrary.h"
 #include "qevent.h"
 #include "qtextformat.h"
 
 //#define Q_IME_DEBUG
 
-/* Active Input method support on Win95/98/NT */
-#include <objbase.h>
-#include <initguid.h>
-
 #ifdef Q_IME_DEBUG
 #include "qdebug.h"
 #endif
@@ -218,25 +213,6 @@ static DWORD WM_MSIME_MOUSE = 0;
 QWinInputContext::QWinInputContext(QObject *parent)
     : QInputContext(parent), recursionGuard(false)
 {
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion < QSysInfo::WV_2000) {
-        // try to get the Active IMM COM object on Win95/98/NT, where english versions don't
-        // support the regular Windows input methods.
-        if (CoCreateInstance(CLSID_CActiveIMM, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
-            IID_IActiveIMMApp, (LPVOID *)&aimm) != S_OK) {
-            aimm = 0;
-        }
-        if (aimm && (aimm->QueryInterface(IID_IActiveIMMMessagePumpOwner, (LPVOID *)&aimmpump) != S_OK ||
-                        aimm->Activate(true) != S_OK)) {
-            aimm->Release();
-            aimm = 0;
-            if (aimmpump)
-                aimmpump->Release();
-            aimmpump = 0;
-        }
-        if (aimmpump)
-            aimmpump->Start();
-    }
-
 #ifndef Q_WS_WINCE
     QSysInfo::WinVersion ver = QSysInfo::windowsVersion();
     if (ver & QSysInfo::WV_NT_based  && ver >= QSysInfo::WV_VISTA) {
@@ -262,25 +238,21 @@ QWinInputContext::QWinInputContext(QObject *parent)
             delete []lpList;
         }
     } else {
-	    // figure out whether a RTL language is installed
-    	typedef BOOL(WINAPI *PtrIsValidLanguageGroup)(DWORD,DWORD);
-    	PtrIsValidLanguageGroup isValidLanguageGroup = (PtrIsValidLanguageGroup)QLibrary::resolve(QLatin1String("kernel32"), "IsValidLanguageGroup");
-    	if (isValidLanguageGroup) {
-        	qt_use_rtl_extensions = isValidLanguageGroup(LGRPID_ARABIC, LGRPID_INSTALLED)
-	            	                 || isValidLanguageGroup(LGRPID_HEBREW, LGRPID_INSTALLED);
-    	}
-    	qt_use_rtl_extensions |= IsValidLocale(MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), SORT_DEFAULT), LCID_INSTALLED)
-        	                  || IsValidLocale(MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_HEBREW, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), SORT_DEFAULT), LCID_INSTALLED)
+        // figure out whether a RTL language is installed
+        qt_use_rtl_extensions = IsValidLanguageGroup(LGRPID_ARABIC, LGRPID_INSTALLED)
+                                || IsValidLanguageGroup(LGRPID_HEBREW, LGRPID_INSTALLED)
+                                || IsValidLocale(MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_ARABIC, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), SORT_DEFAULT), LCID_INSTALLED)
+                                || IsValidLocale(MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_HEBREW, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), SORT_DEFAULT), LCID_INSTALLED)
 #ifdef LANG_SYRIAC
-            	              || IsValidLocale(MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SYRIAC, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), SORT_DEFAULT), LCID_INSTALLED)
+                                || IsValidLocale(MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_SYRIAC, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), SORT_DEFAULT), LCID_INSTALLED)
 #endif
-                	          || IsValidLocale(MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_FARSI, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), SORT_DEFAULT), LCID_INSTALLED);
+                                || IsValidLocale(MAKELCID(MAKELANGID(LANG_FARSI, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), SORT_DEFAULT), LCID_INSTALLED);
     }
 #else
     qt_use_rtl_extensions = false;
 #endif
 
-    WM_MSIME_MOUSE = QT_WA_INLINE(RegisterWindowMessage(L"MSIMEMouseOperation"), RegisterWindowMessageA("MSIMEMouseOperation"));
+    WM_MSIME_MOUSE = RegisterWindowMessage(L"MSIMEMouseOperation");
 }
 
 QWinInputContext::~QWinInputContext()
@@ -337,26 +309,13 @@ static void notifyIME(HIMC imc, DWORD dwAction, DWORD dwIndex, DWORD dwValue)
         ImmNotifyIME(imc, dwAction, dwIndex, dwValue);
 }
 
-static LONG getCompositionString(HIMC himc, DWORD dwIndex, LPVOID lpbuf, DWORD dBufLen, bool *unicode = 0)
+static LONG getCompositionString(HIMC himc, DWORD dwIndex, LPVOID lpbuf, DWORD dBufLen)
 {
     LONG len = 0;
-    if (unicode)
-        *unicode = true;
     if (aimm)
         aimm->GetCompositionStringW(himc, dwIndex, dBufLen, &len, lpbuf);
     else
-    {
-        if(QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_95) {
-            len = ImmGetCompositionStringW(himc, dwIndex, lpbuf, dBufLen);
-        }
-#if !defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
-        else {
-            len = ImmGetCompositionStringA(himc, dwIndex, lpbuf, dBufLen);
-            if (unicode)
-                *unicode = false;
-        }
-#endif
-    }
+        len = ImmGetCompositionString(himc, dwIndex, lpbuf, dBufLen);
     return len;
 }
 
@@ -367,29 +326,28 @@ static int getCursorPosition(HIMC himc)
 
 static QString getString(HIMC himc, DWORD dwindex, int *selStart = 0, int *selLength = 0)
 {
-    static char *buffer = 0;
+    static wchar_t *buffer = 0;
     static int buflen = 0;
 
     int len = getCompositionString(himc, dwindex, 0, 0) + 1;
     if (!buffer || len > buflen) {
         delete [] buffer;
         buflen = qMin(len, 256);
-        buffer = new char[buflen];
+        buffer = new wchar_t[buflen];
     }
 
-    bool unicode = true;
-    len = getCompositionString(himc, dwindex, buffer, buflen, &unicode);
+    len = getCompositionString(himc, dwindex, buffer, buflen * sizeof(wchar_t));
 
     if (selStart) {
-        static char *attrbuffer = 0;
+        static wchar_t *attrbuffer = 0;
         static int attrbuflen = 0;
         int attrlen = getCompositionString(himc, dwindex, 0, 0) + 1;
         if (!attrbuffer || attrlen> attrbuflen) {
             delete [] attrbuffer;
             attrbuflen = qMin(attrlen, 256);
-            attrbuffer = new char[attrbuflen];
+            attrbuffer = new wchar_t[attrbuflen];
         }
-        attrlen = getCompositionString(himc, GCS_COMPATTR, attrbuffer, attrbuflen);
+        attrlen = getCompositionString(himc, GCS_COMPATTR, attrbuffer, attrbuflen * sizeof(wchar_t));
         *selStart = attrlen+1;
         *selLength = -1;
         for (int i = 0; i < attrlen; i++) {
@@ -403,18 +361,8 @@ static QString getString(HIMC himc, DWORD dwindex, int *selStart = 0, int *selLe
 
     if (len <= 0)
         return QString();
-    if (unicode) {
-        return QString((QChar *)buffer, len/sizeof(QChar));
-    }
-    else {
-        buffer[len] = 0;
-        WCHAR *wc = new WCHAR[len+1];
-        int l = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, MB_PRECOMPOSED,
-            buffer, len, wc, len+1);
-        QString res = QString((QChar *)wc, l);
-        delete [] wc;
-        return res;
-    }
+
+    return QString((QChar*)buffer, len / sizeof(QChar));
 }
 
 void QWinInputContext::TranslateMessage(const MSG *msg)
@@ -428,11 +376,7 @@ LRESULT QWinInputContext::DefWindowProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPAR
     LRESULT retval;
     if (!aimm || aimm->OnDefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam, &retval) != S_OK)
     {
-        QT_WA({
-            retval = ::DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
-        } , {
-            retval = ::DefWindowProcA(hwnd,msg, wParam, lParam);
-        });
+        retval = ::DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
     }
     return retval;
 }
@@ -454,21 +398,13 @@ void QWinInputContext::update()
     HFONT hf;
     hf = f.handle();
 
-    QT_WA({
-        LOGFONT lf;
-        if (GetObject(hf, sizeof(lf), &lf))
-            if (aimm)
-                aimm->SetCompositionFontW(imc, &lf);
-            else
-                ImmSetCompositionFont(imc, &lf);
-    } , {
-        LOGFONTA lf;
-        if (GetObjectA(hf, sizeof(lf), &lf))
-            if (aimm)
-                aimm->SetCompositionFontA(imc, &lf);
-            else
-                ImmSetCompositionFontA(imc, &lf);
-    });
+    LOGFONT lf;
+    if (GetObject(hf, sizeof(lf), &lf)) {
+        if (aimm)
+            aimm->SetCompositionFontW(imc, &lf);
+        else
+            ImmSetCompositionFont(imc, &lf);
+    }
 
     QRect r = w->inputMethodQuery(Qt::ImMicroFocus).toRect();
 
diff --git a/src/gui/itemviews/qfileiconprovider.cpp b/src/gui/itemviews/qfileiconprovider.cpp
index 3f7b53d..506b988 100644
--- a/src/gui/itemviews/qfileiconprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/itemviews/qfileiconprovider.cpp
@@ -243,10 +243,10 @@ QIcon QFileIconProviderPrivate::getWinIcon(const QFileInfo &fileInfo) const
 
     //Get the small icon
 #ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-    val = SHGetFileInfo((const WCHAR *)QDir::toNativeSeparators(fileInfo.filePath()).utf16(), 0, &info,
+    val = SHGetFileInfo((const wchar_t *)QDir::toNativeSeparators(fileInfo.filePath()).utf16(), 0, &info,
                         sizeof(SHFILEINFO), SHGFI_ICON|SHGFI_SMALLICON|SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX|SHGFI_ADDOVERLAYS);
 #else
-    val = SHGetFileInfo((const WCHAR *)QDir::toNativeSeparators(fileInfo.filePath()).utf16(), 0, &info,
+    val = SHGetFileInfo((const wchar_t *)QDir::toNativeSeparators(fileInfo.filePath()).utf16(), 0, &info,
                         sizeof(SHFILEINFO), SHGFI_SMALLICON|SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX);
 #endif
     if (val) {
@@ -282,10 +282,10 @@ QIcon QFileIconProviderPrivate::getWinIcon(const QFileInfo &fileInfo) const
 
     //Get the big icon
 #ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-    val = SHGetFileInfo((const WCHAR *)QDir::toNativeSeparators(fileInfo.filePath()).utf16(), 0, &info,
+    val = SHGetFileInfo((const wchar_t *)QDir::toNativeSeparators(fileInfo.filePath()).utf16(), 0, &info,
                         sizeof(SHFILEINFO), SHGFI_ICON|SHGFI_LARGEICON|SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX|SHGFI_ADDOVERLAYS);
 #else
-    val = SHGetFileInfo((const WCHAR *)QDir::toNativeSeparators(fileInfo.filePath()).utf16(), 0, &info,
+    val = SHGetFileInfo((const wchar_t *)QDir::toNativeSeparators(fileInfo.filePath()).utf16(), 0, &info,
                         sizeof(SHFILEINFO), SHGFI_LARGEICON|SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX);
 #endif
     if (val) {
@@ -357,9 +357,7 @@ QIcon QFileIconProvider::icon(const QFileInfo &info) const
     if (info.isRoot())
 #if defined (Q_WS_WIN) && !defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
     {
-        uint type = DRIVE_UNKNOWN;
-        QT_WA({ type = GetDriveTypeW((wchar_t *)info.absoluteFilePath().utf16()); },
-        { type = GetDriveTypeA(info.absoluteFilePath().toLocal8Bit()); });
+        UINT type = GetDriveType((wchar_t *)info.absoluteFilePath().utf16());
 
         switch (type) {
         case DRIVE_REMOVABLE:
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qapplication.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qapplication.cpp
index 05d9b3c..15ddce8 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qapplication.cpp
@@ -863,12 +863,6 @@ void QApplicationPrivate::initialize()
     if (qgetenv("QT_USE_NATIVE_WINDOWS").toInt() > 0)
         q->setAttribute(Qt::AA_NativeWindows);
 
-#if defined(Q_WS_WIN)
-    // Alien is not currently working on Windows 98
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based)
-        q->setAttribute(Qt::AA_NativeWindows);
-#endif
-
 #ifdef Q_WS_WINCE
 #ifdef QT_AUTO_MAXIMIZE_THRESHOLD
     autoMaximizeThreshold = QT_AUTO_MAXIMIZE_THRESHOLD;
@@ -4414,13 +4408,13 @@ HRESULT qt_CoCreateGuid(GUID* guid)
 {
     // We will use the following information to create the GUID
     // 1. absolute path to application
-    wchar_t tempFilename[512];
-    if (!GetModuleFileNameW(0, tempFilename, 512))
+    wchar_t tempFilename[MAX_PATH];
+    if (!GetModuleFileName(0, tempFilename, MAX_PATH))
         return S_FALSE;
-    unsigned int hash = qHash(QString::fromUtf16((const unsigned short *) tempFilename));
+    unsigned int hash = qHash(QString::fromWCharArray(tempFilename));
     guid->Data1 = hash;
     // 2. creation time of file
-    QFileInfo info(QString::fromUtf16((const unsigned short *) tempFilename));
+    QFileInfo info(QString::fromWCharArray(tempFilename));
     guid->Data2 = qHash(info.created().toTime_t());
     // 3. current system time
     guid->Data3 = qHash(QDateTime::currentDateTime().toTime_t());
@@ -4454,10 +4448,10 @@ QSessionManager::QSessionManager(QApplication * app, QString &id, QString &key)
     GUID guid;
     CoCreateGuid(&guid);
     StringFromGUID2(guid, guidstr, 40);
-    id = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)guidstr);
+    id = QString::fromWCharArray(guidstr);
     CoCreateGuid(&guid);
     StringFromGUID2(guid, guidstr, 40);
-    key = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)guidstr);
+    key = QString::fromWCharArray(guidstr);
 #endif
     d->sessionId = id;
     d->sessionKey = key;
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qapplication_win.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qapplication_win.cpp
index bb7d931..e1af0f7 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qapplication_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qapplication_win.cpp
@@ -145,24 +145,6 @@ typedef struct tagTOUCHINPUT
 
 #endif
 
-#ifndef FLASHW_STOP
-typedef struct {
-    UINT  cbSize;
-    HWND  hwnd;
-    DWORD dwFlags;
-    UINT  uCount;
-    DWORD dwTimeout;
-} FLASHWINFO, *PFLASHWINFO;
-#define FLASHW_STOP         0
-#define FLASHW_CAPTION      0x00000001
-#define FLASHW_TRAY         0x00000002
-#define FLASHW_ALL          (FLASHW_CAPTION | FLASHW_TRAY)
-#define FLASHW_TIMER        0x00000004
-#define FLASHW_TIMERNOFG    0x0000000C
-#endif /* FLASHW_STOP */
-typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrFlashWindowEx)(PFLASHWINFO pfwi);
-static PtrFlashWindowEx pFlashWindowEx = 0;
-
 #include <windowsx.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -272,10 +254,6 @@ QTabletDeviceData currentTabletPointer;
 // from qregion_win.cpp
 extern HRGN qt_tryCreateRegion(QRegion::RegionType type, int left, int top, int right, int bottom);
 
-Q_CORE_EXPORT bool winPeekMessage(MSG* msg, HWND hWnd, UINT wMsgFilterMin,
-                            UINT wMsgFilterMax, UINT wRemoveMsg);
-Q_CORE_EXPORT bool winPostMessage(HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
-
 // support for on-the-fly changes of the XP theme engine
 #ifndef WM_THEMECHANGED
 #define WM_THEMECHANGED                 0x031A
@@ -302,7 +280,7 @@ Q_CORE_EXPORT bool winPostMessage(HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lPa
 #define GET_KEYSTATE_WPARAM(wParam)     (LOWORD(wParam))
 #endif
 
-// support for multi-media-keys on ME/2000/XP
+// support for multi-media-keys
 #ifndef WM_APPCOMMAND
 #define WM_APPCOMMAND                   0x0319
 
@@ -375,8 +353,6 @@ Q_CORE_EXPORT bool winPostMessage(HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lPa
 
 #endif // WM_APPCOMMAND
 
-static UINT WM95_MOUSEWHEEL = 0;
-
 #if (_WIN32_WINNT < 0x0400)
 // This struct is defined in winuser.h if the _WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0400 -- in the
 // other cases we have to define it on our own.
@@ -543,14 +519,13 @@ static void qt_set_windows_color_resources()
     pal.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Light, pal.light().color());
     pal.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Dark, pal.dark().color());
 
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_NT && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_95) {
-        if (pal.midlight() == pal.button())
-            pal.setColor(QPalette::Midlight, pal.button().color().lighter(110));
-        if (pal.background() != pal.base()) {
-            pal.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Highlight, pal.color(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Window));
-            pal.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::HighlightedText, pal.color(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Text));
-        }
+    if (pal.midlight() == pal.button())
+        pal.setColor(QPalette::Midlight, pal.button().color().lighter(110));
+    if (pal.background() != pal.base()) {
+        pal.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Highlight, pal.color(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Window));
+        pal.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::HighlightedText, pal.color(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Text));
     }
+
     const QColor bg = pal.background().color();
     const QColor fg = pal.foreground().color(), btn = pal.button().color();
     QColor disabled((fg.red()+btn.red())/2,(fg.green()+btn.green())/2,
@@ -601,35 +576,18 @@ static void qt_set_windows_color_resources()
 static void qt_set_windows_font_resources()
 {
 #ifndef Q_WS_WINCE
-    QFont menuFont;
-    QFont messageFont;
-    QFont statusFont;
-    QFont titleFont;
-    QFont iconTitleFont;
-    QT_WA({
-        NONCLIENTMETRICS ncm;
-        ncm.cbSize = FIELD_OFFSET(NONCLIENTMETRICS, lfMessageFont) + sizeof(LOGFONTW);
-        SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETNONCLIENTMETRICS, ncm.cbSize , &ncm, 0);
-        menuFont = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont(ncm.lfMenuFont,true);
-        messageFont = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont(ncm.lfMessageFont,true);
-        statusFont = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont(ncm.lfStatusFont,true);
-        titleFont = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont(ncm.lfCaptionFont,true);
-        LOGFONTW lfIconTitleFont;
-        SystemParametersInfoW(SPI_GETICONTITLELOGFONT, sizeof(lfIconTitleFont), &lfIconTitleFont, 0);
-        iconTitleFont = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont(lfIconTitleFont,true);
-    } , {
-        // A version
-        NONCLIENTMETRICSA ncm;
-        ncm.cbSize = FIELD_OFFSET(NONCLIENTMETRICSA, lfMessageFont) + sizeof(LOGFONTA);
-        SystemParametersInfoA(SPI_GETNONCLIENTMETRICS, ncm.cbSize, &ncm, 0);
-        menuFont = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont((LOGFONT&)ncm.lfMenuFont,true);
-        messageFont = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont((LOGFONT&)ncm.lfMessageFont,true);
-        statusFont = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont((LOGFONT&)ncm.lfStatusFont,true);
-        titleFont = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont((LOGFONT&)ncm.lfCaptionFont,true);
-        LOGFONTA lfIconTitleFont;
-        SystemParametersInfoA(SPI_GETICONTITLELOGFONT, sizeof(lfIconTitleFont), &lfIconTitleFont, 0);
-        iconTitleFont = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont((LOGFONT&)lfIconTitleFont,true);
-    });
+    NONCLIENTMETRICS ncm;
+    ncm.cbSize = FIELD_OFFSET(NONCLIENTMETRICS, lfMessageFont) + sizeof(LOGFONT);
+    SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETNONCLIENTMETRICS, ncm.cbSize , &ncm, 0);
+
+    QFont menuFont = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont(ncm.lfMenuFont, true);
+    QFont messageFont = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont(ncm.lfMessageFont, true);
+    QFont statusFont = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont(ncm.lfStatusFont, true);
+    QFont titleFont = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont(ncm.lfCaptionFont, true);
+
+    LOGFONT lfIconTitleFont;
+    SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETICONTITLELOGFONT, sizeof(lfIconTitleFont), &lfIconTitleFont, 0);
+    QFont iconTitleFont = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont(lfIconTitleFont, true);
 
     QApplication::setFont(menuFont, "QMenu");
     QApplication::setFont(menuFont, "QMenuBar");
@@ -657,26 +615,13 @@ static void qt_set_windows_font_resources()
 
 static void qt_win_read_cleartype_settings()
 {
+    UINT result = 0;
 #ifdef Q_OS_WINCE
-     UINT result;
-     BOOL ok;
-     ok = SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHING, 0, &result, 0);
-     if (ok)
-         qt_cleartype_enabled = result;
+    if (SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHING, 0, &result, 0))
+        qt_cleartype_enabled = result;
 #else
-    QT_WA({
-        UINT result;
-        BOOL ok;
-        ok = SystemParametersInfoW(SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHINGTYPE, 0, &result, 0);
-        if (ok)
-            qt_cleartype_enabled = (result == FE_FONTSMOOTHINGCLEARTYPE);
-    }, {
-        UINT result;
-        BOOL ok;
-        ok = SystemParametersInfoA(SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHINGTYPE, 0, &result, 0);
-        if (ok)
-            qt_cleartype_enabled = (result == FE_FONTSMOOTHINGCLEARTYPE);
-    });
+    if (SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHINGTYPE, 0, &result, 0))
+        qt_cleartype_enabled = (result == FE_FONTSMOOTHINGCLEARTYPE);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -694,10 +639,10 @@ void QApplicationPrivate::initializeWidgetPaletteHash()
     QPalette pal = *QApplicationPrivate::sys_pal;
     QColor menuCol(qt_colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(COLOR_MENU)));
     QColor menuText(qt_colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(COLOR_MENUTEXT)));
-    BOOL isFlat = 0;
+    BOOL isFlat = false;
     if ((QSysInfo::WindowsVersion >= QSysInfo::WV_XP
         && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion < QSysInfo::WV_NT_based))
-        SystemParametersInfo(0x1022 /*SPI_GETFLATMENU*/, 0, &isFlat, 0);
+        SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETFLATMENU, 0, &isFlat, 0);
     QPalette menu(pal);
     // we might need a special color group for the menu.
     menu.setColor(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Button, menuCol);
@@ -712,8 +657,7 @@ void QApplicationPrivate::initializeWidgetPaletteHash()
                     QColor(qt_colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(
                                             (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion >= QSysInfo::WV_XP
                                             && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion < QSysInfo::WV_NT_based)
-                                            && isFlat ? COLOR_MENUHILIGHT
-                                                        : COLOR_HIGHLIGHT))));
+                                            && isFlat ? COLOR_MENUHILIGHT : COLOR_HIGHLIGHT))));
     menu.setColor(QPalette::Disabled, QPalette::HighlightedText, disabled);
     menu.setColor(QPalette::Disabled, QPalette::Button,
                     menu.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Button));
@@ -729,10 +673,8 @@ void QApplicationPrivate::initializeWidgetPaletteHash()
                     menu.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Highlight));
     menu.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::HighlightedText,
                     menu.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::HighlightedText));
-
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_NT && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_95)
-        menu.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::ButtonText,
-                        pal.color(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Dark));
+    menu.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::ButtonText,
+                    pal.color(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Dark));
     QApplication::setPalette(menu, "QMenu");
 
     if ((QSysInfo::WindowsVersion >= QSysInfo::WV_XP
@@ -749,15 +691,10 @@ void QApplicationPrivate::initializeWidgetPaletteHash()
   qt_init() - initializes Qt for Windows
  *****************************************************************************/
 
-typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrUpdateLayeredWindow)(HWND hwnd, HDC hdcDst, const POINT *pptDst,
-    const SIZE *psize, HDC hdcSrc, const POINT *pptSrc, COLORREF crKey,
-    const Q_BLENDFUNCTION *pblend, DWORD dwflags);
-
 typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrSetProcessDPIAware) (VOID);
-
-static PtrUpdateLayeredWindow ptrUpdateLayeredWindow = 0;
 static PtrSetProcessDPIAware ptrSetProcessDPIAware = 0;
-
+PtrUpdateLayeredWindow ptrUpdateLayeredWindow = 0;
+PtrUpdateLayeredWindowIndirect ptrUpdateLayeredWindowIndirect = 0;
 static BOOL WINAPI qt_updateLayeredWindowIndirect(HWND hwnd, const Q_UPDATELAYEREDWINDOWINFO *info)
 {
     return (*ptrUpdateLayeredWindow)(hwnd, info->hdcDst, info->pptDst, info->psize, info->hdcSrc,
@@ -822,46 +759,30 @@ void qt_init(QApplicationPrivate *priv, int)
 #endif
     qApp->setObjectName(priv->appName());
 
-#if !defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
     // default font
-    HFONT hfont = (HFONT)GetStockObject(DEFAULT_GUI_FONT);
-    QFont f(QLatin1String("MS Sans Serif"),8);
-    int result = 0;
-    QT_WA({
-            LOGFONT lf;
-            if (result = GetObject(hfont, sizeof(lf), &lf))
-                f = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont((LOGFONT&)lf,true);
-        } , {
-              LOGFONTA lf;
-              if (result = GetObjectA(hfont, sizeof(lf), &lf))
-                  f = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont((LOGFONT&)lf,true);
-          });
-    if (result
-        && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion >= QSysInfo::WV_2000
-        && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion <= QSysInfo::WV_NT_based
-        && f.family() == QLatin1String("MS Shell Dlg"))
-        f.setFamily(QLatin1String("MS Shell Dlg 2"));
-    QApplicationPrivate::setSystemFont(f);
-#else //Q_WS_WINCE
-        LOGFONT lf;
-        HGDIOBJ stockFont = GetStockObject(SYSTEM_FONT);
-        int result = 0;
-        result = GetObject(stockFont, sizeof(lf), &lf);
-        QFont font = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont(lf, true);
-        if (result)
-          QApplicationPrivate::setSystemFont(font);
-#endif //Q_WS_WINCE
+#ifndef Q_WS_WINCE
+    HGDIOBJ stockFont = GetStockObject(DEFAULT_GUI_FONT);
+#else
+    HGDIOBJ stockFont = GetStockObject(SYSTEM_FONT);
+#endif
+
+    LOGFONT lf;
+    GetObject(stockFont, sizeof(lf), &lf);
+    QFont systemFont = qt_LOGFONTtoQFont(lf, true);
+
+#ifndef Q_WS_WINCE
+    if (systemFont.family() == QLatin1String("MS Shell Dlg")) {
+        systemFont.setFamily(QLatin1String("MS Shell Dlg 2"));
+    }
+#endif
+
+    QApplicationPrivate::setSystemFont(systemFont);
 
     // QFont::locale_init();  ### Uncomment when it does something on Windows
 
     if (QApplication::desktopSettingsAware())
         qt_set_windows_resources();
 
-    QT_WA({
-        WM95_MOUSEWHEEL = RegisterWindowMessage(L"MSWHEEL_ROLLMSG");
-    } , {
-        WM95_MOUSEWHEEL = RegisterWindowMessageA("MSWHEEL_ROLLMSG");
-    });
     initWinTabFunctions();
     QApplicationPrivate::inputContext = new QWinInputContext(0);
 
@@ -963,7 +884,7 @@ const QString qt_reg_winclass(QWidget *w)        // register window class
         if (w->inherits("QTipLabel") || w->inherits("QAlphaWidget")) {
             if ((QSysInfo::WindowsVersion >= QSysInfo::WV_XP
                 && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion < QSysInfo::WV_NT_based)) {
-                style |= 0x00020000;                // CS_DROPSHADOW
+                style |= CS_DROPSHADOW;
             }
             cname = QLatin1String("QToolTip");
         } else {
@@ -981,7 +902,7 @@ const QString qt_reg_winclass(QWidget *w)        // register window class
 #endif
         if ((QSysInfo::WindowsVersion >= QSysInfo::WV_XP
             && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion < QSysInfo::WV_NT_based))
-            style |= 0x00020000;                // CS_DROPSHADOW
+            style |= CS_DROPSHADOW;
         icon = false;
     } else {
         cname = QLatin1String("QWidget");
@@ -1001,10 +922,10 @@ const QString qt_reg_winclass(QWidget *w)        // register window class
     // unique ID on WinCE to make sure we can
     // move the windows to the front when starting
     // a second instance.
-    wchar_t uniqueAppID[256];
-    GetModuleFileNameW(0, uniqueAppID, 255);
-    cname = QString::number(RegisterWindowMessageW(
-              (const wchar_t *) QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)uniqueAppID).toLower().replace(QLatin1Char('\\'),
+    wchar_t uniqueAppID[MAX_PATH];
+    GetModuleFileName(0, uniqueAppID, MAX_PATH);
+    cname = QString::number(RegisterWindowMessage(
+              (const wchar_t *) QString::fromWCharArray(uniqueAppID).toLower().replace(QLatin1Char('\\'),
               QLatin1Char('_')).utf16()));
 #endif
 
@@ -1016,15 +937,9 @@ const QString qt_reg_winclass(QWidget *w)        // register window class
     static int classExists = -1;
 
     if (classExists == -1) {
-        QT_WA({
-            WNDCLASS wcinfo;
-            classExists = GetClassInfo(qWinAppInst(), (TCHAR*)cname.utf16(), &wcinfo);
-            classExists = classExists && wcinfo.lpfnWndProc != QtWndProc;
-        }, {
-            WNDCLASSA wcinfo;
-            classExists = GetClassInfoA(qWinAppInst(), cname.toLatin1(), &wcinfo);
-            classExists = classExists && wcinfo.lpfnWndProc != QtWndProc;
-        });
+        WNDCLASS wcinfo;
+        classExists = GetClassInfo((HINSTANCE)qWinAppInst(), (wchar_t*)cname.utf16(), &wcinfo);
+        classExists = classExists && wcinfo.lpfnWndProc != QtWndProc;
     }
 
     if (classExists)
@@ -1033,69 +948,31 @@ const QString qt_reg_winclass(QWidget *w)        // register window class
     if (winclassNames()->contains(cname))        // already registered in our list
         return cname;
 
-    ATOM atom;
+    WNDCLASS wc;
+    wc.style        = style;
+    wc.lpfnWndProc  = (WNDPROC)QtWndProc;
+    wc.cbClsExtra   = 0;
+    wc.cbWndExtra   = 0;
+    wc.hInstance    = qWinAppInst();
+    if (icon) {
+        wc.hIcon = (HICON)LoadImage(qWinAppInst(), L"IDI_ICON1", IMAGE_ICON, 0, 0, LR_DEFAULTSIZE);
 #ifndef Q_WS_WINCE
-    HBRUSH bgBrush = (HBRUSH)GetSysColorBrush(COLOR_WINDOW);
-    QT_WA({
-        WNDCLASS wc;
-        wc.style        = style;
-        wc.lpfnWndProc        = (WNDPROC)QtWndProc;
-        wc.cbClsExtra        = 0;
-        wc.cbWndExtra        = 0;
-        wc.hInstance        = qWinAppInst();
-        if (icon) {
-            wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(qWinAppInst(), L"IDI_ICON1");
-            if (!wc.hIcon)
-                wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(0, IDI_APPLICATION);
-        } else {
-            wc.hIcon = 0;
-        }
-        wc.hCursor        = 0;
-        wc.hbrBackground= bgBrush;
-        wc.lpszMenuName        = 0;
-        wc.lpszClassName= (TCHAR*)cname.utf16();
-        atom = RegisterClass(&wc);
-    } , {
-        WNDCLASSA wc;
-        wc.style        = style;
-        wc.lpfnWndProc        = (WNDPROC)QtWndProc;
-        wc.cbClsExtra        = 0;
-        wc.cbWndExtra        = 0;
-        wc.hInstance        = qWinAppInst();
-        if (icon) {
-            wc.hIcon = LoadIconA(qWinAppInst(), (char*)"IDI_ICON1");
-            if (!wc.hIcon)
-                wc.hIcon = LoadIconA(0, (char*)IDI_APPLICATION);
-        } else {
-            wc.hIcon = 0;
-        }
-        wc.hCursor        = 0;
-        wc.hbrBackground= bgBrush;
-        wc.lpszMenuName        = 0;
-          QByteArray tempArray = cname.toLatin1();
-        wc.lpszClassName= tempArray;
-        atom = RegisterClassA(&wc);
-    });
+        if (!wc.hIcon)
+            wc.hIcon = (HICON)LoadImage(0, IDI_APPLICATION, IMAGE_ICON, 0, 0, LR_DEFAULTSIZE | LR_SHARED);
+#endif
+    } else {
+        wc.hIcon    = 0;
+    }
+    wc.hCursor      = 0;
+#ifndef Q_WS_WINCE
+    wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetSysColorBrush(COLOR_WINDOW);
 #else
-        WNDCLASS wc;
-        wc.style        = style;
-        wc.lpfnWndProc        = (WNDPROC)QtWndProc;
-        wc.cbClsExtra        = 0;
-        wc.cbWndExtra        = 0;
-        wc.hInstance        = qWinAppInst();
-        if (icon) {
-            wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(qWinAppInst(), L"IDI_ICON1");
-//            if (!wc.hIcon)
-//                wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(0, IDI_APPLICATION);
-        } else {
-            wc.hIcon = 0;
-        }
-        wc.hCursor        = 0;
-        wc.hbrBackground= 0;
-        wc.lpszMenuName        = 0;
-        wc.lpszClassName= (TCHAR*)cname.utf16();
-        atom = RegisterClass(&wc);
+    wc.hbrBackground = 0;
 #endif
+    wc.lpszMenuName  = 0;
+    wc.lpszClassName = (wchar_t*)cname.utf16();
+
+    ATOM atom = RegisterClass(&wc);
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_DEBUG
     if (!atom)
@@ -1117,11 +994,7 @@ static void unregWinClasses()
     WinClassNameHash *hash = winclassNames();
     QHash<QString, int>::ConstIterator it = hash->constBegin();
     while (it != hash->constEnd()) {
-        QT_WA({
-            UnregisterClass((TCHAR*)it.key().utf16(), qWinAppInst());
-        } , {
-            UnregisterClassA(it.key().toLatin1(), qWinAppInst());
-        });
+        UnregisterClass((wchar_t*)it.key().utf16(), qWinAppInst());
         ++it;
     }
     hash->clear();
@@ -1338,16 +1211,10 @@ void QApplication::beep()
 
 static void alert_widget(QWidget *widget, int duration)
 {
-    bool stopFlash = duration < 0;
-
-    if (!pFlashWindowEx) {
 #ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-        QLibrary themeLib(QLatin1String("user32"));
-        pFlashWindowEx  = (PtrFlashWindowEx)themeLib.resolve("FlashWindowEx");
-#endif
-    }
+    bool stopFlash = duration < 0;
 
-    if (pFlashWindowEx && widget && (!widget->isActiveWindow() || stopFlash)) {
+    if (widget && (!widget->isActiveWindow() || stopFlash)) {
         DWORD timeOut = GetCaretBlinkTime();
         if (timeOut <= 0)
             timeOut = 250;
@@ -1365,8 +1232,9 @@ static void alert_widget(QWidget *widget, int duration)
         info.dwTimeout = stopFlash ? 0 : timeOut;
         info.uCount = stopFlash ? 0 : flashCount;
 
-        pFlashWindowEx(&info);
+        FlashWindowEx(&info);
     }
+#endif
 }
 
 void QApplication::alert(QWidget *widget, int duration)
@@ -1727,7 +1595,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK QtWndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam
             // Sometimes we only get a WM_MOUSEMOVE message
             // and sometimes we get both a WM_MOUSEMOVE and
             // a WM_LBUTTONDOWN/UP, this creates a spurious mouse
-            // press/release event, using the winPeekMessage
+            // press/release event, using the PeekMessage
             // will help us fix this.  This leaves us with a
             // question:
             //    This effectively kills using the mouse AND the
@@ -1737,16 +1605,14 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK QtWndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam
             bool is_mouse_move = (message == WM_MOUSEMOVE);
             if (is_mouse_move) {
                 MSG msg1;
-                if (winPeekMessage(&msg1, msg.hwnd, WM_MOUSEFIRST,
-                                    WM_MOUSELAST, PM_NOREMOVE))
+                if (PeekMessage(&msg1, msg.hwnd, WM_MOUSEFIRST,
+                                WM_MOUSELAST, PM_NOREMOVE))
                     next_is_button = (msg1.message == WM_LBUTTONUP
                                        || msg1.message == WM_LBUTTONDOWN);
             }
             if (!is_mouse_move || (is_mouse_move && !next_is_button))
                 qt_tabletChokeMouse = false;
         }
-    } else if (message == WM95_MOUSEWHEEL) {
-        result = widget->translateWheelEvent(msg);
     } else {
         switch (message) {
         case WM_TOUCH:
@@ -1777,7 +1643,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK QtWndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam
         case WM_IME_KEYDOWN:
         case WM_CHAR: {
             MSG msg1;
-            bool anyMsg = winPeekMessage(&msg1, msg.hwnd, 0, 0, PM_NOREMOVE);
+            bool anyMsg = PeekMessage(&msg1, msg.hwnd, 0, 0, PM_NOREMOVE);
             if (anyMsg && msg1.message == WM_DEADCHAR) {
                 result = true; // consume event since there is a dead char next
                 break;
@@ -1977,11 +1843,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK QtWndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam
 #ifndef QT_NO_WHATSTHIS
                 QWhatsThis::enterWhatsThisMode();
 #endif
-                QT_WA({
-                    DefWindowProc(hwnd, WM_NCPAINT, 1, 0);
-                } , {
-                    DefWindowProcA(hwnd, WM_NCPAINT, 1, 0);
-                });
+                DefWindowProc(hwnd, WM_NCPAINT, 1, 0);
                 break;
 #if defined(QT_NON_COMMERCIAL)
                 QT_NC_SYSCOMMAND
@@ -2043,8 +1905,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK QtWndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam
                 break;
 
             if (!msg.wParam) {
-                QString area = QT_WA_INLINE(QString::fromUtf16((unsigned short *)msg.lParam),
-                                             QString::fromLocal8Bit((char*)msg.lParam));
+                QString area = QString::fromWCharArray((wchar_t*)msg.lParam);
                 if (area == QLatin1String("intl")) {
                     QLocalePrivate::updateSystemPrivate();
                     if (!widget->testAttribute(Qt::WA_SetLocale))
@@ -2422,11 +2283,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK QtWndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam
                         text = widget->objectName();
                     ret = qMin<int>(wParam - 1, text.size());
                     text.resize(ret);
-                    QT_WA({
-                        memcpy((void *)lParam, text.utf16(), (text.size() + 1) * 2);
-                    }, {
-                        memcpy((void *)lParam, text.toLocal8Bit().data(), text.size() + 1);
-                    });
+                    memcpy((void *)lParam, text.utf16(), (text.size() + 1) * sizeof(ushort));
                     delete acc;
                 }
                 if (!ret) {
@@ -2514,11 +2371,11 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK QtWndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam
 
 #ifndef Q_WS_WINCE
         case WM_INPUTLANGCHANGE: {
-            char info[7];
-            if (!GetLocaleInfoA(MAKELCID(lParam, SORT_DEFAULT), LOCALE_IDEFAULTANSICODEPAGE, info, 6)) {
+            wchar_t info[7];
+            if (!GetLocaleInfo(MAKELCID(lParam, SORT_DEFAULT), LOCALE_IDEFAULTANSICODEPAGE, info, 6)) {
                 inputcharset = CP_ACP;
             } else {
-                inputcharset = QString::fromLatin1(info).toInt();
+                inputcharset = QString::fromWCharArray(info).toInt();
             }
             QKeyMapper::changeKeyboard();
             break;
@@ -2714,8 +2571,7 @@ bool qt_try_modal(QWidget *widget, MSG *msg, int& ret)
     if (type != WM_NCHITTEST)
 #endif
         if ((type >= WM_MOUSEFIRST && type <= WM_MOUSELAST) ||
-             type == WM_MOUSEWHEEL || type == (int)WM95_MOUSEWHEEL ||
-             type == WM_MOUSEHWHEEL ||
+             type == WM_MOUSEWHEEL || type == WM_MOUSEHWHEEL ||
              type == WM_MOUSELEAVE ||
              (type >= WM_KEYFIRST && type <= WM_KEYLAST)
 #ifndef Q_WS_WINCE
@@ -2955,19 +2811,10 @@ void qt_win_eatMouseMove()
     // reset button state
 
     MSG msg = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
-    QT_WA( {
-        while (PeekMessage(&msg, 0, WM_MOUSEMOVE, WM_MOUSEMOVE, PM_REMOVE))
-            ;
-        if (msg.message == WM_MOUSEMOVE)
-            PostMessage(msg.hwnd, msg.message, 0, msg.lParam);
-    }, {
-        MSG msg;
-        msg.message = 0;
-        while (PeekMessageA(&msg, 0, WM_MOUSEMOVE, WM_MOUSEMOVE, PM_REMOVE))
-            ;
-        if (msg.message == WM_MOUSEMOVE)
-            PostMessageA(msg.hwnd, msg.message, 0, msg.lParam);
-    } );
+    while (PeekMessage(&msg, 0, WM_MOUSEMOVE, WM_MOUSEMOVE, PM_REMOVE))
+        ;
+    if (msg.message == WM_MOUSEMOVE)
+        PostMessage(msg.hwnd, msg.message, 0, msg.lParam);
 }
 
 // In DnD, the mouse release event never appears, so the
@@ -3002,8 +2849,8 @@ bool QETWidget::translateMouseEvent(const MSG &msg)
     // Compress mouse move events
     if (msg.message == WM_MOUSEMOVE) {
         MSG mouseMsg;
-        while (winPeekMessage(&mouseMsg, msg.hwnd, WM_MOUSEFIRST,
-                WM_MOUSELAST, PM_NOREMOVE)) {
+        while (PeekMessage(&mouseMsg, msg.hwnd, WM_MOUSEFIRST,
+               WM_MOUSELAST, PM_NOREMOVE)) {
             if (mouseMsg.message == WM_MOUSEMOVE) {
 #define PEEKMESSAGE_IS_BROKEN 1
 #ifdef PEEKMESSAGE_IS_BROKEN
@@ -3014,12 +2861,12 @@ bool QETWidget::translateMouseEvent(const MSG &msg)
                 // key release events (kls 2003-05-13):
                 MSG keyMsg;
                 bool done = false;
-                while (winPeekMessage(&keyMsg, 0, WM_KEYFIRST, WM_KEYLAST,
-                        PM_NOREMOVE)) {
+                while (PeekMessage(&keyMsg, 0, WM_KEYFIRST, WM_KEYLAST,
+                       PM_NOREMOVE)) {
                     if (keyMsg.time < mouseMsg.time) {
                         if ((keyMsg.lParam & 0xC0000000) == 0x40000000) {
-                            winPeekMessage(&keyMsg, 0, keyMsg.message,
-                                            keyMsg.message, PM_REMOVE);
+                            PeekMessage(&keyMsg, 0, keyMsg.message,
+                                        keyMsg.message, PM_REMOVE);
                         } else {
                             done = true;
                             break;
@@ -3045,8 +2892,8 @@ bool QETWidget::translateMouseEvent(const MSG &msg)
                 msgPtr->wParam = mouseMsg.wParam;
                 msgPtr->pt = mouseMsg.pt;
                 // Remove the mouse move message
-                winPeekMessage(&mouseMsg, msg.hwnd, WM_MOUSEMOVE,
-                                WM_MOUSEMOVE, PM_REMOVE);
+                PeekMessage(&mouseMsg, msg.hwnd, WM_MOUSEMOVE,
+                            WM_MOUSEMOVE, PM_REMOVE);
             } else {
                 break; // there was no more WM_MOUSEMOVE event
             }
@@ -3260,7 +3107,7 @@ bool QETWidget::translateMouseEvent(const MSG &msg)
                 POINT widgetpt = gpos;
                 ScreenToClient(hwndTarget, &widgetpt);
                 LPARAM lParam = MAKELPARAM(widgetpt.x, widgetpt.y);
-                winPostMessage(hwndTarget, msg.message, msg.wParam, lParam);
+                PostMessage(hwndTarget, msg.message, msg.wParam, lParam);
             }
         } else if (type == QEvent::MouseButtonRelease && button == Qt::RightButton
                 && QApplication::activePopupWidget() == activePopupWidget) {
@@ -3627,14 +3474,8 @@ static void initWinTabFunctions()
 
     QLibrary library(QLatin1String("wintab32"));
     if (library.load()) {
-        QT_WA({
-            ptrWTInfo = (PtrWTInfo)library.resolve("WTInfoW");
-            ptrWTGet = (PtrWTGet)library.resolve("WTGetW");
-        } , {
-            ptrWTInfo = (PtrWTInfo)library.resolve("WTInfoA");
-            ptrWTGet = (PtrWTGet)library.resolve("WTGetA");
-        });
-
+        ptrWTInfo = (PtrWTInfo)library.resolve("WTInfoW");
+        ptrWTGet = (PtrWTGet)library.resolve("WTGetW");
         ptrWTEnable = (PtrWTEnable)library.resolve("WTEnable");
         ptrWTOverlap = (PtrWTEnable)library.resolve("WTOverlap");
         ptrWTPacketsGet = (PtrWTPacketsGet)library.resolve("WTPacketsGet");
@@ -3861,11 +3702,7 @@ void QApplication::setWheelScrollLines(int n)
 #ifdef SPI_SETWHEELSCROLLLINES
     if (n < 0)
         n = 0;
-    QT_WA({
-        SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETWHEELSCROLLLINES, (uint)n, 0, 0);
-    } , {
-        SystemParametersInfoA(SPI_SETWHEELSCROLLLINES, (uint)n, 0, 0);
-    });
+    SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETWHEELSCROLLLINES, (uint)n, 0, 0);
 #else
     QApplicationPrivate::wheel_scroll_lines = n;
 #endif
@@ -3875,11 +3712,7 @@ int QApplication::wheelScrollLines()
 {
 #ifdef SPI_GETWHEELSCROLLLINES
     uint i = 3;
-    QT_WA({
-        SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETWHEELSCROLLLINES, sizeof(uint), &i, 0);
-    } , {
-        SystemParametersInfoA(SPI_GETWHEELSCROLLLINES, sizeof(uint), &i, 0);
-    });
+    SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETWHEELSCROLLLINES, sizeof(uint), &i, 0);
     if (i > INT_MAX)
         i = INT_MAX;
     return i;
@@ -3924,8 +3757,7 @@ bool QApplication::isEffectEnabled(Qt::UIEffect effect)
     if (QColormap::instance().depth() < 16)
         return false;
 
-    if (!effect_override && desktopSettingsAware()
-        && !(QSysInfo::WindowsVersion == QSysInfo::WV_95 || QSysInfo::WindowsVersion == QSysInfo::WV_NT)) {
+    if (!effect_override && desktopSettingsAware()) {
         // we know that they can be used when we are here
         BOOL enabled = false;
         UINT api;
@@ -3934,33 +3766,22 @@ bool QApplication::isEffectEnabled(Qt::UIEffect effect)
             api = SPI_GETMENUANIMATION;
             break;
         case Qt::UI_FadeMenu:
-            if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based)
-                return false;
             api = SPI_GETMENUFADE;
             break;
         case Qt::UI_AnimateCombo:
             api = SPI_GETCOMBOBOXANIMATION;
             break;
         case Qt::UI_AnimateTooltip:
-            if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based)
-                api = SPI_GETMENUANIMATION;
-            else
-                api = SPI_GETTOOLTIPANIMATION;
+            api = SPI_GETTOOLTIPANIMATION;
             break;
         case Qt::UI_FadeTooltip:
-            if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based)
-                return false;
             api = SPI_GETTOOLTIPFADE;
             break;
         default:
             api = SPI_GETUIEFFECTS;
             break;
         }
-        QT_WA({
-            SystemParametersInfo(api, 0, &enabled, 0);
-        } , {
-            SystemParametersInfoA(api, 0, &enabled, 0);
-        });
+        SystemParametersInfo(api, 0, &enabled, 0);
         return enabled;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qclipboard_win.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qclipboard_win.cpp
index 09b5448..f5aa088 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qclipboard_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qclipboard_win.cpp
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ HRESULT QtCeGetClipboard(IDataObject** obj)
     if (clipData == 0) {
         clipData = GetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT);
         if (clipData != 0)
-            clipText = QString::fromUtf16((unsigned short *)clipData);
+            clipText = QString::fromWCharArray((wchar_t *)clipData);
     } else {
         clipText = QString::fromLatin1((const char*)clipData);
     }
@@ -325,13 +325,7 @@ bool QClipboard::event(QEvent *e)
     }
 
     if (propagate && d->nextClipboardViewer) {
-        QT_WA({
-            SendMessage(d->nextClipboardViewer, m->message,
-                         m->wParam, m->lParam);
-        } , {
-            SendMessageA(d->nextClipboardViewer, m->message,
-                         m->wParam, m->lParam);
-        });
+        SendMessage(d->nextClipboardViewer, m->message, m->wParam, m->lParam);
     }
 
     return true;
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qcursor_win.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qcursor_win.cpp
index f0dc108..db00835 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qcursor_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qcursor_win.cpp
@@ -317,54 +317,50 @@ void QCursorData::update()
         phand_bits, phandm_bits
     };
 
-    unsigned short *sh;
+    wchar_t *sh = 0;
     switch (cshape) {                        // map to windows cursor
     case Qt::ArrowCursor:
-        sh = (unsigned short*)IDC_ARROW;
+        sh = IDC_ARROW;
         break;
     case Qt::UpArrowCursor:
-        sh = (unsigned short*)IDC_UPARROW;
+        sh = IDC_UPARROW;
         break;
     case Qt::CrossCursor:
-        sh = (unsigned short*)IDC_CROSS;
+        sh = IDC_CROSS;
         break;
     case Qt::WaitCursor:
-        sh = (unsigned short*)IDC_WAIT;
+        sh = IDC_WAIT;
         break;
     case Qt::IBeamCursor:
-        sh = (unsigned short*)IDC_IBEAM;
+        sh = IDC_IBEAM;
         break;
     case Qt::SizeVerCursor:
-        sh = (unsigned short*)IDC_SIZENS;
+        sh = IDC_SIZENS;
         break;
     case Qt::SizeHorCursor:
-        sh = (unsigned short*)IDC_SIZEWE;
+        sh = IDC_SIZEWE;
         break;
     case Qt::SizeBDiagCursor:
-        sh = (unsigned short*)IDC_SIZENESW;
+        sh = IDC_SIZENESW;
         break;
     case Qt::SizeFDiagCursor:
-        sh = (unsigned short*)IDC_SIZENWSE;
+        sh = IDC_SIZENWSE;
         break;
     case Qt::SizeAllCursor:
-        sh = (unsigned short*)IDC_SIZEALL;
+        sh = IDC_SIZEALL;
         break;
     case Qt::ForbiddenCursor:
-        sh = (unsigned short*)IDC_NO;
+        sh = IDC_NO;
         break;
     case Qt::WhatsThisCursor:
-        sh = (unsigned short*)IDC_HELP;
+        sh = IDC_HELP;
         break;
     case Qt::BusyCursor:
-        sh = (unsigned short*)IDC_APPSTARTING;
+        sh = IDC_APPSTARTING;
         break;
     case Qt::PointingHandCursor:
-        if ((QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based) > QSysInfo::WV_95 ||
-            (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_NT_based) > QSysInfo::WV_NT) {
-            sh = (unsigned short*)IDC_HAND;
-            break;
-        }
-        // fall through
+        sh = IDC_HAND;
+        break;
     case Qt::BlankCursor:
     case Qt::SplitVCursor:
     case Qt::SplitHCursor:
@@ -480,13 +476,7 @@ void QCursorData::update()
         qWarning("QCursor::update: Invalid cursor shape %d", cshape);
         return;
     }
-    // ### From MSDN:
-    // ### LoadCursor has been superseded by the LoadImage function.
-    QT_WA({
-        hcurs = LoadCursorW(0, reinterpret_cast<const TCHAR *>(sh));
-    } , {
-        hcurs = LoadCursorA(0, reinterpret_cast<const char*>(sh));
-    });
+    hcurs = (HCURSOR)LoadImage(0, sh, IMAGE_CURSOR, 0, 0, LR_DEFAULTSIZE | LR_SHARED);
 }
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qdesktopwidget_win.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qdesktopwidget_win.cpp
index aa290c4..fb176b7 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qdesktopwidget_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qdesktopwidget_win.cpp
@@ -152,41 +152,27 @@ void QDesktopWidgetPrivate::init(QDesktopWidget *that)
 
     rects = new QVector<QRect>();
     workrects = new QVector<QRect>();
+    screenCount = 0;
 
 #ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_95 && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_NT) {
-        screenCount = 0;
-        // Trying to get the function pointers to Win98/2000 only functions
-        QLibrary user32Lib(QLatin1String("user32"));
-        if (!user32Lib.load())
-            return;
+    QLibrary user32Lib(QLatin1String("user32"));
+    if (user32Lib.load()) {
         enumDisplayMonitors = (EnumFunc)user32Lib.resolve("EnumDisplayMonitors");
-        QT_WA({
-            getMonitorInfo = (InfoFunc)user32Lib.resolve("GetMonitorInfoW");
-        } , {
-            getMonitorInfo = (InfoFunc)user32Lib.resolve("GetMonitorInfoA");
-        });
-
-        if (!enumDisplayMonitors || !getMonitorInfo) {
-            screenCount = GetSystemMetrics(80);  // SM_CMONITORS
-            rects->resize(screenCount);
-            for (int i = 0; i < screenCount; ++i)
-                rects->replace(i, that->rect());
-            return;
-        }
-        // Calls enumCallback
-        enumDisplayMonitors(0, 0, enumCallback, 0);
-        enumDisplayMonitors = 0;
-        getMonitorInfo = 0;
-    } else {
-        rects->resize(1);
-        rects->replace(0, that->rect());
-        workrects->resize(1);
-        workrects->replace(0, that->rect());
+        getMonitorInfo = (InfoFunc)user32Lib.resolve("GetMonitorInfoW");
     }
-#else
-    screenCount = 0;
 
+    if (!enumDisplayMonitors || !getMonitorInfo) {
+        screenCount = GetSystemMetrics(80);  // SM_CMONITORS
+        rects->resize(screenCount);
+        for (int i = 0; i < screenCount; ++i)
+            rects->replace(i, that->rect());
+        return;
+    }
+    // Calls enumCallback
+    enumDisplayMonitors(0, 0, enumCallback, 0);
+    enumDisplayMonitors = 0;
+    getMonitorInfo = 0;
+#else
     QLibrary coreLib(QLatin1String("coredll"));
     if (coreLib.load()) {
         // CE >= 4.0 case
@@ -307,70 +293,61 @@ const QRect QDesktopWidget::availableGeometry(int screen) const
     for(int i=0; i < d->workrects->size(); ++i)
         qt_get_sip_info((*d->workrects)[i]);
 #endif
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_95 && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_NT) {
-        if (screen < 0 || screen >= d->screenCount)
-            screen = d->primaryScreen;
+    if (screen < 0 || screen >= d->screenCount)
+        screen = d->primaryScreen;
 
-        return d->workrects->at(screen);
-    } else {
-        return d->workrects->at(d->primaryScreen);
-    }
+    return d->workrects->at(screen);
 }
 
 const QRect QDesktopWidget::screenGeometry(int screen) const
 {
     const QDesktopWidgetPrivate *d = d_func();
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_95 && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_NT) {
-        if (screen < 0 || screen >= d->screenCount)
-            screen = d->primaryScreen;
+    if (screen < 0 || screen >= d->screenCount)
+        screen = d->primaryScreen;
 
-        return d->rects->at(screen);
-    } else {
-        return d->rects->at(d->primaryScreen);
-    }
+    return d->rects->at(screen);
 }
 
 int QDesktopWidget::screenNumber(const QWidget *widget) const
 {
     Q_D(const QDesktopWidget);
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_95 && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_NT) {
-        if (!widget)
-            return d->primaryScreen;
-        QRect frame = widget->frameGeometry();
-        if (!widget->isWindow())
-            frame.moveTopLeft(widget->mapToGlobal(QPoint(0,0)));
-
-        int maxSize = -1;
-        int maxScreen = -1;
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < d->screenCount; ++i) {
-            QRect sect = d->rects->at(i).intersected(frame);
-            int size = sect.width() * sect.height();
-            if (size > maxSize && sect.width() > 0 && sect.height() > 0) {
-                maxSize = size;
-                maxScreen = i;
-            }
-        }
-        return maxScreen;
-    } else {
+    if (!widget)
         return d->primaryScreen;
+
+    QRect frame = widget->frameGeometry();
+    if (!widget->isWindow())
+        frame.moveTopLeft(widget->mapToGlobal(QPoint(0,0)));
+
+    int maxSize = -1;
+    int maxScreen = -1;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < d->screenCount; ++i) {
+        QRect sect = d->rects->at(i).intersected(frame);
+        int size = sect.width() * sect.height();
+        if (size > maxSize && sect.width() > 0 && sect.height() > 0) {
+            maxSize = size;
+            maxScreen = i;
+        }
     }
+
+    return maxScreen;
 }
 
 int QDesktopWidget::screenNumber(const QPoint &point) const
 {
     Q_D(const QDesktopWidget);
+
     int closestScreen = -1;
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_95 && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_NT) {
-        int shortestDistance = INT_MAX;
-        for (int i = 0; i < d->screenCount; ++i) {
-            int thisDistance = d->pointToRect(point, d->rects->at(i));
-            if (thisDistance < shortestDistance) {
-                shortestDistance = thisDistance;
-                closestScreen = i;
-            }
+    int shortestDistance = INT_MAX;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < d->screenCount; ++i) {
+        int thisDistance = d->pointToRect(point, d->rects->at(i));
+        if (thisDistance < shortestDistance) {
+            shortestDistance = thisDistance;
+            closestScreen = i;
         }
     }
+
     return closestScreen;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qdnd_win.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qdnd_win.cpp
index 99c960c..70f89d2 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qdnd_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qdnd_win.cpp
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ QOleDataObject::GetData(LPFORMATETC pformatetc, LPSTGMEDIUM pmedium)
 #ifdef QDND_DEBUG
     qDebug("QOleDataObject::GetData(LPFORMATETC pformatetc, LPSTGMEDIUM pmedium)");
 #ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-    char buf[256] = {0};
-    GetClipboardFormatNameA(pformatetc->cfFormat, buf, 255);
-    qDebug("CF = %d : %s", pformatetc->cfFormat, buf);
+    wchar_t buf[256] = {0};
+    GetClipboardFormatName(pformatetc->cfFormat, buf, 255);
+    qDebug("CF = %d : %s", pformatetc->cfFormat, QString::fromWCharArray(buf));
 #endif
 #endif
 
@@ -398,52 +398,47 @@ void QOleDropSource::createCursors()
             int h = cpm.height();
 
             if (!pm.isNull()) {
-                int x1 = qMin(-hotSpot.x(),0);
-                int x2 = qMax(pm.width()-hotSpot.x(),cpm.width());
-                int y1 = qMin(-hotSpot.y(),0);
-                int y2 = qMax(pm.height()-hotSpot.y(),cpm.height());
+                int x1 = qMin(-hotSpot.x(), 0);
+                int x2 = qMax(pm.width() - hotSpot.x(), cpm.width());
+                int y1 = qMin(-hotSpot.y(), 0);
+                int y2 = qMax(pm.height() - hotSpot.y(), cpm.height());
 
-                w = x2-x1+1;
-                h = y2-y1+1;
+                w = x2 - x1 + 1;
+                h = y2 - y1 + 1;
             }
 
             QRect srcRect = pm.rect();
             QPoint pmDest = QPoint(qMax(0, -hotSpot.x()), qMax(0, -hotSpot.y()));
             QPoint newHotSpot = hotSpot;
 
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE) || defined(GWES_ICONCURS)
-                        bool limitedCursorSize = (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based)
-                                                  || (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion == QSysInfo::WV_NT)
-                                  || (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion == QSysInfo::WV_CE);
-
-            if (limitedCursorSize) {
-                // Limited cursor size
-                int reqw = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXCURSOR);
-                int reqh = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYCURSOR);
-
-                QPoint hotspotInPM = newHotSpot - pmDest;
-                if (reqw < w) {
-                    // Not wide enough - move objectpm right
-                    qreal r = qreal(newHotSpot.x()) / w;
-                    newHotSpot = QPoint(int(r * reqw), newHotSpot.y());
-                    if (newHotSpot.x() + cpm.width() > reqw)
-                        newHotSpot.setX(reqw - cpm.width());
-
-                    srcRect = QRect(QPoint(hotspotInPM.x() - newHotSpot.x(), srcRect.top()), QSize(reqw, srcRect.height()));
-                }
-                if (reqh < h) {
-                    qreal r = qreal(newHotSpot.y()) / h;
-                    newHotSpot = QPoint(newHotSpot.x(), int(r * reqh));
-                    if (newHotSpot.y() + cpm.height() > reqh)
-                        newHotSpot.setY(reqh - cpm.height());
-
-                    srcRect = QRect(QPoint(srcRect.left(), hotspotInPM.y() - newHotSpot.y()), QSize(srcRect.width(), reqh));
-                }
-                // Always use system cursor size
-                w = reqw;
-                h = reqh;
+#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+            // Limited cursor size
+            int reqw = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXCURSOR);
+            int reqh = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYCURSOR);
+
+            QPoint hotspotInPM = newHotSpot - pmDest;
+            if (reqw < w) {
+                // Not wide enough - move objectpm right
+                qreal r = qreal(newHotSpot.x()) / w;
+                newHotSpot = QPoint(int(r * reqw), newHotSpot.y());
+                if (newHotSpot.x() + cpm.width() > reqw)
+                    newHotSpot.setX(reqw - cpm.width());
+
+                srcRect = QRect(QPoint(hotspotInPM.x() - newHotSpot.x(), srcRect.top()), QSize(reqw, srcRect.height()));
             }
+            if (reqh < h) {
+                qreal r = qreal(newHotSpot.y()) / h;
+                newHotSpot = QPoint(newHotSpot.x(), int(r * reqh));
+                if (newHotSpot.y() + cpm.height() > reqh)
+                    newHotSpot.setY(reqh - cpm.height());
+
+                srcRect = QRect(QPoint(srcRect.left(), hotspotInPM.y() - newHotSpot.y()), QSize(srcRect.width(), reqh));
+            }
+            // Always use system cursor size
+            w = reqw;
+            h = reqh;
 #endif
+
             QPixmap newCursor(w, h);
             if (!pm.isNull()) {
                 newCursor.fill(QColor(0, 0, 0, 0));
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qguifunctions_wince.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qguifunctions_wince.cpp
index c986117..011c726 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qguifunctions_wince.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qguifunctions_wince.cpp
@@ -215,13 +215,7 @@ int qt_wince_GetDIBits(HDC /*hdc*/ , HBITMAP hSourceBitmap, uint, uint, LPVOID l
     return ret;
 }
 
-bool qt_wince_TextOutW(HDC hdc, int x, int y, LPWSTR lpString, UINT c)
-{
-    return ExtTextOutW(hdc, x, y, 0, NULL, lpString, c, NULL);
-}
-
-
-HINSTANCE qt_wince_ShellExecute(HWND hwnd, LPCTSTR, LPCTSTR file, LPCTSTR params, LPCTSTR dir, int showCmd)
+HINSTANCE qt_wince_ShellExecute(HWND hwnd, LPCWSTR, LPCWSTR file, LPCWSTR params, LPCWSTR dir, int showCmd)
 {
     SHELLEXECUTEINFO info;
     info.hwnd = hwnd;
@@ -253,17 +247,11 @@ COLORREF qt_wince_PALETTEINDEX( WORD /*wPaletteIndex*/)
     return 0;
 }
 
-BOOL qt_wince_TextOut( HDC hdc, int nXStart, int nYStart, LPCTSTR lpString, int cbString )
-{
-    return ExtTextOut( hdc, nXStart, nYStart - 16, 0, NULL, lpString, cbString, NULL );
-}
-
 // Internal Qt -----------------------------------------------------
 bool qt_wince_is_platform(const QString &platformString) {
-    TCHAR tszPlatform[64];
-    if (SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE,
-                             sizeof(tszPlatform)/sizeof(*tszPlatform),tszPlatform,0))
-      if (0 == _tcsicmp(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (platformString.utf16()), tszPlatform))
+    wchar_t tszPlatform[64];
+    if (SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE, sizeof(tszPlatform) / sizeof(wchar_t), tszPlatform, 0))
+        if (0 == _tcsicmp(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (platformString.utf16()), tszPlatform))
             return true;
     return false;
 }
@@ -316,8 +304,8 @@ void qt_wince_maximize(QWidget *widget)
 
 void qt_wince_minimize(HWND hwnd) {
 
-    uint exstyle = GetWindowLongW(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE);
-    uint style = GetWindowLongW(hwnd, GWL_STYLE);
+    uint exstyle = GetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE);
+    uint style = GetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_STYLE);
     RECT rect;
     RECT crect = {0,0,0,0};
     GetWindowRect(hwnd, &rect);
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qguifunctions_wince.h b/src/gui/kernel/qguifunctions_wince.h
index bcf2004..234c8c6 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qguifunctions_wince.h
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qguifunctions_wince.h
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ int qt_wince_GetDIBits(HDC, HBITMAP, uint, uint, void*, LPBITMAPINFO, uint);
 // QWidget
 #define SW_SHOWMINIMIZED SW_MINIMIZE
 
-// QPaintEngine
-bool qt_wince_TextOutW(HDC, int, int, LPWSTR, UINT);
-#define TextOutW(a,b,c,d,e) qt_wince_TextOutW(a,b,c,d,e)
-
 // QRegion
 #define ALTERNATE 0
 #define WINDING 1
@@ -128,7 +124,7 @@ typedef struct tagTTPOLYCURVE
 #define TT_PRIM_CSPLINE 3
 #define ANSI_VAR_FONT 12
 
-HINSTANCE qt_wince_ShellExecute(HWND hwnd, LPCTSTR operation, LPCTSTR file, LPCTSTR params, LPCTSTR dir, int showCmd);
+HINSTANCE qt_wince_ShellExecute(HWND hwnd, LPCWSTR operation, LPCWSTR file, LPCWSTR params, LPCWSTR dir, int showCmd);
 #define ShellExecute(a,b,c,d,e,f) qt_wince_ShellExecute(a,b,c,d,e,f)
 
 
@@ -150,8 +146,6 @@ HWND qt_wince_SetClipboardViewer(
 // Graphics ---------------------------------------------------------
 COLORREF qt_wince_PALETTEINDEX( WORD wPaletteIndex );
 #define PALETTEINDEX(a) qt_wince_PALETTEINDEX(a)
-BOOL qt_wince_TextOut( HDC hdc, int nXStart, int nYStart, LPCTSTR lpString, int cbString );
-#define TextOut(a,b,c,d,e) qt_wince_TextOut(a,b,c,d,e)
 
 #endif // Q_OS_WINCE
 #endif // QGUIFUNCTIONS_WCE_H
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qkeymapper_win.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qkeymapper_win.cpp
index e40dfa0..3d53f31 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qkeymapper_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qkeymapper_win.cpp
@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 // Implemented elsewhere
 extern "C" LRESULT CALLBACK QtWndProc(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);
-Q_CORE_EXPORT bool winPostMessage(HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
-Q_CORE_EXPORT bool winPeekMessage(MSG* msg, HWND hWnd, UINT wMsgFilterMin, UINT wMsgFilterMax,
-                                  UINT wRemoveMsg);
+
 extern Q_CORE_EXPORT QLocale qt_localeFromLCID(LCID id);
 #ifndef LANG_PASHTO
 #define LANG_PASHTO 0x63
@@ -467,12 +465,7 @@ static inline int toKeyOrUnicode(int vk, int scancode, unsigned char *kbdBuffer,
     Q_ASSERT(vk > 0 && vk < 256);
     int code = 0;
     QChar unicodeBuffer[5];
-    int res = 0;
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion < QSysInfo::WV_NT)
-        res = ToAscii(vk, scancode, kbdBuffer, reinterpret_cast<LPWORD>(unicodeBuffer), 0);
-    else
-        res = ToUnicode(vk, scancode, kbdBuffer, reinterpret_cast<LPWSTR>(unicodeBuffer), 5, 0);
-
+    int res = ToUnicode(vk, scancode, kbdBuffer, reinterpret_cast<LPWSTR>(unicodeBuffer), 5, 0);
     if (res)
         code = unicodeBuffer[0].toUpper().unicode();
 
@@ -504,38 +497,6 @@ static inline int asciiToKeycode(char a, int state)
     return a & 0xff;
 }
 
-static int inputcharset = CP_ACP;
-static inline QChar wmchar_to_unicode(DWORD c)
-{
-    // qt_winMB2QString is the generalization of this function.
-    QT_WA({
-        return QChar((ushort)c);
-    } , {
-        char mb[2];
-        mb[0] = c & 0xff;
-        mb[1] = 0;
-        WCHAR wc[1];
-        MultiByteToWideChar(inputcharset, MB_PRECOMPOSED, mb, -1, wc, 1);
-        return QChar(wc[0]);
-    });
-}
-
-static inline QChar imechar_to_unicode(DWORD c)
-{
-    // qt_winMB2QString is the generalization of this function.
-    QT_WA({
-        return QChar((ushort)c);
-    } , {
-        char mb[3];
-        mb[0] = (c >> 8) & 0xff;
-        mb[1] = c & 0xff;
-        mb[2] = 0;
-        WCHAR wc[1];
-        MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, MB_PRECOMPOSED, mb, -1, wc, 1);
-        return QChar(wc[0]);
-    });
-}
-
 static inline bool isModifierKey(int code)
 {
     return (code >= Qt::Key_Shift) && (code <= Qt::Key_ScrollLock);
@@ -635,43 +596,15 @@ void QKeyMapperPrivate::clearMappings()
 
     /* MAKELCID()'s first argument is a WORD, and GetKeyboardLayout()
      * returns a DWORD. */
-//    LCID newLCID = MAKELCID(DWORD(GetKeyboardLayout(0)), SORT_DEFAULT);
+
+    LCID newLCID = MAKELCID((DWORD)GetKeyboardLayout(0), SORT_DEFAULT);
 //    keyboardInputLocale = qt_localeFromLCID(newLCID);
-     LCID newLCID = MAKELCID(
-         reinterpret_cast<long>(GetKeyboardLayout(0)),
-         SORT_DEFAULT
-     );
-     keyboardInputLocale = qt_localeFromLCID(newLCID);
+
     bool bidi = false;
-#ifdef UNICODE
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion >= QSysInfo::WV_2000) {
-        WCHAR wchLCIDFontSig[16];
-        if (GetLocaleInfoW(newLCID,
-                           LOCALE_FONTSIGNATURE,
-                           &wchLCIDFontSig[0],
-                           (sizeof(wchLCIDFontSig)/sizeof(WCHAR)))
-            && (wchLCIDFontSig[7] & (WCHAR)0x0800))
+    wchar_t LCIDFontSig[16];
+    if (GetLocaleInfo(newLCID, LOCALE_FONTSIGNATURE, LCIDFontSig, sizeof(LCIDFontSig) / sizeof(wchar_t))
+        && (LCIDFontSig[7] & (wchar_t)0x0800))
         bidi = true;
-    } else
-#endif //UNICODE
-    {
-        if (newLCID == 0x0859 ||  //Sindhi (Arabic script)
-            newLCID == 0x0460)    //Kashmiri (Arabic script)
-            bidi = true;;
-
-        switch (PRIMARYLANGID(newLCID))
-        {
-            case LANG_ARABIC:
-            case LANG_HEBREW:
-            case LANG_URDU:
-            case LANG_FARSI:
-            case LANG_PASHTO:
-            //case LANG_UIGHUR:
-            case LANG_SYRIAC:
-            case LANG_DIVEHI:
-                bidi = true;
-        }
-    }
 
     keyboardInputDirection = bidi ? Qt::RightToLeft : Qt::LeftToRight;
 }
@@ -760,7 +693,7 @@ void QKeyMapperPrivate::updatePossibleKeyCodes(unsigned char *kbdBuffer, quint32
     keyLayout[vk_key]->qtKey[8] = fallbackKey;
 
     // If this vk_key a Dead Key
-    if (MapVirtualKey(vk_key, 2) & 0x80008000) { // (High-order dead key on Win 95 is 0x8000)
+    if (MapVirtualKey(vk_key, 2) & 0x80000000) {
         // Push a Space, then the original key through the low-level ToAscii functions.
         // We do this because these functions (ToAscii / ToUnicode) will alter the internal state of
         // the keyboard driver By doing the following, we set the keyboard driver state back to what
@@ -837,13 +770,13 @@ bool QKeyMapperPrivate::translateKeyEvent(QWidget *widget, const MSG &msg, bool
     bool isNumpad = (msg.wParam >= VK_NUMPAD0 && msg.wParam <= VK_NUMPAD9);
     quint32 nModifiers = 0;
 
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion < QSysInfo::WV_NT || QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_CE_based) {
+#if defined(QT_OS_WINCE)
         nModifiers |= (GetKeyState(VK_SHIFT  ) < 0 ? ShiftAny : 0);
         nModifiers |= (GetKeyState(VK_CONTROL) < 0 ? ControlAny : 0);
         nModifiers |= (GetKeyState(VK_MENU   ) < 0 ? AltAny : 0);
         nModifiers |= (GetKeyState(VK_LWIN   ) < 0 ? MetaLeft : 0);
         nModifiers |= (GetKeyState(VK_RWIN   ) < 0 ? MetaRight : 0);
-    } else {
+#else
         // Map native modifiers to some bit representation
         nModifiers |= (GetKeyState(VK_LSHIFT  ) & 0x80 ? ShiftLeft : 0);
         nModifiers |= (GetKeyState(VK_RSHIFT  ) & 0x80 ? ShiftRight : 0);
@@ -857,7 +790,8 @@ bool QKeyMapperPrivate::translateKeyEvent(QWidget *widget, const MSG &msg, bool
         nModifiers |= (GetKeyState(VK_CAPITAL ) & 0x01 ? CapsLock : 0);
         nModifiers |= (GetKeyState(VK_NUMLOCK ) & 0x01 ? NumLock : 0);
         nModifiers |= (GetKeyState(VK_SCROLL  ) & 0x01 ? ScrollLock : 0);
-    }
+#endif // QT_OS_WINCE
+
     if (msg.lParam & ExtendedKey)
         nModifiers |= msg.lParam & ExtendedKey;
 
@@ -870,12 +804,12 @@ bool QKeyMapperPrivate::translateKeyEvent(QWidget *widget, const MSG &msg, bool
 
     // Now we know enough to either have MapVirtualKey or our own keymap tell us if it's a deadkey
     bool isDeadKey = isADeadKey(msg.wParam, state)
-                     || MapVirtualKey(msg.wParam, 2) & 0x80008000; // High-order on 95 is 0x8000
+                     || MapVirtualKey(msg.wParam, 2) & 0x80000000;
 
     // A multi-character key not found by our look-ahead
     if (msgType == WM_CHAR) {
         QString s;
-        QChar ch = wmchar_to_unicode(msg.wParam);
+        QChar ch = QChar((ushort)msg.wParam);
         if (!ch.isNull())
             s += ch;
 
@@ -886,7 +820,7 @@ bool QKeyMapperPrivate::translateKeyEvent(QWidget *widget, const MSG &msg, bool
     // Input method characters not found by our look-ahead
     else if (msgType == WM_IME_CHAR) {
         QString s;
-        QChar ch = imechar_to_unicode(msg.wParam);
+        QChar ch = QChar((ushort)msg.wParam);
         if (!ch.isNull())
             s += ch;
 
@@ -1050,11 +984,9 @@ bool QKeyMapperPrivate::translateKeyEvent(QWidget *widget, const MSG &msg, bool
                                 : msgType == WM_IME_KEYDOWN ? WM_IME_CHAR : WM_SYSCHAR);
 
             QChar uch;
-            if (winPeekMessage(&wm_char, 0, charType, charType, PM_REMOVE)) {
+            if (PeekMessage(&wm_char, 0, charType, charType, PM_REMOVE)) {
                 // Found a ?_CHAR
-                uch = charType == WM_IME_CHAR
-                                    ? imechar_to_unicode(wm_char.wParam)
-                                    : wmchar_to_unicode(wm_char.wParam);
+                uch = QChar((ushort)wm_char.wParam);
                 if (msgType == WM_SYSKEYDOWN && uch.isLetter() && (msg.lParam & KF_ALTDOWN))
                     uch = uch.toLower(); // (See doc of WM_SYSCHAR) Alt-letter
                 if (!code && !uch.row())
@@ -1067,7 +999,7 @@ bool QKeyMapperPrivate::translateKeyEvent(QWidget *widget, const MSG &msg, bool
             // to find the correct key using the current message parameters & keyboard state.
             if (uch.isNull() && msgType == WM_IME_KEYDOWN) {
                 BYTE keyState[256];
-                WCHAR newKey[3] = {0};
+                wchar_t newKey[3] = {0};
                 GetKeyboardState(keyState);
                 int val = ToUnicode(vk_key, scancode, keyState, newKey, 2,  0);
                 if (val == 1) {
@@ -1085,18 +1017,10 @@ bool QKeyMapperPrivate::translateKeyEvent(QWidget *widget, const MSG &msg, bool
                     uch = QChar(QLatin1Char(0x7f)); // Windows doesn't know this one.
                 } else {
                     if (msgType != WM_SYSKEYDOWN || !code) {
-                        UINT map;
-                        QT_WA({
-                            map = MapVirtualKey(msg.wParam, 2);
-                        } , {
-                            map = MapVirtualKeyA(msg.wParam, 2);
-                            // High-order bit is 0x8000 on '95
-                            if (map & 0x8000)
-                                map = (map^0x8000)|0x80000000;
-                        });
+                        UINT map = MapVirtualKey(msg.wParam, 2);
                         // If the high bit of the return value is set, it's a deadkey
                         if (!(map & 0x80000000))
-                            uch = wmchar_to_unicode((DWORD)map);
+                            uch = QChar((ushort)map);
                     }
                 }
                 if (!code && !uch.row())
@@ -1237,6 +1161,8 @@ bool QKeyMapper::sendKeyEvent(QWidget *widget, bool grab,
         if (QApplicationPrivate::instance()->qt_tryAccelEvent(widget, &a))
             return true;
     }
+#else
+    Q_UNUSED(grab);
 #endif
     if (!widget->isEnabled())
         return false;
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qmime_win.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qmime_win.cpp
index bc15638..c7559d8 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qmime_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qmime_win.cpp
@@ -281,11 +281,7 @@ QWindowsMime::~QWindowsMime()
 */
 int QWindowsMime::registerMimeType(const QString &mime)
 {
-#ifdef Q_OS_WINCE
     int f = RegisterClipboardFormat(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (mime.utf16()));
-#else
-    int f = RegisterClipboardFormatA(mime.toLocal8Bit());
-#endif
     if (!f)
         qErrnoWarning("QWindowsMime::registerMimeType: Failed to register clipboard format");
 
@@ -401,9 +397,9 @@ QStringList QWindowsMime::allMimesForFormats(IDataObject *pDataObj)
         while (S_OK == fmtenum->Next(1, &fmtetc, 0)) {
 #if defined(QMIME_DEBUG) && !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
             qDebug("QWindowsMime::allMimesForFormats()");
-            char buf[256] = {0};
-            GetClipboardFormatNameA(fmtetc.cfFormat, buf, 255);
-            qDebug("CF = %d : %s", fmtetc.cfFormat, buf);
+            wchar_t buf[256] = {0};
+            GetClipboardFormatName(fmtetc.cfFormat, buf, 255);
+            qDebug("CF = %d : %s", fmtetc.cfFormat, QString::fromWCharArray(buf));
 #endif
             for (int i=mimes.size()-1; i>=0; --i) {
                 QString format = mimes.at(i)->mimeForFormat(fmtetc);
@@ -504,7 +500,7 @@ bool QWindowsMimeText::convertFromMime(const FORMATETC &formatetc, const QMimeDa
                 ++u;
             }
             res.truncate(ri);
-            const int byteLength = res.length()*2;
+            const int byteLength = res.length() * sizeof(ushort);
             QByteArray r(byteLength + 2, '\0');
             memcpy(r.data(), res.unicode(), byteLength);
             r[byteLength] = 0;
@@ -549,7 +545,7 @@ QVariant QWindowsMimeText::convertToMime(const QString &mime, LPDATAOBJECT pData
         QString str;
         QByteArray data = getData(CF_UNICODETEXT, pDataObj);
         if (!data.isEmpty()) {
-            str = QString::fromUtf16((const unsigned short *)data.data());
+            str = QString::fromWCharArray((const wchar_t *)data.data());
             str.replace(QLatin1String("\r\n"), QLatin1String("\n"));
         } else {
             data = getData(CF_TEXT, pDataObj);
@@ -620,11 +616,7 @@ bool QWindowsMimeURI::convertFromMime(const FORMATETC &formatetc, const QMimeDat
             for (int i=0; i<urls.size(); i++) {
                 QString fn = QDir::toNativeSeparators(urls.at(i).toLocalFile());
                 if (!fn.isEmpty()) {
-                    QT_WA({
-                        size += sizeof(TCHAR)*(fn.length()+1);
-                    } , {
-                        size += fn.toLocal8Bit().length()+1;
-                    });
+                    size += sizeof(ushort) * (fn.length() + 1);
                     fileNames.append(fn);
                 }
             }
@@ -636,36 +628,22 @@ bool QWindowsMimeURI::convertFromMime(const FORMATETC &formatetc, const QMimeDat
             d->fNC = true;
             char* files = ((char*)d) + d->pFiles;
 
-            QT_WA({
-                d->fWide = true;
-                TCHAR* f = (TCHAR*)files;
-                for (int i=0; i<fileNames.size(); i++) {
-                    int l = fileNames.at(i).length();
-                    memcpy(f, fileNames.at(i).utf16(), l*sizeof(TCHAR));
-                    f += l;
-                    *f++ = 0;
-                }
-                *f = 0;
-            } , {
-                d->fWide = false;
-                char* f = files;
-                for (int i=0; i<fileNames.size(); i++) {
-                    QByteArray c = fileNames.at(i).toLocal8Bit();
-                    if (!c.isEmpty()) {
-                        int l = c.length();
-                        memcpy(f, c.constData(), l);
-                        f += l;
-                        *f++ = 0;
-                    }
-                }
-                *f = 0;
-            });
+            d->fWide = true;
+            wchar_t* f = (wchar_t*)files;
+            for (int i=0; i<fileNames.size(); i++) {
+                int l = fileNames.at(i).length();
+                memcpy(f, fileNames.at(i).utf16(), l * sizeof(ushort));
+                f += l;
+                *f++ = 0;
+            }
+            *f = 0;
+
             return setData(result, pmedium);
         } else if (getCf(formatetc) == CF_INETURL_W) {
             QList<QUrl> urls = mimeData->urls();
             QByteArray result;
             QString url = urls.at(0).toString();
-            result = QByteArray((const char *)url.utf16(), url.length() * 2);
+            result = QByteArray((const char *)url.utf16(), url.length() * sizeof(ushort));
             result.append('\0');
             result.append('\0');
             return setData(result, pmedium);
@@ -720,15 +698,15 @@ QVariant QWindowsMimeURI::convertToMime(const QString &mimeType, LPDATAOBJECT pD
 
             LPDROPFILES hdrop = (LPDROPFILES)data.data();
             if (hdrop->fWide) {
-                const ushort* filesw = (const ushort*)(data.data() + hdrop->pFiles);
-                int i=0;
+                const wchar_t* filesw = (const wchar_t *)(data.data() + hdrop->pFiles);
+                int i = 0;
                 while (filesw[i]) {
-                    QString fileurl = QString::fromUtf16(filesw+i);
+                    QString fileurl = QString::fromWCharArray(filesw + i);
                     urls += QUrl::fromLocalFile(fileurl);
                     i += fileurl.length()+1;
                 }
             } else {
-                const char* files = (const char*)data.data() + hdrop->pFiles;
+                const char* files = (const char *)data.data() + hdrop->pFiles;
                 int i=0;
                 while (files[i]) {
                     urls += QUrl::fromLocalFile(QString::fromLocal8Bit(files+i));
@@ -744,7 +722,7 @@ QVariant QWindowsMimeURI::convertToMime(const QString &mimeType, LPDATAOBJECT pD
             QByteArray data = getData(CF_INETURL_W, pDataObj);
             if (data.isEmpty())
                 return QVariant();
-            return QUrl(QString::fromUtf16((const unsigned short *)data.constData()));
+            return QUrl(QString::fromWCharArray((const wchar_t *)data.constData()));
          } else if (canGetData(CF_INETURL, pDataObj)) {
             QByteArray data = getData(CF_INETURL, pDataObj);
             if (data.isEmpty())
@@ -913,11 +891,7 @@ private:
 
 QWindowsMimeImage::QWindowsMimeImage()
 {
-#ifdef Q_OS_WINCE
-    CF_PNG = RegisterClipboardFormat(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (QString::fromLatin1("PNG").utf16()));
-#else
-    CF_PNG = RegisterClipboardFormatA("PNG");
-#endif
+    CF_PNG = RegisterClipboardFormat(L"PNG");
 }
 
 QVector<FORMATETC> QWindowsMimeImage::formatsForMime(const QString &mimeType, const QMimeData *mimeData) const
@@ -1114,7 +1088,7 @@ bool QBuiltInMimes::convertFromMime(const FORMATETC &formatetc, const QMimeData
                 ++u;
             }
             res.truncate(ri);
-            const int byteLength = res.length()*2;
+            const int byteLength = res.length() * sizeof(ushort);
             QByteArray r(byteLength + 2, '\0');
             memcpy(r.data(), res.unicode(), byteLength);
             r[byteLength] = 0;
@@ -1154,8 +1128,8 @@ QVariant QBuiltInMimes::convertToMime(const QString &mimeType, IDataObject *pDat
             qDebug("QBuiltInMimes::convertToMime()");
 #endif
             if (mimeType == QLatin1String("text/html") && preferredType == QVariant::String) {
-                // text/html is in wide chars on windows (compatible with mozillia)
-                val = QString::fromUtf16((const unsigned short *)data.data());
+                // text/html is in wide chars on windows (compatible with Mozilla)
+                val = QString::fromWCharArray((const wchar_t *)data.data());
             } else {
                 val = data; // it should be enough to return the data and let QMimeData do the rest.
             }
@@ -1280,11 +1254,7 @@ bool QLastResortMimes::canConvertToMime(const QString &mimeType, IDataObject *pD
 {
     if (isCustomMimeType(mimeType)) {
         QString clipFormat = customMimeType(mimeType);
-#ifdef Q_OS_WINCE
         int cf = RegisterClipboardFormat(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (clipFormat.utf16()));
-#else
-        int cf = RegisterClipboardFormatA(clipFormat.toLocal8Bit());
-#endif
         return canGetData(cf, pDataObj);
     } else if (formats.keys(mimeType).isEmpty()) {
         // if it is not in there then register it an see if we can get it
@@ -1304,11 +1274,7 @@ QVariant QLastResortMimes::convertToMime(const QString &mimeType, IDataObject *p
         QByteArray data;
         if (isCustomMimeType(mimeType)) {
             QString clipFormat = customMimeType(mimeType);
-#ifdef Q_OS_WINCE
             int cf = RegisterClipboardFormat(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (clipFormat.utf16()));
-#else
-            int cf = RegisterClipboardFormatA(clipFormat.toLocal8Bit());
-#endif
             data = getData(cf, pDataObj);
         } else if (formats.keys(mimeType).isEmpty()) {
             int cf = QWindowsMime::registerMimeType(mimeType);
@@ -1325,46 +1291,38 @@ QVariant QLastResortMimes::convertToMime(const QString &mimeType, IDataObject *p
 QString QLastResortMimes::mimeForFormat(const FORMATETC &formatetc) const
 {
     QString format = formats.value(getCf(formatetc));
-    if (format.isEmpty()) {
-        QByteArray ba;
-        QString clipFormat;
-        int len;
-        QT_WA({
-            ba.resize(256*2);
-            len = GetClipboardFormatNameW(getCf(formatetc), (TCHAR*)ba.data(), 255);
-            if (len) 
-                clipFormat = QString::fromUtf16((ushort *)ba.data(), len);
-        } , {
-            ba.resize(256);
-            len = GetClipboardFormatNameA(getCf(formatetc), ba.data(), 255);
-            if (len)
-                clipFormat = QString::fromLocal8Bit(ba.data(), len);
-       });
-        if (len) {
+    if (!format.isEmpty())
+        return format;
+
+    wchar_t buffer[256];
+    int len = GetClipboardFormatName(getCf(formatetc), buffer, 256);
+
+    if (len) {
+        QString clipFormat = QString::fromWCharArray(buffer, len);
 #ifndef QT_NO_DRAGANDDROP
-            if (QInternalMimeData::canReadData(clipFormat))
-                format = clipFormat;
-            else if((formatetc.cfFormat >= 0xC000)){
-                //create the mime as custom. not registered.
-                if (!excludeList.contains(clipFormat, Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
-                    //check if this is a mime type
-                    bool ianaType = false;
-                    int sz = ianaTypes.size();
-                    for (int i = 0; i < sz; i++) {
-                        if (clipFormat.startsWith(ianaTypes[i], Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
-                            ianaType =  true;
-                            break;
-                        }
+        if (QInternalMimeData::canReadData(clipFormat))
+            format = clipFormat;
+        else if((formatetc.cfFormat >= 0xC000)){
+            //create the mime as custom. not registered.
+            if (!excludeList.contains(clipFormat, Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
+                //check if this is a mime type
+                bool ianaType = false;
+                int sz = ianaTypes.size();
+                for (int i = 0; i < sz; i++) {
+                    if (clipFormat.startsWith(ianaTypes[i], Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
+                        ianaType =  true;
+                        break;
                     }
-                    if (!ianaType)
-                        format = QLatin1String(x_qt_windows_mime) + clipFormat + QLatin1Char('\"');
-                    else
-                        format = clipFormat;
                 }
+                if (!ianaType)
+                    format = QLatin1String(x_qt_windows_mime) + clipFormat + QLatin1Char('\"');
+                else
+                    format = clipFormat;
             }
-#endif //QT_NO_DRAGANDDROP
         }
+#endif //QT_NO_DRAGANDDROP
     }
+
     return format;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qsound_win.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qsound_win.cpp
index 7330d4b..82854ae 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qsound_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qsound_win.cpp
@@ -77,13 +77,8 @@ public:
 QAuServerWindows::QAuServerWindows(QObject* parent) :
     QAuServer(parent), current(0)
 {
-    QT_WA({
-        mutex = CreateMutexW(0, 0, 0);
-        event = CreateEventW(0, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
-    } , {
-        mutex = CreateMutexA(0, 0, 0);
-        event = CreateEventA(0, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
-    });
+    mutex = CreateMutex(0, 0, 0);
+    event = CreateEvent(0, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
 }
 
 QAuServerWindows::~QAuServerWindows()
@@ -133,13 +128,9 @@ DWORD WINAPI SoundPlayProc(LPVOID param)
         if (loops == -1)
             flags |= SND_LOOP;
 
-        QT_WA({
-            PlaySoundW((TCHAR*)filename.utf16(), 0, flags);
-        } , {
-            PlaySoundA(QFile::encodeName(filename).data(), 0, flags);
-        });
-	if (sound && loops == 1)
-	    server->decLoop(sound);
+        PlaySound((wchar_t*)filename.utf16(), 0, flags);
+        if (sound && loops == 1)
+            server->decLoop(sound);
 
         // GUI thread continues, but we are done as well.
         SetEvent(event);
@@ -148,18 +139,13 @@ DWORD WINAPI SoundPlayProc(LPVOID param)
         QPointer<QSound> guarded_sound = sound;
         SetEvent(event);
 
-	for (int l = 0; l < loops && server->current; ++l) {
-	    QT_WA( {
-		PlaySoundW( (TCHAR*)filename.utf16(), 0, SND_FILENAME|SND_SYNC );
-	    } , {
-		PlaySoundA( QFile::encodeName(filename).data(), 0,
-		    SND_FILENAME|SND_SYNC );
-	    } );
-
-	    if (guarded_sound)
-		server->decLoop(guarded_sound);
-	}
-	server->current = 0;
+        for (int l = 0; l < loops && server->current; ++l) {
+            PlaySound((wchar_t*)filename.utf16(), 0, SND_FILENAME | SND_SYNC);
+
+            if (guarded_sound)
+                server->decLoop(guarded_sound);
+        }
+        server->current = 0;
     }
     ReleaseMutex(mutex);
 
@@ -169,7 +155,7 @@ DWORD WINAPI SoundPlayProc(LPVOID param)
 void QAuServerWindows::playHelper(const QString &filename, int loop, QSound *snd)
 {
     if (loop == 0)
-	return;
+        return;
     // busy?
     if (WaitForSingleObject(mutex, 0) == WAIT_TIMEOUT)
         return;
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qwhatsthis.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qwhatsthis.cpp
index 067c783..f38b0f6 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qwhatsthis.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qwhatsthis.cpp
@@ -226,7 +226,9 @@ QWhatsThat::QWhatsThat(const QString& txt, QWidget* parent, QWidget *showTextFor
                                         text);
     }
 #if defined(Q_WS_WIN)
-    if ((QSysInfo::WindowsVersion&QSysInfo::WV_NT_based) > QSysInfo::WV_2000) {
+    if ((QSysInfo::WindowsVersion >= QSysInfo::WV_XP
+        && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion < QSysInfo::WV_NT_based))
+    {
         BOOL shadow;
         SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETDROPSHADOW, 0, &shadow, 0);
         shadowWidth = shadow ? 0 : 6;
@@ -302,7 +304,9 @@ void QWhatsThat::paintEvent(QPaintEvent*)
 {
     bool drawShadow = true;
 #if defined(Q_WS_WIN)
-    if ((QSysInfo::WindowsVersion&QSysInfo::WV_NT_based) > QSysInfo::WV_2000) {
+    if ((QSysInfo::WindowsVersion >= QSysInfo::WV_XP
+        && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion < QSysInfo::WV_NT_based))
+    {
         BOOL shadow;
         SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETDROPSHADOW, 0, &shadow, 0);
         drawShadow = !shadow;
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qwidget.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qwidget.cpp
index 304d72a..1b31318 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qwidget.cpp
@@ -863,8 +863,8 @@ void QWidget::setAutoFillBackground(bool enabled)
     \list
     \o X11: This feature relies on the use of an X server that supports ARGB visuals
     and a compositing window manager.
-    \o Windows: This feature requires Windows 2000 or later. The widget needs to have
-    the Qt::FramelessWindowHint window flag set for the translucency to work.
+    \o Windows: The widget needs to have the Qt::FramelessWindowHint window flag set
+    for the translucency to work.
     \endlist
 
 
@@ -9964,8 +9964,8 @@ bool QWidget::testAttribute_helper(Qt::WidgetAttribute attribute) const
 
   By default the value of this property is 1.0.
 
-  This feature is available on Embedded Linux, Mac OS X, X11 platforms that
-  support the Composite extension, and Windows 2000 and later.
+  This feature is available on Embedded Linux, Mac OS X, Windows,
+  and X11 platforms that support the Composite extension.
 
   This feature is not available on Windows CE.
 
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qwidget_win.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qwidget_win.cpp
index e39ca77..dcf541c 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qwidget_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qwidget_win.cpp
@@ -140,14 +140,8 @@ static void init_wintab_functions()
     if (!qt_is_gui_used)
         return;
     QLibrary library(QLatin1String("wintab32"));
-    QT_WA({
-        ptrWTOpen = (PtrWTOpen)library.resolve("WTOpenW");
-        ptrWTInfo = (PtrWTInfo)library.resolve("WTInfoW");
-    } , {
-        ptrWTOpen = (PtrWTOpen)library.resolve("WTOpenA");
-        ptrWTInfo = (PtrWTInfo)library.resolve("WTInfoA");
-    });
-
+    ptrWTOpen = (PtrWTOpen)library.resolve("WTOpenW");
+    ptrWTInfo = (PtrWTInfo)library.resolve("WTInfoW");
     ptrWTClose = (PtrWTClose)library.resolve("WTClose");
     ptrWTQueueSizeGet = (PtrWTQueueSizeGet)library.resolve("WTQueueSizeGet");
     ptrWTQueueSizeSet = (PtrWTQueueSizeSet)library.resolve("WTQueueSizeSet");
@@ -287,25 +281,18 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::create_sys(WId window, bool initializeWindow, bool destroyO
 
     if (desktop && !q->testAttribute(Qt::WA_DontShowOnScreen)) {                                // desktop widget
         popup = false;                                // force this flags off
-        if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_NT && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_95)
-            data.crect.setRect(GetSystemMetrics(76 /* SM_XVIRTUALSCREEN  */), GetSystemMetrics(77 /* SM_YVIRTUALSCREEN  */),
+        data.crect.setRect(GetSystemMetrics(76 /* SM_XVIRTUALSCREEN  */), GetSystemMetrics(77 /* SM_YVIRTUALSCREEN  */),
                            GetSystemMetrics(78 /* SM_CXVIRTUALSCREEN */), GetSystemMetrics(79 /* SM_CYVIRTUALSCREEN */));
-        else
-            data.crect.setRect(0, 0, GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN), GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN));
     }
 
     parentw = q->parentWidget() ? q->parentWidget()->effectiveWinId() : 0;
 
-#ifdef UNICODE
     QString title;
-    const TCHAR *ttitle = 0;
-#endif
-    QByteArray title95;
     int style = WS_CHILD;
     int exsty = 0;
 
     if (window) {
-        style = GetWindowLongA(window, GWL_STYLE);
+        style = GetWindowLong(window, GWL_STYLE);
         if (!style)
             qErrnoWarning("QWidget::create: GetWindowLong failed");
         topLevel = false; // #### needed for some IE plugins??
@@ -361,12 +348,7 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::create_sys(WId window, bool initializeWindow, bool destroyO
     }
 
     if (flags & Qt::WindowTitleHint) {
-        QT_WA({
-            title = q->isWindow() ? qAppName() : q->objectName();
-            ttitle = (TCHAR*)title.utf16();
-        } , {
-            title95 = q->isWindow() ? qAppName().toLocal8Bit() : q->objectName().toLatin1();
-        });
+        title = q->isWindow() ? qAppName() : q->objectName();
     }
 
     // The Qt::WA_WState_Created flag is checked by translateConfigEvent() in
@@ -379,13 +361,13 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::create_sys(WId window, bool initializeWindow, bool destroyO
             destroyw = data.winid;
         id = window;
         setWinId(window);
-        LONG res = SetWindowLongA(window, GWL_STYLE, style);
+        LONG res = SetWindowLong(window, GWL_STYLE, style);
         if (!res)
             qErrnoWarning("QWidget::create: Failed to set window style");
 #ifdef _WIN64
-        res = SetWindowLongPtrA( window, GWLP_WNDPROC, (LONG_PTR)QtWndProc );
+        res = SetWindowLongPtr( window, GWLP_WNDPROC, (LONG_PTR)QtWndProc );
 #else
-        res = SetWindowLongA( window, GWL_WNDPROC, (LONG)QtWndProc );
+        res = SetWindowLong( window, GWL_WNDPROC, (LONG)QtWndProc );
 #endif
         if (!res)
             qErrnoWarning("QWidget::create: Failed to set window procedure");
@@ -436,16 +418,10 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::create_sys(WId window, bool initializeWindow, bool destroyO
             }
         }
 
-        QT_WA({
-            const TCHAR *cname = (TCHAR*)windowClassName.utf16();
-            id = CreateWindowEx(exsty, cname, ttitle, style,
-                                x, y, w, h,
-                                parentw, 0, appinst, 0);
-        } , {
-            id = CreateWindowExA(exsty, windowClassName.toLatin1(), title95, style,
-                                 x, y, w, h,
-                                 parentw, 0, appinst, 0);
-        });
+        id = CreateWindowEx(exsty, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(windowClassName.utf16()),
+                            reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(title.utf16()), style,
+                            x, y, w, h,
+                            parentw, NULL, appinst, NULL);
         if (!id)
             qErrnoWarning("QWidget::create: Failed to create window");
         setWinId(id);
@@ -457,16 +433,10 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::create_sys(WId window, bool initializeWindow, bool destroyO
             SetWindowPos(id, HWND_BOTTOM, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOACTIVATE | SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE);
         winUpdateIsOpaque();
     } else if (q->testAttribute(Qt::WA_NativeWindow) || paintOnScreen()) { // create child widget
-        QT_WA({
-            const TCHAR *cname = (TCHAR*)windowClassName.utf16();
-            id = CreateWindowEx(exsty, cname, ttitle, style,
-                                data.crect.left(), data.crect.top(), data.crect.width(), data.crect.height(),
-                            parentw, NULL, appinst, NULL);
-        } , {
-            id = CreateWindowExA(exsty, windowClassName.toLatin1(), title95, style,
-                                 data.crect.left(), data.crect.top(), data.crect.width(), data.crect.height(),
+        id = CreateWindowEx(exsty, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(windowClassName.utf16()),
+                            reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(title.utf16()), style,
+                            data.crect.left(), data.crect.top(), data.crect.width(), data.crect.height(),
                             parentw, NULL, appinst, NULL);
-        });
         if (!id)
             qErrnoWarning("QWidget::create: Failed to create window");
         SetWindowPos(id, HWND_TOP, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE);
@@ -682,7 +652,7 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::setParent_sys(QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags f)
     // Show borderless toplevel windows in tasklist & NavBar
     if (!parent) {
         QString txt = q->windowTitle().isEmpty()?qAppName():q->windowTitle();
-        SetWindowText(q->internalWinId(), (TCHAR*)txt.utf16());
+        SetWindowText(q->internalWinId(), (wchar_t*)txt.utf16());
     }
 #endif
     invalidateBuffer(q->rect());
@@ -767,11 +737,7 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::setWindowTitle_sys(const QString &caption)
         return;
 
     Q_ASSERT(q->testAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Created));
-    QT_WA({
-        SetWindowText(q->internalWinId(), (TCHAR*)caption.utf16());
-    } , {
-        SetWindowTextA(q->internalWinId(), caption.toLocal8Bit());
-    });
+    SetWindowText(q->internalWinId(), (wchar_t*)caption.utf16());
 }
 
 /*
@@ -853,11 +819,11 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::setWindowIcon_sys(bool forceReset)
                                   GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXICON), GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYICON),
                                   &(x->iconPixmap));
     if (x->winIconBig) {
-        SendMessageA(q->internalWinId(), WM_SETICON, 0 /* ICON_SMALL */, (LPARAM)x->winIconSmall);
-        SendMessageA(q->internalWinId(), WM_SETICON, 1 /* ICON_BIG */, (LPARAM)x->winIconBig);
+        SendMessage(q->internalWinId(), WM_SETICON, 0 /* ICON_SMALL */, (LPARAM)x->winIconSmall);
+        SendMessage(q->internalWinId(), WM_SETICON, 1 /* ICON_BIG */, (LPARAM)x->winIconBig);
     } else {
-        SendMessageA(q->internalWinId(), WM_SETICON, 0 /* ICON_SMALL */, (LPARAM)x->winIconSmall);
-        SendMessageA(q->internalWinId(), WM_SETICON, 1 /* ICON_BIG */, (LPARAM)x->winIconSmall);
+        SendMessage(q->internalWinId(), WM_SETICON, 0 /* ICON_SMALL */, (LPARAM)x->winIconSmall);
+        SendMessage(q->internalWinId(), WM_SETICON, 1 /* ICON_BIG */, (LPARAM)x->winIconSmall);
     }
 }
 
@@ -884,7 +850,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK qJournalRecordProc(int nCode, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 /* Works only as long as pointer is inside the application's window,
    which is good enough for QDockWidget.
 
-   Doesn't call SetWindowsHookExA() - this function causes a system-wide
+   Doesn't call SetWindowsHookEx() - this function causes a system-wide
    freeze if any other app on the system installs a hook and fails to
    process events. */
 void QWidgetPrivate::grabMouseWhileInWindow()
@@ -908,7 +874,7 @@ void QWidget::grabMouse()
     if (!qt_nograb()) {
         if (mouseGrb)
             mouseGrb->releaseMouse();
-        journalRec = SetWindowsHookExA(WH_JOURNALRECORD, (HOOKPROC)qJournalRecordProc, GetModuleHandleA(0), 0);
+        journalRec = SetWindowsHookEx(WH_JOURNALRECORD, (HOOKPROC)qJournalRecordProc, GetModuleHandle(0), 0);
         Q_ASSERT(testAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Created));
         SetCapture(effectiveWinId());
         mouseGrb = this;
@@ -921,7 +887,7 @@ void QWidget::grabMouse(const QCursor &cursor)
     if (!qt_nograb()) {
         if (mouseGrb)
             mouseGrb->releaseMouse();
-        journalRec = SetWindowsHookExA(WH_JOURNALRECORD, (HOOKPROC)qJournalRecordProc, GetModuleHandleA(0), 0);
+        journalRec = SetWindowsHookEx(WH_JOURNALRECORD, (HOOKPROC)qJournalRecordProc, GetModuleHandle(0), 0);
         Q_ASSERT(testAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Created));
         SetCapture(effectiveWinId());
         mouseGrbCur = new QCursor(cursor);
@@ -1028,7 +994,7 @@ void QWidget::setWindowState(Qt::WindowStates newstate)
             if (newstate & Qt::WindowFullScreen) {
                 if (d->topData()->normalGeometry.width() < 0 && !(oldstate & Qt::WindowMaximized))
                     d->topData()->normalGeometry = geometry();
-                d->topData()->savedFlags = Qt::WindowFlags(GetWindowLongA(internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE));
+                d->topData()->savedFlags = Qt::WindowFlags(GetWindowLong(internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE));
 #ifndef Q_FLATTEN_EXPOSE
                 UINT style = WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS | WS_POPUP;
 #else
@@ -1038,7 +1004,7 @@ void QWidget::setWindowState(Qt::WindowStates newstate)
 		    style |= WS_SYSMENU;
                 if (isVisible())
                     style |= WS_VISIBLE;
-                SetWindowLongA(internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE, style);
+                SetWindowLong(internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE, style);
                 QRect r = QApplication::desktop()->screenGeometry(this);
                 UINT swpf = SWP_FRAMECHANGED;
                 if (newstate & Qt::WindowActive)
@@ -1050,7 +1016,7 @@ void QWidget::setWindowState(Qt::WindowStates newstate)
                 UINT style = d->topData()->savedFlags;
                 if (isVisible())
                     style |= WS_VISIBLE;
-                SetWindowLongA(internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE, style);
+                SetWindowLong(internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE, style);
 
                 UINT swpf = SWP_FRAMECHANGED | SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_NOMOVE;
                 if (newstate & Qt::WindowActive)
@@ -1395,7 +1361,7 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::setGeometry_sys(int x, int y, int w, int h, bool isMove)
             UINT style = top->savedFlags;
             if (q->isVisible())
                 style |= WS_VISIBLE;
-            SetWindowLongA(q->internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE, style);
+            SetWindowLong(q->internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE, style);
 
             UINT swpf = SWP_FRAMECHANGED | SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_NOMOVE;
             if (data.window_state & Qt::WindowActive)
@@ -1410,7 +1376,7 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::setGeometry_sys(int x, int y, int w, int h, bool isMove)
     QTLWExtra *tlwExtra = q->window()->d_func()->maybeTopData();
     const bool inTopLevelResize = tlwExtra ? tlwExtra->inTopLevelResize : false;
     const bool isTranslucentWindow = !isOpaque && ptrUpdateLayeredWindowIndirect && (data.window_flags & Qt::FramelessWindowHint)
-                                     && GetWindowLongA(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE) & Q_WS_EX_LAYERED;
+                                     && GetWindowLong(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE) & Q_WS_EX_LAYERED;
 
     if (q->testAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_ConfigPending)) {        // processing config event
         if (q->internalWinId())
@@ -1578,11 +1544,11 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::winUpdateIsOpaque()
         return;
 
     if (!isOpaque && ptrUpdateLayeredWindowIndirect) {
-        SetWindowLongA(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE,
-            GetWindowLongA(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE) | Q_WS_EX_LAYERED);
+        SetWindowLong(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE,
+            GetWindowLong(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE) | Q_WS_EX_LAYERED);
     } else {
-        SetWindowLongA(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE,
-            GetWindowLongA(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE) & ~Q_WS_EX_LAYERED);
+        SetWindowLong(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE,
+            GetWindowLong(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE) & ~Q_WS_EX_LAYERED);
     }
 #endif
 }
@@ -1592,12 +1558,12 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::setConstraints_sys()
 #ifndef Q_WS_WINCE_WM
     Q_Q(QWidget);
     if (q->isWindow() && q->testAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Created)) {
-        int style = GetWindowLongA(q->internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE);
+        int style = GetWindowLong(q->internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE);
         if (shouldShowMaximizeButton())
             style |= WS_MAXIMIZEBOX;
         else
             style &= ~WS_MAXIMIZEBOX;
-        SetWindowLongA(q->internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE, style);
+        SetWindowLong(q->internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE, style);
     }
 #endif
 }
@@ -1867,10 +1833,8 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::updateFrameStrut()
     RECT rect = {0,0,0,0};
 
     QTLWExtra *top = topData();
-    uint exstyle = QT_WA_INLINE(GetWindowLongW(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE),
-                                GetWindowLongA(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE));
-    uint style = QT_WA_INLINE(GetWindowLongW(q->internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE),
-                              GetWindowLongA(q->internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE));
+    uint exstyle = GetWindowLong(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE);
+    uint style = GetWindowLong(q->internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE);
 #ifndef Q_WS_WINCE
     if (AdjustWindowRectEx(&rect, style & ~(WS_OVERLAPPED), FALSE, exstyle)) {
 #else
@@ -1886,11 +1850,10 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::setWindowOpacity_sys(qreal level)
 {
     Q_Q(QWidget);
 
-    if (!isOpaque && ptrUpdateLayeredWindowIndirect && (data.window_flags & Qt::FramelessWindowHint)) {
-        if (GetWindowLongA(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE) & Q_WS_EX_LAYERED) {
-            Q_BLENDFUNCTION blend = {AC_SRC_OVER, 0, (int)(255.0 * level), Q_AC_SRC_ALPHA};
-                    Q_UPDATELAYEREDWINDOWINFO info = {sizeof(info), NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, &blend, Q_ULW_ALPHA, NULL};
-            (*ptrUpdateLayeredWindowIndirect)(q->internalWinId(), &info);
+    if (!isOpaque && ptrUpdateLayeredWindow && (data.window_flags & Qt::FramelessWindowHint)) {
+        if (GetWindowLong(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE) & Q_WS_EX_LAYERED) {
+            BLENDFUNCTION blend = {AC_SRC_OVER, 0, (int)(255.0 * level), AC_SRC_ALPHA};
+            ptrUpdateLayeredWindow(q->internalWinId(), NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, &blend, Q_ULW_ALPHA);
         }
         return;
     }
@@ -1906,15 +1869,15 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::setWindowOpacity_sys(qreal level)
     if (!ptrSetLayeredWindowAttributes)
         return;
 
-    int wl = GetWindowLongA(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE);
+    int wl = GetWindowLong(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE);
 
     if (level != 1.0) {
         if ((wl&Q_WS_EX_LAYERED) == 0)
-            SetWindowLongA(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE, wl|Q_WS_EX_LAYERED);
+            SetWindowLong(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE, wl | Q_WS_EX_LAYERED);
     } else if (wl&Q_WS_EX_LAYERED) {
-        SetWindowLongA(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE, wl & ~Q_WS_EX_LAYERED);
+        SetWindowLong(q->internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE, wl & ~Q_WS_EX_LAYERED);
     }
-    (*ptrSetLayeredWindowAttributes)(q->internalWinId(), 0, (int)(level * 255), Q_LWA_ALPHA);
+    ptrSetLayeredWindowAttributes(q->internalWinId(), 0, (int)(level * 255), Q_LWA_ALPHA);
 }
 #endif //Q_WS_WINCE
 
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qwidget_wince.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qwidget_wince.cpp
index 24d8156..b0eaa12 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qwidget_wince.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qwidget_wince.cpp
@@ -188,11 +188,7 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::create_sys(WId window, bool initializeWindow, bool destroyO
 
     parentw = q->parentWidget() ? q->parentWidget()->effectiveWinId() : 0;
 
-#ifdef UNICODE
     QString title;
-    const TCHAR *ttitle = 0;
-#endif
-    QByteArray title95;
     int style = WS_CHILD;
     int exsty = WS_EX_NOPARENTNOTIFY;
 
@@ -236,12 +232,7 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::create_sys(WId window, bool initializeWindow, bool destroyO
     }
 
     if (flags & Qt::WindowTitleHint) {
-        QT_WA({
-            title = q->isWindow() ? qAppName() : q->objectName();
-            ttitle = (TCHAR*)title.utf16();
-        } , {
-            title95 = q->isWindow() ? qAppName().toLocal8Bit() : q->objectName().toLatin1();
-        });
+        title = q->isWindow() ? qAppName() : q->objectName();
     }
 
     // The Qt::WA_WState_Created flag is checked by translateConfigEvent() in
@@ -254,11 +245,11 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::create_sys(WId window, bool initializeWindow, bool destroyO
             destroyw = data.winid;
         id = window;
         setWinId(window);
-        LONG res = SetWindowLongA(window, GWL_STYLE, style);
+        LONG res = SetWindowLong(window, GWL_STYLE, style);
         if (!res)
             qErrnoWarning("QWidget::create: Failed to set window style");
 
-        res = SetWindowLongA( window, GWL_WNDPROC, (LONG)QtWndProc );
+        res = SetWindowLong( window, GWL_WNDPROC, (LONG)QtWndProc );
 
         if (!res)
             qErrnoWarning("QWidget::create: Failed to set window procedure");
@@ -267,10 +258,10 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::create_sys(WId window, bool initializeWindow, bool destroyO
         if (!id) { //Create a dummy desktop
             RECT r;
             SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETWORKAREA, 0, &r, 0);
-            const TCHAR *cname = reinterpret_cast<const TCHAR *> (windowClassName.utf16());
-            id = CreateWindow(cname, ttitle, style,
-                                r.left, r.top, r.right - r.left, r.bottom - r.top,
-                                0, 0, appinst, 0);
+            id = CreateWindow(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(windowClassName.utf16()),
+                              reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(title.utf16()), style,
+                              r.left, r.top, r.right - r.left, r.bottom - r.top,
+                              0, 0, appinst, 0);
         }
         setWinId(id);
     } else if (topLevel) {                       // create top-level widget
@@ -303,8 +294,8 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::create_sys(WId window, bool initializeWindow, bool destroyO
             }
         }
 
-        const TCHAR *cname = reinterpret_cast<const TCHAR *> (windowClassName.utf16());
-        id = CreateWindowEx(exsty, cname, ttitle, style,
+        id = CreateWindowEx(exsty, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(windowClassName.utf16()),
+                            reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(title.utf16()), style,
                             x, y, w, h,
                             0, 0, appinst, 0);
 
@@ -314,16 +305,9 @@ void QWidgetPrivate::create_sys(WId window, bool initializeWindow, bool destroyO
         if ((flags & Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint) || (type == Qt::ToolTip))
             SetWindowPos(id, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOACTIVATE | SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE);
     } else if (q->testAttribute(Qt::WA_NativeWindow) || paintOnScreen()) { // create child widget
-        QT_WA({
-            const TCHAR *cname = (TCHAR*)windowClassName.utf16();
-            id = CreateWindowEx(exsty, cname, ttitle, style,
-                                data.crect.left(), data.crect.top(), data.crect.width(), data.crect.height(),
-                            parentw, NULL, appinst, NULL);
-        } , {
-            id = CreateWindowExA(exsty, windowClassName.toLatin1(), title95, style,
-                                 data.crect.left(), data.crect.top(), data.crect.width(), data.crect.height(),
+        id = CreateWindowEx(exsty, (wchar_t*)windowClassName.utf16(), (wchar_t*)title.utf16(), style,
+                            data.crect.left(), data.crect.top(), data.crect.width(), data.crect.height(),
                             parentw, NULL, appinst, NULL);
-        });
         if (!id)
             qErrnoWarning("QWidget::create: Failed to create window");
         SetWindowPos(id, HWND_TOP, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE);
@@ -510,7 +494,7 @@ void QWidget::setWindowState(Qt::WindowStates newstate)
         }
         if ((oldstate & Qt::WindowMaximized) != (newstate & Qt::WindowMaximized)) {
              if (!(newstate & Qt::WindowMaximized)) {
-                int style = GetWindowLongW(internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE) | WS_BORDER | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION;
+                int style = GetWindowLong(internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE) | WS_BORDER | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION;
                 SetWindowLong(internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE, style);
                 SetWindowLong(internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE, GetWindowLong (internalWinId(), GWL_EXSTYLE) & ~ WS_EX_NODRAG);
             }
@@ -535,11 +519,11 @@ void QWidget::setWindowState(Qt::WindowStates newstate)
             if (newstate & Qt::WindowFullScreen) {
                 if (d->topData()->normalGeometry.width() < 0 && !(oldstate & Qt::WindowMaximized))
                     d->topData()->normalGeometry = geometry();
-                d->topData()->savedFlags = (Qt::WindowFlags) GetWindowLongA(internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE);
+                d->topData()->savedFlags = (Qt::WindowFlags)GetWindowLong(internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE);
                 UINT style = WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS | WS_POPUP;
                 if (isVisible())
                     style |= WS_VISIBLE;
-                SetWindowLongA(internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE, style);
+                SetWindowLong(internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE, style);
                 QRect r = qApp->desktop()->screenGeometry(this);
                 UINT swpf = SWP_FRAMECHANGED;
                 if (newstate & Qt::WindowActive)
@@ -550,7 +534,7 @@ void QWidget::setWindowState(Qt::WindowStates newstate)
                 UINT style = d->topData()->savedFlags;
                 if (isVisible())
                     style |= WS_VISIBLE;
-                SetWindowLongA(internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE, style);
+                SetWindowLong(internalWinId(), GWL_STYLE, style);
                 UINT swpf = SWP_FRAMECHANGED | SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_NOMOVE;
                 if (newstate & Qt::WindowActive)
                     swpf |= SWP_NOACTIVATE;
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qpdf.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qpdf.cpp
index 664751a..a6ecd4e 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qpdf.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qpdf.cpp
@@ -1923,7 +1923,7 @@ void QPdfBaseEnginePrivate::drawTextItem(const QPointF &p, const QTextItemInt &t
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
     if (ti.fontEngine->type() == QFontEngine::Win) {
         QFontEngineWin *fe = static_cast<QFontEngineWin *>(ti.fontEngine);
-        size = fe->tm.w.tmHeight;
+        size = fe->tm.tmHeight;
     }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qprintengine_pdf.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qprintengine_pdf.cpp
index c1edcb3..b267860 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qprintengine_pdf.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qprintengine_pdf.cpp
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ void QPdfEnginePrivate::drawTextItem(const QPointF &p, const QTextItemInt &ti)
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
         if (ti.fontEngine->type() == QFontEngine::Win) {
             QFontEngineWin *fe = static_cast<QFontEngineWin *>(ti.fontEngine);
-            size = fe->tm.w.tmHeight;
+            size = fe->tm.tmHeight;
         }
 #endif
         int synthesized = ti.fontEngine->synthesized();
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qprintengine_win.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qprintengine_win.cpp
index f36028f..7b99e2f 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qprintengine_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qprintengine_win.cpp
@@ -199,33 +199,18 @@ bool QWin32PrintEngine::begin(QPaintDevice *pdev)
     if (d->printToFile && d->fileName.isEmpty())
         d->fileName = d->port;
 
-    QT_WA({
-    d->devModeW()->dmCopies = d->num_copies;
-        DOCINFO di;
-        memset(&di, 0, sizeof(DOCINFO));
-        di.cbSize = sizeof(DOCINFO);
-        di.lpszDocName = reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(d->docName.utf16());
-        if (d->printToFile && !d->fileName.isEmpty())
-            di.lpszOutput = reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(d->fileName.utf16());
-        if (ok && StartDoc(d->hdc, &di) == SP_ERROR) {
-            qErrnoWarning("QWin32PrintEngine::begin: StartDoc failed");
-            ok = false;
-        }
-    } , {
-    d->devModeA()->dmCopies = d->num_copies;
-        DOCINFOA di;
-        memset(&di, 0, sizeof(DOCINFOA));
-        di.cbSize = sizeof(DOCINFOA);
-        QByteArray docNameA = d->docName.toLocal8Bit();
-        di.lpszDocName = docNameA.data();
-        QByteArray outfileA = d->fileName.toLocal8Bit();
-        if (d->printToFile && !d->fileName.isEmpty())
-            di.lpszOutput = outfileA;
-        if (ok && StartDocA(d->hdc, &di) == SP_ERROR) {
-            qErrnoWarning("QWin32PrintEngine::begin: StartDoc failed");
-            ok = false;
-        }
-    });
+    d->devMode->dmCopies = d->num_copies;
+
+    DOCINFO di;
+    memset(&di, 0, sizeof(DOCINFO));
+    di.cbSize = sizeof(DOCINFO);
+    di.lpszDocName = reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(d->docName.utf16());
+    if (d->printToFile && !d->fileName.isEmpty())
+        di.lpszOutput = reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(d->fileName.utf16());
+    if (ok && StartDoc(d->hdc, &di) == SP_ERROR) {
+        qErrnoWarning("QWin32PrintEngine::begin: StartDoc failed");
+        ok = false;
+    }
 
     if (StartPage(d->hdc) <= 0) {
         qErrnoWarning("QWin32PrintEngine::begin: StartPage failed");
@@ -317,11 +302,6 @@ bool QWin32PrintEngine::newPage()
 
     bool success = false;
     if (d->hdc && d->state == QPrinter::Active) {
-//         bool restorePainter = false;
-//         if ((qWinVersion()& Qt::WV_DOS_based) && painter && painter->isActive()) {
-//             painter->save();               // EndPage/StartPage ruins the DC
-//             restorePainter = true;
-//         }
         if (EndPage(d->hdc) != SP_ERROR) {
             // reinitialize the DC before StartPage if needed,
             // because resetdc is disabled between calls to the StartPage and EndPage functions
@@ -337,16 +317,10 @@ bool QWin32PrintEngine::newPage()
             }
             success = (StartPage(d->hdc) != SP_ERROR);
         }
-        if (!success)
+        if (!success) {
             d->state = QPrinter::Aborted;
-
-//         if (qWinVersion() & Qt::WV_DOS_based)
-//         if (restorePainter) {
-//             painter->restore();
-//      }
-
-        if (!success)
             return false;
+        }
     }
     return true;
 }
@@ -369,7 +343,7 @@ void QWin32PrintEngine::drawTextItem(const QPointF &p, const QTextItem &textItem
     QRgb brushColor = state->pen().brush().color().rgb();
     bool fallBack = state->pen().brush().style() != Qt::SolidPattern
                     || qAlpha(brushColor) != 0xff
-                    || QT_WA_INLINE(d->txop >= QTransform::TxProject, d->txop >= QTransform::TxScale)
+                    || d->txop >= QTransform::TxProject
                     || ti.fontEngine->type() != QFontEngine::Win;
 
 
@@ -380,17 +354,10 @@ void QWin32PrintEngine::drawTextItem(const QPointF &p, const QTextItem &textItem
         SelectObject(d->hdc, fe->hfont);
 
         if (GetDeviceCaps(d->hdc, TECHNOLOGY) != DT_CHARSTREAM) {
-            QT_WA({
-                TCHAR n[64];
-                GetTextFaceW(d->hdc, 64, n);
-                fallBack = QString::fromUtf16((ushort *)n)
-                        != QString::fromUtf16((ushort *)fe->logfont.lfFaceName);
-            } , {
-                char an[64];
-                GetTextFaceA(d->hdc, 64, an);
-                fallBack = QString::fromLocal8Bit(an)
-                        != QString::fromLocal8Bit(((LOGFONTA*)(&fe->logfont))->lfFaceName);
-            });
+            wchar_t n[64];
+            GetTextFace(d->hdc, 64, n);
+            fallBack = QString::fromWCharArray(n)
+                    != QString::fromWCharArray(fe->logfont.lfFaceName);
         }
     }
 
@@ -983,22 +950,14 @@ void QWin32PrintEnginePrivate::queryDefault()
      * Strings "windows" and "device" are specified in the MSDN under EnumPrinters()
      */
     QString noPrinters(QLatin1String("qt_no_printers"));
-    QString output;
-    QT_WA({
-        ushort buffer[256];
-        GetProfileStringW(L"windows", L"device",
-                          reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(noPrinters.utf16()),
-                          reinterpret_cast<wchar_t *>(buffer), 256);
-        output = QString::fromUtf16(buffer);
-        if (output.isEmpty() || output == noPrinters) // no printers
-            return;
-    }, {
-        char buffer[256];
-        GetProfileStringA("windows", "device", noPrinters.toLatin1(), buffer, 256);
-        output = QString::fromLocal8Bit(buffer);
-        if (output.isEmpty() || output == noPrinters) // no printers
-            return;
-    });
+    wchar_t buffer[256];
+    GetProfileString(L"windows", L"device",
+                     reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(noPrinters.utf16()),
+                     buffer, 256);
+    QString output = QString::fromWCharArray(buffer);
+    if (output.isEmpty() || output == noPrinters) // no printers
+        return;
+
     QStringList info = output.split(QLatin1Char(','));
     if (info.size() > 0) {
         if (name.isEmpty())
@@ -1030,13 +989,7 @@ void QWin32PrintEnginePrivate::initialize()
 
     txop = QTransform::TxNone;
 
-    bool ok;
-    QT_WA( {
-        ok = OpenPrinterW((LPWSTR)name.utf16(), (LPHANDLE)&hPrinter, 0);
-    }, {
-        ok = OpenPrinterA((LPSTR)name.toLatin1().data(), (LPHANDLE)&hPrinter, 0);
-    } );
-
+    bool ok = OpenPrinter((LPWSTR)name.utf16(), (LPHANDLE)&hPrinter, 0);
     if (!ok) {
         qErrnoWarning("QWin32PrintEngine::initialize: OpenPrinter failed");
         return;
@@ -1045,22 +998,10 @@ void QWin32PrintEnginePrivate::initialize()
     // Fetch the PRINTER_INFO_2 with DEVMODE data containing the
     // printer settings.
     DWORD infoSize, numBytes;
-    ok = true;
-    QT_WA( {
-        GetPrinterW(hPrinter, 2, NULL, 0, &infoSize);
-        hMem = GlobalAlloc(GHND, infoSize);
-        pInfo = GlobalLock(hMem);
-        if (!GetPrinterW(hPrinter, 2, (LPBYTE)pInfo, infoSize, &numBytes)) {
-            ok = false;
-        }
-    }, {
-        GetPrinterA(hPrinter, 2, NULL, 0, &infoSize);
-        hMem = GlobalAlloc(GHND, infoSize);
-        pInfo = GlobalLock(hMem);
-        if (!GetPrinterA(hPrinter, 2, (LPBYTE)pInfo, infoSize, &numBytes)) {
-            ok = false;
-        }
-    });
+    GetPrinter(hPrinter, 2, NULL, 0, &infoSize);
+    hMem = GlobalAlloc(GHND, infoSize);
+    pInfo = (PRINTER_INFO_2*) GlobalLock(hMem);
+    ok = GetPrinter(hPrinter, 2, (LPBYTE)pInfo, infoSize, &numBytes);
 
     if (!ok) {
         qErrnoWarning("QWin32PrintEngine::initialize: GetPrinter failed");
@@ -1073,28 +1014,15 @@ void QWin32PrintEnginePrivate::initialize()
         return;
     }
 
-    QT_WA( {
-        devMode = pInfoW()->pDevMode;
-    }, {
-        devMode = pInfoA()->pDevMode;
-    } );
-
-    QT_WA( {
-        hdc = CreateDC(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(program.utf16()),
-                       reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(name.utf16()), 0, devModeW());
-    }, {
-        hdc = CreateDCA(program.toLatin1(), name.toLatin1(), 0, devModeA());
-    } );
+    devMode = pInfo->pDevMode;
+    hdc = CreateDC(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(program.utf16()),
+                   reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(name.utf16()), 0, devMode);
 
     Q_ASSERT(hPrinter);
     Q_ASSERT(pInfo);
 
     if (devMode) {
-        QT_WA( {
-            num_copies = devModeW()->dmCopies;
-        }, {
-            num_copies = devModeA()->dmCopies;
-        } );
+        num_copies = devMode->dmCopies;
     }
 
     initHDC();
@@ -1212,28 +1140,18 @@ void QWin32PrintEnginePrivate::release()
 QList<QVariant> QWin32PrintEnginePrivate::queryResolutions() const
 {
     // Read the supported resolutions of the printer.
-    DWORD numRes;
-    LONG *enumRes;
-    DWORD errRes;
     QList<QVariant> list;
 
-    QT_WA({
-        numRes = DeviceCapabilities(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(name.utf16()),
-                                    reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(port.utf16()),
-                                    DC_ENUMRESOLUTIONS, 0, 0);
-        if (numRes == (DWORD)-1)
-            return list;
-        enumRes = (LONG*)malloc(numRes * 2 * sizeof(LONG));
-        errRes = DeviceCapabilities(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(name.utf16()),
-                                    reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(port.utf16()),
-                                    DC_ENUMRESOLUTIONS, (LPWSTR)enumRes, 0);
-    }, {
-        numRes = DeviceCapabilitiesA(name.toLocal8Bit(), port.toLocal8Bit(), DC_ENUMRESOLUTIONS, 0, 0);
-        if (numRes == (DWORD)-1)
-            return list;
-        enumRes = (LONG*)malloc(numRes * 2 * sizeof(LONG));
-        errRes = DeviceCapabilitiesA(name.toLocal8Bit(), port.toLocal8Bit(), DC_ENUMRESOLUTIONS, (LPSTR)enumRes, 0);
-    });
+    DWORD numRes = DeviceCapabilities(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(name.utf16()),
+                                      reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(port.utf16()),
+                                      DC_ENUMRESOLUTIONS, 0, 0);
+    if (numRes == (DWORD)-1)
+        return list;
+
+    LONG *enumRes = (LONG*)malloc(numRes * 2 * sizeof(LONG));
+    DWORD errRes = DeviceCapabilities(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(name.utf16()),
+                                      reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(port.utf16()),
+                                      DC_ENUMRESOLUTIONS, (LPWSTR)enumRes, 0);
 
     if (errRes == (DWORD)-1) {
         qErrnoWarning("QWin32PrintEngine::queryResolutions: DeviceCapabilities failed");
@@ -1241,7 +1159,8 @@ QList<QVariant> QWin32PrintEnginePrivate::queryResolutions() const
     }
 
     for (uint i=0; i<numRes; ++i)
-        list.append(int(enumRes[i*2]));
+        list.append(int(enumRes[i * 2]));
+
     return list;
 }
 
@@ -1285,9 +1204,7 @@ void QWin32PrintEngine::setProperty(PrintEnginePropertyKey key, const QVariant &
         {
             if (!d->devMode)
                 break;
-            short collate = value.toBool() ? DMCOLLATE_TRUE : DMCOLLATE_FALSE;
-            QT_WA( { d->devModeW()->dmCollate = collate; },
-                   { d->devModeA()->dmCollate = collate; } );
+            d->devMode->dmCollate = value.toBool() ? DMCOLLATE_TRUE : DMCOLLATE_FALSE;
             d->doReinit();
         }
         break;
@@ -1296,8 +1213,7 @@ void QWin32PrintEngine::setProperty(PrintEnginePropertyKey key, const QVariant &
         {
             if (!d->devMode)
                 break;
-            int cm = value.toInt() == QPrinter::Color ? DMCOLOR_COLOR : DMCOLOR_MONOCHROME;
-            QT_WA( { d->devModeW()->dmColor = cm; }, { d->devModeA()->dmColor = cm; } );
+            d->devMode->dmColor = (value.toInt() == QPrinter::Color) ? DMCOLOR_COLOR : DMCOLOR_MONOCHROME;
             d->doReinit();
         }
         break;
@@ -1323,8 +1239,7 @@ void QWin32PrintEngine::setProperty(PrintEnginePropertyKey key, const QVariant &
         if (!d->devMode)
             break;
         d->num_copies = value.toInt();
-        QT_WA( { d->devModeW()->dmCopies = d->num_copies; },
-               { d->devModeA()->dmCopies = d->num_copies; });
+        d->devMode->dmCopies = d->num_copies;
         d->doReinit();
         break;
 
@@ -1333,14 +1248,8 @@ void QWin32PrintEngine::setProperty(PrintEnginePropertyKey key, const QVariant &
             if (!d->devMode)
                 break;
             int orientation = value.toInt() == QPrinter::Landscape ? DMORIENT_LANDSCAPE : DMORIENT_PORTRAIT;
-            int old_orientation;
-            QT_WA( {
-                old_orientation = d->devModeW()->dmOrientation;
-                d->devModeW()->dmOrientation = orientation;
-            }, {
-                old_orientation = d->devModeA()->dmOrientation;
-                d->devModeA()->dmOrientation = orientation;
-            } );
+            int old_orientation = d->devMode->dmOrientation;
+            d->devMode->dmOrientation = orientation;
             if (d->has_custom_paper_size && old_orientation != orientation)
                 d->paper_size = QSizeF(d->paper_size.height(), d->paper_size.width());
             d->doReinit();
@@ -1359,11 +1268,7 @@ void QWin32PrintEngine::setProperty(PrintEnginePropertyKey key, const QVariant &
     case PPK_PaperSize:
         if (!d->devMode)
             break;
-        QT_WA( {
-            d->devModeW()->dmPaperSize = mapPaperSizeDevmode(QPrinter::PaperSize(value.toInt()));
-        }, {
-            d->devModeA()->dmPaperSize = mapPaperSizeDevmode(QPrinter::PaperSize(value.toInt()));
-        } );
+        d->devMode->dmPaperSize = mapPaperSizeDevmode(QPrinter::PaperSize(value.toInt()));
         d->has_custom_paper_size = (QPrinter::PaperSize(value.toInt()) == QPrinter::Custom);
         d->doReinit();
         break;
@@ -1378,11 +1283,7 @@ void QWin32PrintEngine::setProperty(PrintEnginePropertyKey key, const QVariant &
             if (v.contains(value))
                 dmMapped = mapPaperSourceDevmode(QPrinter::PaperSource(value.toInt()));
 
-            QT_WA( {
-                d->devModeW()->dmDefaultSource = dmMapped;
-            }, {
-                d->devModeA()->dmDefaultSource = dmMapped;
-            } );
+            d->devMode->dmDefaultSource = dmMapped;
             d->doReinit();
         }
         break;
@@ -1416,11 +1317,7 @@ void QWin32PrintEngine::setProperty(PrintEnginePropertyKey key, const QVariant &
         if (!d->devMode)
             break;
         d->has_custom_paper_size = false;
-        QT_WA( {
-            d->devModeW()->dmPaperSize = value.toInt();
-        }, {
-            d->devModeA()->dmPaperSize = value.toInt();
-        } );
+        d->devMode->dmPaperSize = value.toInt();
         d->doReinit();
         break;
 
@@ -1430,33 +1327,28 @@ void QWin32PrintEngine::setProperty(PrintEnginePropertyKey key, const QVariant &
         d->paper_size = value.toSizeF();
         if (!d->devMode)
             break;
-        int orientation;
-        QT_WA( {
-            orientation = d->devModeW()->dmOrientation;
-            DWORD needed = 0;
-            DWORD returned = 0;
-            if (!EnumForms(d->hPrinter, 1, 0, 0, &needed, &returned)) {
-                BYTE *forms = (BYTE *) malloc(needed);
-                if (EnumForms(d->hPrinter, 1, forms, needed, &needed, &returned)) {
-                    for (DWORD i=0; i< returned; ++i) {
-                        FORM_INFO_1 *formArray = reinterpret_cast<FORM_INFO_1 *>(forms);
-                        // the form sizes are specified in 1000th of a mm,
-                        // convert the size to Points
-                        QSizeF size((formArray[i].Size.cx * 72/25.4)/1000.0,
-                                    (formArray[i].Size.cy * 72/25.4)/1000.0);
-                        if (qAbs(d->paper_size.width() - size.width()) <= 2
-                            && qAbs(d->paper_size.height() - size.height()) <= 2)
-                        {
-                            d->devModeW()->dmPaperSize = i+1;
-                            break;
-                        }
+        int orientation = d->devMode->dmOrientation;
+        DWORD needed = 0;
+        DWORD returned = 0;
+        if (!EnumForms(d->hPrinter, 1, 0, 0, &needed, &returned)) {
+            BYTE *forms = (BYTE *) malloc(needed);
+            if (EnumForms(d->hPrinter, 1, forms, needed, &needed, &returned)) {
+                for (DWORD i=0; i< returned; ++i) {
+                    FORM_INFO_1 *formArray = reinterpret_cast<FORM_INFO_1 *>(forms);
+                    // the form sizes are specified in 1000th of a mm,
+                    // convert the size to Points
+                    QSizeF size((formArray[i].Size.cx * 72/25.4)/1000.0,
+                                (formArray[i].Size.cy * 72/25.4)/1000.0);
+                    if (qAbs(d->paper_size.width() - size.width()) <= 2
+                        && qAbs(d->paper_size.height() - size.height()) <= 2)
+                    {
+                        d->devMode->dmPaperSize = i + 1;
+                        break;
                     }
                 }
-                free(forms);
             }
-        }, {
-            orientation = d->devModeA()->dmOrientation;
-        } );
+            free(forms);
+        }
         if (orientation != DMORIENT_PORTRAIT)
             d->paper_size = QSizeF(d->paper_size.height(), d->paper_size.width());
         break;
@@ -1496,13 +1388,7 @@ QVariant QWin32PrintEngine::property(PrintEnginePropertyKey key) const
             if (!d->devMode) {
                 value = QPrinter::Color;
             } else {
-                int mode;
-                QT_WA( {
-                    mode = d->devModeW()->dmColor;
-                }, {
-                    mode = d->devModeA()->dmColor;
-                } );
-                value = mode == DMCOLOR_COLOR ? QPrinter::Color : QPrinter::GrayScale;
+                value = (d->devMode->dmColor == DMCOLOR_COLOR) ? QPrinter::Color : QPrinter::GrayScale;
             }
         }
         break;
@@ -1524,9 +1410,7 @@ QVariant QWin32PrintEngine::property(PrintEnginePropertyKey key) const
             if (!d->devMode) {
                 value = QPrinter::Portrait;
             } else {
-                int o;
-                QT_WA( { o = d->devModeW()->dmOrientation; }, { o = d->devModeA()->dmOrientation; } );
-                value = o == DMORIENT_LANDSCAPE ? QPrinter::Landscape : QPrinter::Portrait;
+                value = (d->devMode->dmOrientation == DMORIENT_LANDSCAPE) ? QPrinter::Landscape : QPrinter::Portrait;
             }
         }
         break;
@@ -1560,11 +1444,7 @@ QVariant QWin32PrintEngine::property(PrintEnginePropertyKey key) const
             if (!d->devMode) {
                 value = QPrinter::A4;
             } else {
-                QT_WA( {
-                        value = mapDevmodePaperSize(d->devModeW()->dmPaperSize);
-                    }, {
-                        value = mapDevmodePaperSize(d->devModeA()->dmPaperSize);
-                    } );
+                value = mapDevmodePaperSize(d->devMode->dmPaperSize);
             }
         }
         break;
@@ -1583,11 +1463,7 @@ QVariant QWin32PrintEngine::property(PrintEnginePropertyKey key) const
         if (!d->devMode) {
             value = QPrinter::Auto;
         } else {
-            QT_WA( {
-                value = mapDevmodePaperSource(d->devModeW()->dmDefaultSource);
-            }, {
-                value = mapDevmodePaperSource(d->devModeA()->dmDefaultSource);
-            } );
+            value = mapDevmodePaperSource(d->devMode->dmDefaultSource);
         }
         break;
 
@@ -1608,38 +1484,21 @@ QVariant QWin32PrintEngine::property(PrintEnginePropertyKey key) const
         if (!d->devMode) {
             value = -1;
         } else {
-            QT_WA( {
-                value = d->devModeW()->dmPaperSize;
-            }, {
-                value = d->devModeA()->dmPaperSize;
-            } );
+            value = d->devMode->dmPaperSize;
         }
         break;
 
     case PPK_PaperSources:
         {
-            int available, count;
-            WORD *data;
-
-            QT_WA({
-                available = DeviceCapabilitiesW((const WCHAR *)d->name.utf16(), (const WCHAR *)d->port.utf16(), DC_BINS, 0,
-                                                d->devModeW());
-            }, {
-                available = DeviceCapabilitiesA(d->name.toLatin1(), d->port.toLatin1(), DC_BINS, 0,
-                                                d->devModeA());
-            });
+            int available = DeviceCapabilities((const wchar_t *)d->name.utf16(),
+                                               (const wchar_t *)d->port.utf16(), DC_BINS, 0, d->devMode);
 
             if (available <= 0)
                 break;
-            data = (WORD *) malloc(available * sizeof(WORD));
 
-            QT_WA({
-                count = DeviceCapabilitiesW((const WCHAR *)d->name.utf16(), (const WCHAR *)d->port.utf16(), DC_BINS, (WCHAR *)data,
-                                            d->devModeW());
-            }, {
-                count = DeviceCapabilitiesA(d->name.toLatin1(), d->port.toLatin1(), DC_BINS,
-                                            (char *) data, d->devModeA());
-            });
+            wchar_t *data = new wchar_t[available];
+            int count = DeviceCapabilities((const wchar_t *)d->name.utf16(),
+                                           (const wchar_t *)d->port.utf16(), DC_BINS, data, d->devMode);
 
             QList<QVariant> out;
             for (int i=0; i<count; ++i) {
@@ -1648,7 +1507,8 @@ QVariant QWin32PrintEngine::property(PrintEnginePropertyKey key) const
                     out << (int) src;
             }
             value = out;
-            free(data);
+
+            delete [] data;
         }
         break;
 
@@ -1693,24 +1553,23 @@ void QWin32PrintEngine::releaseDC(HDC) const
 
 HGLOBAL *QWin32PrintEnginePrivate::createDevNames()
 {
-    QT_WA( {
-        int size = sizeof(DEVNAMES)
-                   + program.length() * 2 + 2
-                   + name.length() * 2 + 2
-                   + port.length() * 2 + 2;
-        HGLOBAL *hGlobal = (HGLOBAL *) GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, size);
-        DEVNAMES *dn = (DEVNAMES*) GlobalLock(hGlobal);
+    int size = sizeof(DEVNAMES)
+               + program.length() * 2 + 2
+               + name.length() * 2 + 2
+               + port.length() * 2 + 2;
+    HGLOBAL *hGlobal = (HGLOBAL *) GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, size);
+    DEVNAMES *dn = (DEVNAMES*) GlobalLock(hGlobal);
 
-        dn->wDriverOffset = sizeof(DEVNAMES) / sizeof(TCHAR);
-        dn->wDeviceOffset = dn->wDriverOffset + program.length() + 1;
-        dn->wOutputOffset = dn->wDeviceOffset + name.length() + 1;
+    dn->wDriverOffset = sizeof(DEVNAMES) / sizeof(wchar_t);
+    dn->wDeviceOffset = dn->wDriverOffset + program.length() + 1;
+    dn->wOutputOffset = dn->wDeviceOffset + name.length() + 1;
 
-        memcpy((ushort*)dn + dn->wDriverOffset, program.utf16(), program.length() * 2 + 2);
-        memcpy((ushort*)dn + dn->wDeviceOffset, name.utf16(), name.length() * 2 + 2);
-        memcpy((ushort*)dn + dn->wOutputOffset, port.utf16(), port.length() * 2 + 2);
-        dn->wDefault = 0;
+    memcpy((ushort*)dn + dn->wDriverOffset, program.utf16(), program.length() * 2 + 2);
+    memcpy((ushort*)dn + dn->wDeviceOffset, name.utf16(), name.length() * 2 + 2);
+    memcpy((ushort*)dn + dn->wOutputOffset, port.utf16(), port.length() * 2 + 2);
+    dn->wDefault = 0;
 
-        GlobalUnlock(hGlobal);
+    GlobalUnlock(hGlobal);
 
 //         printf("QPrintDialogWinPrivate::createDevNames()\n"
 //                " -> wDriverOffset: %d\n"
@@ -1721,89 +1580,46 @@ HGLOBAL *QWin32PrintEnginePrivate::createDevNames()
 //                dn->wOutputOffset);
 
 //         printf("QPrintDialogWinPrivate::createDevNames(): %s, %s, %s\n",
-//                QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)(dn) + dn->wDriverOffset).latin1(),
-//                QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)(dn) + dn->wDeviceOffset).latin1(),
-//                QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)(dn) + dn->wOutputOffset).latin1());
-
-        return hGlobal;
-    }, {
-        int size = sizeof(DEVNAMES)
-                   + program.length() + 2
-                   + name.length() + 2
-                   + port.length() + 2;
-        HGLOBAL *hGlobal = (HGLOBAL *) GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, size);
-        DEVNAMES *dn = (DEVNAMES*) GlobalLock(hGlobal);
-
-        dn->wDriverOffset = sizeof(DEVNAMES);
-        dn->wDeviceOffset = dn->wDriverOffset + program.length() + 1;
-        dn->wOutputOffset = dn->wDeviceOffset + name.length() + 1;
-
-        memcpy((char*)dn + dn->wDriverOffset, program.toLatin1(), program.length() + 2);
-        memcpy((char*)dn + dn->wDeviceOffset, name.toLatin1(), name.length() + 2);
-        memcpy((char*)dn + dn->wOutputOffset, port.toLatin1(), port.length() + 2);
-        dn->wDefault = 0;
-
-        GlobalUnlock(hGlobal);
-        return hGlobal;
-    } );
+//                QString::fromWCharArray((wchar_t*)(dn) + dn->wDriverOffset).latin1(),
+//                QString::fromWCharArray((wchar_t*)(dn) + dn->wDeviceOffset).latin1(),
+//                QString::fromWCharArray((wchar_t*)(dn) + dn->wOutputOffset).latin1());
+
+    return hGlobal;
 }
 
 void QWin32PrintEnginePrivate::readDevnames(HGLOBAL globalDevnames)
 {
     if (globalDevnames) {
-        QT_WA( {
-            DEVNAMES *dn = (DEVNAMES*) GlobalLock(globalDevnames);
-            name = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)(dn) + dn->wDeviceOffset);
-            port = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)(dn) + dn->wOutputOffset);
-            program = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)(dn) + dn->wDriverOffset);
-            GlobalUnlock(globalDevnames);
-        }, {
-            DEVNAMES *dn = (DEVNAMES*) GlobalLock(globalDevnames);
-            name = QString::fromLatin1((char*)(dn) + dn->wDeviceOffset);
-            port = QString::fromLatin1((char*)(dn) + dn->wOutputOffset);
-            program = QString::fromLatin1((char*)(dn) + dn->wDriverOffset);
-            GlobalUnlock(globalDevnames);
-        } );
+        DEVNAMES *dn = (DEVNAMES*) GlobalLock(globalDevnames);
+        name = QString::fromWCharArray((wchar_t*)(dn) + dn->wDeviceOffset);
+        port = QString::fromWCharArray((wchar_t*)(dn) + dn->wOutputOffset);
+        program = QString::fromWCharArray((wchar_t*)(dn) + dn->wDriverOffset);
+        GlobalUnlock(globalDevnames);
     }
 }
 
 void QWin32PrintEnginePrivate::readDevmode(HGLOBAL globalDevmode)
 {
     if (globalDevmode) {
-        QT_WA( {
-            DEVMODE *dm = (DEVMODE*) GlobalLock(globalDevmode);
-            release();
-            globalDevMode = globalDevmode;
-            devMode = dm;
-            hdc = CreateDC(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(program.utf16()),
-                           reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(name.utf16()), 0, dm);
-
-            num_copies = devModeW()->dmCopies;
-            if (!OpenPrinterW((LPWSTR)name.utf16(), (LPHANDLE)&hPrinter, 0))
-                qWarning("QPrinter: OpenPrinter() failed after reading DEVMODE.");
-        }, {
-            DEVMODEA *dm = (DEVMODEA*) GlobalLock(globalDevmode);
-            release();
-            globalDevMode = globalDevmode;
-            devMode = dm;
-            hdc = CreateDCA(program.toLatin1(), name.toLatin1(), 0, dm);
-
-            num_copies = devModeA()->dmCopies;
-            if (!OpenPrinterA((LPSTR)name.toLatin1().data(), (LPHANDLE)&hPrinter, 0))
-                qWarning("QPrinter: OpenPrinter() failed after reading DEVMODE.");
-        } );
+        DEVMODE *dm = (DEVMODE*) GlobalLock(globalDevmode);
+        release();
+        globalDevMode = globalDevmode;
+        devMode = dm;
+        hdc = CreateDC(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(program.utf16()),
+                       reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(name.utf16()), 0, dm);
+
+        num_copies = devMode->dmCopies;
+        if (!OpenPrinter((wchar_t*)name.utf16(), &hPrinter, 0))
+            qWarning("QPrinter: OpenPrinter() failed after reading DEVMODE.");
     }
 
     if (hdc)
         initHDC();
 }
 
-static void draw_text_item_win(const QPointF &_pos, const QTextItemInt &ti, HDC hdc,
+static void draw_text_item_win(const QPointF &pos, const QTextItemInt &ti, HDC hdc,
                                bool convertToText, const QTransform &xform, const QPointF &topLeft)
 {
-
-    // Make sure we translate for systems that can't handle world transforms
-    QPointF pos(QT_WA_INLINE(_pos, _pos + QPointF(xform.dx(), xform.dy())));
     QFontEngine *fe = ti.fontEngine;
     QPointF baseline_pos = xform.inverted().map(xform.map(pos) - topLeft);
 
@@ -1815,12 +1631,10 @@ static void draw_text_item_win(const QPointF &_pos, const QTextItemInt &ti, HDC
 
     HFONT hfont;
     bool ttf = false;
-    bool useTextOutA = false;
 
     if (winfe) {
         hfont = winfe->hfont;
         ttf = winfe->ttf;
-        useTextOutA = winfe->useTextOutA;
     } else {
         hfont = (HFONT)GetStockObject(ANSI_VAR_FONT);
     }
@@ -1830,153 +1644,115 @@ static void draw_text_item_win(const QPointF &_pos, const QTextItemInt &ti, HDC
     wchar_t *convertedGlyphs = (wchar_t *)ti.chars;
     QGlyphLayout glyphs = ti.glyphs;
 
-    if (!(ti.flags & QTextItem::RightToLeft) && useTextOutA) {
-        qreal x = pos.x();
-        qreal y = pos.y();
-
-        // hack to get symbol fonts working on Win95. See also QFontEngine constructor
-        // can only happen if !ttf
-        for(int i = 0; i < glyphs.numGlyphs; i++) {
-            QString str(QChar(glyphs.glyphs[i]));
-            QT_WA({
-                TextOutW(hdc, qRound(x + glyphs.offsets[i].x.toReal()),
-                        qRound(y + glyphs.offsets[i].y.toReal()),
-                        (LPWSTR)str.utf16(), str.length());
-            } , {
-                QByteArray cstr = str.toLocal8Bit();
-                TextOutA(hdc, qRound(x + glyphs.offsets[i].x.toReal()),
-                        qRound(y + glyphs.offsets[i].y.toReal()),
-                        cstr.data(), cstr.length());
-            });
-            x += glyphs.effectiveAdvance(i).toReal();
-        }
-    } else {
-        bool fast = !has_kerning && !(ti.flags & QTextItem::RightToLeft);
-        for(int i = 0; fast && i < glyphs.numGlyphs; i++) {
-            if (glyphs.offsets[i].x != 0 || glyphs.offsets[i].y != 0 || glyphs.justifications[i].space_18d6 != 0
-                || glyphs.attributes[i].dontPrint) {
-                fast = false;
-                break;
-            }
+    bool fast = !has_kerning && !(ti.flags & QTextItem::RightToLeft);
+    for (int i = 0; fast && i < glyphs.numGlyphs; i++) {
+        if (glyphs.offsets[i].x != 0 || glyphs.offsets[i].y != 0 || glyphs.justifications[i].space_18d6 != 0
+            || glyphs.attributes[i].dontPrint) {
+            fast = false;
+            break;
         }
+    }
 
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        // Scale, rotate and translate here. This is only valid for systems > Windows Me.
-        // We should never get here on Windows Me or lower if the transformation specifies
-        // scaling or rotation.
-        QT_WA({
-            XFORM win_xform;
-            win_xform.eM11 = xform.m11();
-            win_xform.eM12 = xform.m12();
-            win_xform.eM21 = xform.m21();
-            win_xform.eM22 = xform.m22();
-            win_xform.eDx = xform.dx();
-            win_xform.eDy = xform.dy();
-            SetGraphicsMode(hdc, GM_ADVANCED);
-            SetWorldTransform(hdc, &win_xform);
-        }, {
-            // nothing
-        });
+    // Scale, rotate and translate here.
+    XFORM win_xform;
+    win_xform.eM11 = xform.m11();
+    win_xform.eM12 = xform.m12();
+    win_xform.eM21 = xform.m21();
+    win_xform.eM22 = xform.m22();
+    win_xform.eDx = xform.dx();
+    win_xform.eDy = xform.dy();
+
+    SetGraphicsMode(hdc, GM_ADVANCED);
+    SetWorldTransform(hdc, &win_xform);
 #endif
 
-        if (fast) {
-            // fast path
-            QVarLengthArray<wchar_t> g(glyphs.numGlyphs);
-            for (int i = 0; i < glyphs.numGlyphs; ++i)
-                g[i] = glyphs.glyphs[i];
-            ExtTextOutW(hdc,
-                        qRound(baseline_pos.x() + glyphs.offsets[0].x.toReal()),
-                        qRound(baseline_pos.y() + glyphs.offsets[0].y.toReal()),
-                        options, 0, convertToText ? convertedGlyphs : g.data(), glyphs.numGlyphs, 0);
-        } else {
-            QVarLengthArray<QFixedPoint> positions;
-            QVarLengthArray<glyph_t> _glyphs;
-
-            QTransform matrix = QTransform::fromTranslate(baseline_pos.x(), baseline_pos.y());
-            ti.fontEngine->getGlyphPositions(ti.glyphs, matrix, ti.flags,
-                _glyphs, positions);
-            if (_glyphs.size() == 0) {
-                SelectObject(hdc, old_font);
-                return;
-            }
-
-            convertToText = convertToText && glyphs.numGlyphs == _glyphs.size();
-
-            bool outputEntireItem = (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_NT_based)
-                && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_NT
-                && _glyphs.size() > 0;
+    if (fast) {
+        // fast path
+        QVarLengthArray<wchar_t> g(glyphs.numGlyphs);
+        for (int i = 0; i < glyphs.numGlyphs; ++i)
+            g[i] = glyphs.glyphs[i];
+        ExtTextOut(hdc,
+                   qRound(baseline_pos.x() + glyphs.offsets[0].x.toReal()),
+                   qRound(baseline_pos.y() + glyphs.offsets[0].y.toReal()),
+                   options, 0, convertToText ? convertedGlyphs : g.data(), glyphs.numGlyphs, 0);
+    } else {
+        QVarLengthArray<QFixedPoint> positions;
+        QVarLengthArray<glyph_t> _glyphs;
+
+        QTransform matrix = QTransform::fromTranslate(baseline_pos.x(), baseline_pos.y());
+        ti.fontEngine->getGlyphPositions(ti.glyphs, matrix, ti.flags,
+            _glyphs, positions);
+        if (_glyphs.size() == 0) {
+            SelectObject(hdc, old_font);
+            return;
+        }
 
-            if (outputEntireItem) {
-                options |= ETO_PDY;
-                QVarLengthArray<INT> glyphDistances(_glyphs.size() * 2);
-                QVarLengthArray<wchar_t> g(_glyphs.size());
-                for (int i=0; i<_glyphs.size() - 1; ++i) {
-                    glyphDistances[i * 2] = qRound(positions[i + 1].x) - qRound(positions[i].x);
-                    glyphDistances[i * 2 + 1] = qRound(positions[i + 1].y) - qRound(positions[i].y);
-                    g[i] = _glyphs[i];
-                }
-                glyphDistances[(_glyphs.size() - 1) * 2] = 0;
-                glyphDistances[(_glyphs.size() - 1) * 2 + 1] = 0;
-                g[_glyphs.size() - 1] = _glyphs[_glyphs.size() - 1];
-                ExtTextOutW(hdc, qRound(positions[0].x), qRound(positions[0].y), options, 0,
-                            convertToText ? convertedGlyphs : g.data(), _glyphs.size(),
-                            glyphDistances.data());
-            } else {
-                int i = 0;
-                while(i < _glyphs.size()) {
-                    wchar_t g = _glyphs[i];
-
-                    ExtTextOutW(hdc, qRound(positions[i].x),
-                        qRound(positions[i].y), options, 0,
-                                convertToText ? convertedGlyphs + i : &g, 1, 0);
-                    ++i;
-                }
+        convertToText = convertToText && glyphs.numGlyphs == _glyphs.size();
+        bool outputEntireItem = _glyphs.size() > 0;
+
+        if (outputEntireItem) {
+            options |= ETO_PDY;
+            QVarLengthArray<INT> glyphDistances(_glyphs.size() * 2);
+            QVarLengthArray<wchar_t> g(_glyphs.size());
+            for (int i=0; i<_glyphs.size() - 1; ++i) {
+                glyphDistances[i * 2] = qRound(positions[i + 1].x) - qRound(positions[i].x);
+                glyphDistances[i * 2 + 1] = qRound(positions[i + 1].y) - qRound(positions[i].y);
+                g[i] = _glyphs[i];
+            }
+            glyphDistances[(_glyphs.size() - 1) * 2] = 0;
+            glyphDistances[(_glyphs.size() - 1) * 2 + 1] = 0;
+            g[_glyphs.size() - 1] = _glyphs[_glyphs.size() - 1];
+            ExtTextOut(hdc, qRound(positions[0].x), qRound(positions[0].y), options, 0,
+                       convertToText ? convertedGlyphs : g.data(), _glyphs.size(),
+                       glyphDistances.data());
+        } else {
+            int i = 0;
+            while(i < _glyphs.size()) {
+                wchar_t g = _glyphs[i];
+
+                ExtTextOut(hdc, qRound(positions[i].x),
+                           qRound(positions[i].y), options, 0,
+                           convertToText ? convertedGlyphs + i : &g, 1, 0);
+                ++i;
             }
         }
+    }
 
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        QT_WA({
-            XFORM win_xform;
-            win_xform.eM11 = win_xform.eM22 = 1.0;
-            win_xform.eM12 = win_xform.eM21 = win_xform.eDx = win_xform.eDy = 0.0;
-            SetWorldTransform(hdc, &win_xform);
-        }, {
-            // nothing
-        });
+        win_xform.eM11 = win_xform.eM22 = 1.0;
+        win_xform.eM12 = win_xform.eM21 = win_xform.eDx = win_xform.eDy = 0.0;
+        SetWorldTransform(hdc, &win_xform);
 #endif
-    }
+
     SelectObject(hdc, old_font);
 }
 
 
 void QWin32PrintEnginePrivate::updateCustomPaperSize()
 {
-    QT_WA( {
-        uint paperSize = devModeW()->dmPaperSize;
-        if (paperSize > 0 && mapDevmodePaperSize(paperSize) == QPrinter::Custom) {
-            has_custom_paper_size = true;
-            DWORD needed = 0;
-            DWORD returned = 0;
-            if (!EnumForms(hPrinter, 1, 0, 0, &needed, &returned)) {
-                BYTE *forms = (BYTE *) malloc(needed);
-                if (EnumForms(hPrinter, 1, forms, needed, &needed, &returned)) {
-                    if (paperSize <= returned) {
-                        FORM_INFO_1 *formArray = (FORM_INFO_1 *) forms;
-                        int width = formArray[paperSize-1].Size.cx; // 1/1000 of a mm
-                        int height = formArray[paperSize-1].Size.cy; // 1/1000 of a mm
-                        paper_size = QSizeF((width*72/25.4)/1000.0, (height*72/25.4)/1000.0);
-                    } else {
-                        has_custom_paper_size = false;
-                    }
+    uint paperSize = devMode->dmPaperSize;
+    if (paperSize > 0 && mapDevmodePaperSize(paperSize) == QPrinter::Custom) {
+        has_custom_paper_size = true;
+        DWORD needed = 0;
+        DWORD returned = 0;
+        if (!EnumForms(hPrinter, 1, 0, 0, &needed, &returned)) {
+            BYTE *forms = (BYTE *) malloc(needed);
+            if (EnumForms(hPrinter, 1, forms, needed, &needed, &returned)) {
+                if (paperSize <= returned) {
+                    FORM_INFO_1 *formArray = (FORM_INFO_1 *) forms;
+                    int width = formArray[paperSize - 1].Size.cx; // 1/1000 of a mm
+                    int height = formArray[paperSize - 1].Size.cy; // 1/1000 of a mm
+                    paper_size = QSizeF((width * 72 /25.4) / 1000.0, (height * 72 / 25.4) / 1000.0);
+                } else {
+                    has_custom_paper_size = false;
                 }
-                free(forms);
             }
-        } else {
-            has_custom_paper_size = false;
+            free(forms);
         }
-    }, {
-        // Not supported under Win98
-    } );
+    } else {
+        has_custom_paper_size = false;
+    }
 }
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qprintengine_win_p.h b/src/gui/painting/qprintengine_win_p.h
index 9eb0b69..36a32e8 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qprintengine_win_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qprintengine_win_p.h
@@ -169,18 +169,8 @@ public:
     void readDevmode(HGLOBAL globalDevmode);
     void readDevnames(HGLOBAL globalDevnames);
 
-    inline DEVMODEW *devModeW() const { return (DEVMODEW*) devMode; }
-    inline DEVMODEA *devModeA() const { return (DEVMODEA*) devMode; }
-
-    inline PRINTER_INFO_2W *pInfoW() { return (PRINTER_INFO_2W*) pInfo; };
-    inline PRINTER_INFO_2A *pInfoA() { return (PRINTER_INFO_2A*) pInfo; };
-
     inline bool resetDC() {
-        QT_WA( {
-            hdc = ResetDCW(hdc, devModeW());
-        }, {
-            hdc = ResetDCA(hdc, devModeA());
-        } );
+        hdc = ResetDC(hdc, devMode);
         return hdc != 0;
     }
 
@@ -202,8 +192,8 @@ public:
     HANDLE hPrinter;
 
     HGLOBAL globalDevMode;
-    void *devMode;
-    void *pInfo;
+    DEVMODE *devMode;
+    PRINTER_INFO_2 *pInfo;
     HGLOBAL hMem;
 
     HDC hdc;
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qprinterinfo_win.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qprinterinfo_win.cpp
index f0352e6..a10cf3f 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qprinterinfo_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qprinterinfo_win.cpp
@@ -79,45 +79,24 @@ QList<QPrinterInfo> QPrinterInfo::availablePrinters()
     DWORD needed = 0;
     DWORD returned = 0;
 
-    QT_WA({
-            if (!EnumPrintersW(PRINTER_ENUM_LOCAL | PRINTER_ENUM_CONNECTIONS, NULL,
-                               4, 0, 0, &needed, &returned))
-            {
-                buffer = new BYTE[needed];
-                if (!EnumPrintersW(PRINTER_ENUM_LOCAL | PRINTER_ENUM_CONNECTIONS , NULL,
-                                   4, buffer, needed, &needed, &returned))
-                {
-                    delete [] buffer;
-                    return printers;
-                }
-                PPRINTER_INFO_4 infoList = reinterpret_cast<PPRINTER_INFO_4>(buffer);
-                QPrinterInfo defPrn = defaultPrinter();
-                for (uint i = 0; i < returned; ++i) {
-                    printers.append(QPrinterInfo(QString::fromUtf16(reinterpret_cast<const ushort*>(infoList[i].pPrinterName))));
-                    if (printers.at(i).printerName() == defPrn.printerName())
-                        printers[i].d_ptr->m_default = true;
-                }
-                delete [] buffer;
-            }
-        }, {
-            // In Windows 98 networked printers are served through the local connection
-            if (!EnumPrintersA(PRINTER_ENUM_LOCAL, NULL, 5, 0, 0, &needed, &returned)) {
-                buffer = new BYTE[needed];
-                if (!EnumPrintersA(PRINTER_ENUM_LOCAL, NULL, 5, buffer, needed, &needed, &returned)) {
-                    delete [] buffer;
-                    return printers;
-                }
-
-                PPRINTER_INFO_5 infoList = reinterpret_cast<PPRINTER_INFO_5>(buffer);
-                QPrinterInfo defPrn = defaultPrinter();
-                for (uint i = 0; i < returned; ++i) {
-                    printers.append(QPrinterInfo(QString::fromLocal8Bit(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(infoList[i].pPrinterName))));
-                    if (printers.at(i).printerName() == defPrn.printerName())
-                        printers[i].d_ptr->m_default = true;
-                }
-                delete [] buffer;
-            }
-        });
+    if ( !EnumPrinters(PRINTER_ENUM_LOCAL | PRINTER_ENUM_CONNECTIONS, NULL, 4, 0, 0, &needed, &returned))
+    {
+        buffer = new BYTE[needed];
+        if (!EnumPrinters(PRINTER_ENUM_LOCAL | PRINTER_ENUM_CONNECTIONS , NULL,
+                           4, buffer, needed, &needed, &returned))
+        {
+            delete [] buffer;
+            return printers;
+        }
+        PPRINTER_INFO_4 infoList = reinterpret_cast<PPRINTER_INFO_4>(buffer);
+        QPrinterInfo defPrn = defaultPrinter();
+        for (uint i = 0; i < returned; ++i) {
+            printers.append(QPrinterInfo(QString::fromWCharArray(infoList[i].pPrinterName)));
+            if (printers.at(i).printerName() == defPrn.printerName())
+                printers[i].d_ptr->m_default = true;
+        }
+        delete [] buffer;
+    }
 
     return printers;
 }
@@ -125,18 +104,9 @@ QList<QPrinterInfo> QPrinterInfo::availablePrinters()
 QPrinterInfo QPrinterInfo::defaultPrinter()
 {
     QString noPrinters(QLatin1String("qt_no_printers"));
-    QString output;
-    QT_WA({
-        ushort buffer[256];
-        GetProfileStringW(L"windows", L"device",
-                          reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(noPrinters.utf16()),
-                          reinterpret_cast<wchar_t *>(buffer), 256);
-        output = QString::fromUtf16(buffer);
-    }, {
-        char buffer[256];
-        GetProfileStringA("windows", "device", noPrinters.toLatin1(), buffer, 256);
-        output = QString::fromLocal8Bit(buffer);
-    });
+    wchar_t buffer[256];
+    GetProfileString(L"windows", L"device", (wchar_t*)noPrinters.utf16(), buffer, 256);
+    QString output = QString::fromWCharArray(buffer);
 
     // Filter out the name of the printer, which should be everything
     // before a comma.
@@ -222,26 +192,16 @@ bool QPrinterInfo::isDefault() const
 QList<QPrinter::PaperSize> QPrinterInfo::supportedPaperSizes() const
 {
     const Q_D(QPrinterInfo);
-    DWORD size;
-    WORD* papers;
     QList<QPrinter::PaperSize> paperList;
 
-    QT_WA({
-        size = DeviceCapabilitiesW(reinterpret_cast<const WCHAR*>(d->m_name.utf16()),
-                NULL, DC_PAPERS, NULL, NULL);
-        if ((int)size == -1)
-            return paperList;
-        papers = new WORD[size];
-        size = DeviceCapabilitiesW(reinterpret_cast<const WCHAR*>(d->m_name.utf16()),
-                NULL, DC_PAPERS, reinterpret_cast<WCHAR*>(papers), NULL);
-    }, {
-        size = DeviceCapabilitiesA(d->m_name.toLatin1().data(), NULL, DC_PAPERS, NULL, NULL);
-        if ((int)size == -1)
-            return paperList;
-        papers = new WORD[size];
-        size = DeviceCapabilitiesA(d->m_name.toLatin1().data(), NULL, DC_PAPERS,
-                reinterpret_cast<char*>(papers), NULL);
-    });
+    DWORD size = DeviceCapabilities(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t*>(d->m_name.utf16()),
+                                    NULL, DC_PAPERS, NULL, NULL);
+    if ((int)size == -1)
+        return paperList;
+
+    wchar_t *papers = new wchar_t[size];
+    size = DeviceCapabilities(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t*>(d->m_name.utf16()),
+                              NULL, DC_PAPERS, papers, NULL);
 
     for (int c = 0; c < (int)size; ++c) {
         paperList.append(mapDevmodePaperSize(papers[c]));
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qregion.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qregion.cpp
index 1b7dc1b..762e9e0 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qregion.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qregion.cpp
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
     Example of using complex regions:
     \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_gui_painting_qregion.cpp 0
 
-    \warning Due to window system limitations, the whole coordinate space for a
-    region is limited to the points between -32767 and 32767 on Windows
-    95/98/ME. You can circumvent this limitation by using a QPainterPath.
-
     \section1 Additional License Information
 
     On Embedded Linux, Windows CE and X11 platforms, parts of this class rely on
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qwindowsurface_raster.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qwindowsurface_raster.cpp
index c163d79..22433dd 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qwindowsurface_raster.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qwindowsurface_raster.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 #include <qglobal.h> // for Q_WS_WIN define (non-PCH)
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
+#include <qlibrary.h>
 #include <qt_windows.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -67,10 +68,6 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-#ifdef Q_WS_WIN
-PtrUpdateLayeredWindowIndirect ptrUpdateLayeredWindowIndirect;
-#endif
-
 class QRasterWindowSurfacePrivate
 {
 public:
@@ -82,9 +79,6 @@ public:
     uint translucentBackground : 1;
 #endif
 #endif
-#if defined(Q_WS_WIN) && !defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
-    uint canUseLayeredWindow : 1;
-#endif
     uint inSetGeometry : 1;
 };
 
@@ -98,10 +92,6 @@ QRasterWindowSurface::QRasterWindowSurface(QWidget *window)
         && window->x11Info().depth() == 32;
 #endif
 #endif
-#if defined(Q_WS_WIN) && !defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
-    d_ptr->canUseLayeredWindow = ptrUpdateLayeredWindowIndirect
-        && (qt_widget_private(window)->data.window_flags & Qt::FramelessWindowHint);
-#endif
     d_ptr->image = 0;
     d_ptr->inSetGeometry = false;
     setStaticContentsSupport(true);
@@ -130,8 +120,7 @@ void QRasterWindowSurface::beginPaint(const QRegion &rgn)
 #if (defined(Q_WS_X11) && !defined(QT_NO_XRENDER)) || (defined(Q_WS_WIN) && !defined(Q_WS_WINCE))
     if (!qt_widget_private(window())->isOpaque) {
 #if defined(Q_WS_WIN) && !defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
-        if (d_ptr->image->image.format() != QImage::Format_ARGB32_Premultiplied
-            && d_ptr->canUseLayeredWindow)
+        if (d_ptr->image->image.format() != QImage::Format_ARGB32_Premultiplied)
             prepareBuffer(QImage::Format_ARGB32_Premultiplied, window());
 #endif
         QPainter p(&d_ptr->image->image);
@@ -160,7 +149,7 @@ void QRasterWindowSurface::flush(QWidget *widget, const QRegion &rgn, const QPoi
     QRect br = rgn.boundingRect();
 
 #ifndef Q_WS_WINCE
-    if (!qt_widget_private(window())->isOpaque && d->canUseLayeredWindow) {
+    if (!qt_widget_private(window())->isOpaque) {
         QRect r = window()->frameGeometry();
         QPoint frameOffset = qt_widget_private(window())->frameStrut().topLeft();
         QRect dirtyRect = br.translated(offset + frameOffset);
@@ -168,12 +157,11 @@ void QRasterWindowSurface::flush(QWidget *widget, const QRegion &rgn, const QPoi
         SIZE size = {r.width(), r.height()};
         POINT ptDst = {r.x(), r.y()};
         POINT ptSrc = {0, 0};
-        Q_BLENDFUNCTION blend = {AC_SRC_OVER, 0, (int)(255.0 * window()->windowOpacity()), Q_AC_SRC_ALPHA};
+        BLENDFUNCTION blend = {AC_SRC_OVER, 0, (int)(255.0 * window()->windowOpacity()), Q_AC_SRC_ALPHA};
         RECT dirty = {dirtyRect.x(), dirtyRect.y(),
             dirtyRect.x() + dirtyRect.width(), dirtyRect.y() + dirtyRect.height()};
         Q_UPDATELAYEREDWINDOWINFO info = {sizeof(info), NULL, &ptDst, &size, d->image->hdc, &ptSrc, 0, &blend, Q_ULW_ALPHA, &dirty};
-
-        (*ptrUpdateLayeredWindowIndirect)(window()->internalWinId(), &info);
+        ptrUpdateLayeredWindowIndirect(window()->internalWinId(), &info);
     } else
 #endif
     {
@@ -308,7 +296,7 @@ void QRasterWindowSurface::setGeometry(const QRect &rect)
 #ifndef Q_WS_WIN
         if (d_ptr->translucentBackground)
 #else
-        if (!qt_widget_private(window())->isOpaque && d->canUseLayeredWindow)
+        if (!qt_widget_private(window())->isOpaque)
 #endif
             prepareBuffer(QImage::Format_ARGB32_Premultiplied, window());
         else
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qwindowsurface_raster_p.h b/src/gui/painting/qwindowsurface_raster_p.h
index 897ed8d..996aaef 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qwindowsurface_raster_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qwindowsurface_raster_p.h
@@ -64,13 +64,6 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 #define Q_ULW_ALPHA               0x00000002 // copied from ULW_ALPHA in winuser.h
 #define Q_AC_SRC_ALPHA            0x00000001 // copied from AC_SRC_ALPHA in winuser.h
 
-struct Q_BLENDFUNCTION {
-  BYTE     BlendOp;
-  BYTE     BlendFlags;
-  BYTE     SourceConstantAlpha;
-  BYTE     AlphaFormat;
-};
-
 struct Q_UPDATELAYEREDWINDOWINFO {
     DWORD cbSize;
     HDC hdcDst;
@@ -79,12 +72,16 @@ struct Q_UPDATELAYEREDWINDOWINFO {
     HDC hdcSrc;
     const POINT *pptSrc;
     COLORREF crKey;
-    const Q_BLENDFUNCTION *pblend;
+    const BLENDFUNCTION *pblend;
     DWORD dwFlags;
     const RECT *prcDirty;
 };
 
+typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrUpdateLayeredWindow)(HWND hwnd, HDC hdcDst, const POINT *pptDst,
+             const SIZE *psize, HDC hdcSrc, const POINT *pptSrc, COLORREF crKey,
+             const BLENDFUNCTION *pblend, DWORD dwflags);
 typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrUpdateLayeredWindowIndirect)(HWND hwnd, const Q_UPDATELAYEREDWINDOWINFO *pULWInfo);
+extern PtrUpdateLayeredWindow ptrUpdateLayeredWindow;
 extern PtrUpdateLayeredWindowIndirect ptrUpdateLayeredWindowIndirect;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/gui/styles/qwindowsstyle.cpp b/src/gui/styles/qwindowsstyle.cpp
index 997c2ce..4f25e68 100644
--- a/src/gui/styles/qwindowsstyle.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/styles/qwindowsstyle.cpp
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ static const int windowsCheckMarkHMargin =  2; // horiz. margins of check mark
 static const int windowsRightBorder      = 15; // right border on windows
 static const int windowsCheckMarkWidth   = 12; // checkmarks width on windows
 
-static bool use2000style = true;
-
 enum QSliderDirection { SlUp, SlDown, SlLeft, SlRight };
 
 /*
@@ -269,9 +267,6 @@ bool QWindowsStyle::eventFilter(QObject *o, QEvent *e)
 */
 QWindowsStyle::QWindowsStyle() : QCommonStyle(*new QWindowsStylePrivate)
 {
-#if defined(Q_OS_WIN32)
-    use2000style = QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_NT && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_95;
-#endif
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -281,9 +276,6 @@ QWindowsStyle::QWindowsStyle() : QCommonStyle(*new QWindowsStylePrivate)
 */
 QWindowsStyle::QWindowsStyle(QWindowsStylePrivate &dd) : QCommonStyle(dd)
 {
-#if defined(Q_OS_WIN32)
-    use2000style = QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_NT && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_95;
-#endif
 }
 
 
@@ -1137,12 +1129,7 @@ int QWindowsStyle::styleHint(StyleHint hint, const QStyleOption *opt, const QWid
 #endif
         break;
     case SH_ItemView_ChangeHighlightOnFocus:
-#if defined(Q_WS_WIN)
-        if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_95 && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_NT)
-            ret = 1;
-        else
-#endif
-            ret = 0;
+        ret = 1;
         break;
     case SH_ToolBox_SelectedPageTitleBold:
         ret = 0;
@@ -1150,36 +1137,34 @@ int QWindowsStyle::styleHint(StyleHint hint, const QStyleOption *opt, const QWid
 
 #if defined(Q_WS_WIN)
     case SH_UnderlineShortcut:
+    {
         ret = 1;
-        if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_95
-            && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_98
-            && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_NT) {
-            BOOL cues;
-            SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETKEYBOARDCUES, 0, &cues, 0);
-            ret = int(cues);
-            // Do nothing if we always paint underlines
-            Q_D(const QWindowsStyle);
-            if (!ret && widget && d) {
+        BOOL cues = false;
+        SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETKEYBOARDCUES, 0, &cues, 0);
+        ret = int(cues);
+        // Do nothing if we always paint underlines
+        Q_D(const QWindowsStyle);
+        if (!ret && widget && d) {
 #ifndef QT_NO_MENUBAR
-                const QMenuBar *menuBar = qobject_cast<const QMenuBar *>(widget);
-                if (!menuBar && qobject_cast<const QMenu *>(widget)) {
-                    QWidget *w = QApplication::activeWindow();
-                    if (w && w != widget)
-                        menuBar = qFindChild<QMenuBar *>(w);
-                }
-                // If we paint a menu bar draw underlines if is in the keyboardState
-                if (menuBar) {
-                    if (menuBar->d_func()->keyboardState || d->altDown())
-                        ret = 1;
-                    // Otherwise draw underlines if the toplevel widget has seen an alt-press
-                } else
-#endif // QT_NO_MENUBAR
-                if (d->hasSeenAlt(widget)) {
+            const QMenuBar *menuBar = qobject_cast<const QMenuBar *>(widget);
+            if (!menuBar && qobject_cast<const QMenu *>(widget)) {
+                QWidget *w = QApplication::activeWindow();
+                if (w && w != widget)
+                    menuBar = qFindChild<QMenuBar *>(w);
+            }
+            // If we paint a menu bar draw underlines if is in the keyboardState
+            if (menuBar) {
+                if (menuBar->d_func()->keyboardState || d->altDown())
                     ret = 1;
-                }
+                // Otherwise draw underlines if the toplevel widget has seen an alt-press
+            } else
+#endif // QT_NO_MENUBAR
+            if (d->hasSeenAlt(widget)) {
+                ret = 1;
             }
         }
         break;
+    }
 #endif
 #ifndef QT_NO_RUBBERBAND
     case SH_RubberBand_Mask:
@@ -1317,7 +1302,7 @@ void QWindowsStyle::drawPrimitive(PrimitiveElement pe, const QStyleOption *opt,
         if ((!(opt->state & State_Sunken ))
             && (!(opt->state & State_Enabled)
                 || !(opt->state & State_MouseOver && opt->state & State_AutoRaise))
-            && (opt->state & State_On) && use2000style) {
+            && (opt->state & State_On)) {
             fill = QBrush(opt->palette.light().color(), Qt::Dense4Pattern);
             stippled = true;
         } else {
@@ -1631,9 +1616,9 @@ void QWindowsStyle::drawPrimitive(PrimitiveElement pe, const QStyleOption *opt,
                     popupPal.setColor(QPalette::Light, frame->palette.background().color());
                     popupPal.setColor(QPalette::Midlight, frame->palette.light().color());
                 }
-                if (use2000style && pe == PE_Frame && (frame->state & State_Raised))
+                if (pe == PE_Frame && (frame->state & State_Raised))
                     qDrawWinButton(p, frame->rect, popupPal, frame->state & State_Sunken);
-                else if (use2000style && pe == PE_Frame && (frame->state & State_Sunken))
+                else if (pe == PE_Frame && (frame->state & State_Sunken))
                 {
                     popupPal.setColor(QPalette::Midlight, frame->palette.background().color());
                     qDrawWinPanel(p, frame->rect, popupPal, frame->state & State_Sunken);
@@ -1784,13 +1769,12 @@ case PE_FrameDockWidget:
         break;
 #endif // QT_NO_PROGRESSBAR
 
-    case PE_FrameTabWidget:
-        if (use2000style) {
-            QRect rect = opt->rect;
-            QPalette pal = opt->palette;
-            qDrawWinButton(p, opt->rect, opt->palette, false, 0);
-            break;
-       }
+    case PE_FrameTabWidget: {
+        QRect rect = opt->rect;
+        QPalette pal = opt->palette;
+        qDrawWinButton(p, opt->rect, opt->palette, false, 0);
+        break;
+    }
     default:
         QCommonStyle::drawPrimitive(pe, opt, p, w);
     }
@@ -2066,10 +2050,6 @@ void QWindowsStyle::drawControl(ControlElement ce, const QStyleOption *opt, QPai
                     p->setPen(light);
                     p->drawLine(x1, y1 + 2, x1, y2 - ((onlyOne || firstTab) && selected && leftAligned ? 0 : borderThinkness));
                     p->drawPoint(x1 + 1, y1 + 1);
-                    if (!use2000style) {
-                        p->setPen(midlight);
-                        p->drawLine(x1 + 1, y1 + 2, x1 + 1, y2 - ((onlyOne || firstTab) && selected && leftAligned ? 0 : borderThinkness));
-                    }
                 }
                 // Top
                 {
@@ -2077,10 +2057,6 @@ void QWindowsStyle::drawControl(ControlElement ce, const QStyleOption *opt, QPai
                     int end = x2 - (nextSelected ? 0 : 2);
                     p->setPen(light);
                     p->drawLine(beg, y1, end, y1);
-                    if (!use2000style) {
-                        p->setPen(midlight);
-                        p->drawLine(beg, y1 + 1, end, y1 + 1);
-                    }
                 }
                 // Right
                 if (lastTab || selected || onlyOne || !nextSelected) {
@@ -2110,10 +2086,6 @@ void QWindowsStyle::drawControl(ControlElement ce, const QStyleOption *opt, QPai
                     p->setPen(light);
                     p->drawLine(x1, y2 - 2, x1, y1 + ((onlyOne || firstTab) && selected && leftAligned ? 0 : borderThinkness));
                     p->drawPoint(x1 + 1, y2 - 1);
-                    if (!use2000style) {
-                        p->setPen(midlight);
-                        p->drawLine(x1 + 1, y2 - 2, x1 + 1, y1 + ((onlyOne || firstTab) && selected && leftAligned ? 0 : borderThinkness));
-                    }
                 }
                 // Bottom
                 {
@@ -2152,10 +2124,6 @@ void QWindowsStyle::drawControl(ControlElement ce, const QStyleOption *opt, QPai
                     p->setPen(light);
                     p->drawLine(x1 + 2, y1, x2 - ((onlyOne || firstTab) && selected && leftAligned ? 0 : borderThinkness), y1);
                     p->drawPoint(x1 + 1, y1 + 1);
-                    if (!use2000style) {
-                        p->setPen(midlight);
-                        p->drawLine(x1 + 2, y1 + 1, x2 - ((onlyOne || firstTab) && selected && leftAligned ? 0 : borderThinkness), y1 + 1);
-                    }
                 }
                 // Left
                 {
@@ -2163,10 +2131,6 @@ void QWindowsStyle::drawControl(ControlElement ce, const QStyleOption *opt, QPai
                     int end = y2 - (nextSelected ? 0 : 2);
                     p->setPen(light);
                     p->drawLine(x1, beg, x1, end);
-                    if (!use2000style) {
-                        p->setPen(midlight);
-                        p->drawLine(x1 + 1, beg, x1 + 1, end);
-                    }
                 }
                 // Bottom
                 if (lastTab || selected || onlyOne || !nextSelected) {
@@ -2198,11 +2162,6 @@ void QWindowsStyle::drawControl(ControlElement ce, const QStyleOption *opt, QPai
                     p->setPen(light);
                     p->drawLine(x2 - 2, y1, x1 + ((onlyOne || firstTab) && selected && leftAligned ? 0 : borderThinkness), y1);
                     p->drawPoint(x2 - 1, y1 + 1);
-                    if (!use2000style) {
-                        p->setPen(midlight);
-                        p->drawLine(x2 - 3, y1 + 1, x1 + ((onlyOne || firstTab) && selected && leftAligned ? 0 : borderThinkness), y1 + 1);
-                        p->drawPoint(x2 - 1, y1);
-                    }
                 }
                 // Right
                 {
@@ -2239,7 +2198,7 @@ void QWindowsStyle::drawControl(ControlElement ce, const QStyleOption *opt, QPai
 #ifndef QT_NO_SCROLLBAR
     case CE_ScrollBarSubLine:
     case CE_ScrollBarAddLine: {
-        if (use2000style && (opt->state & State_Sunken)) {
+        if ((opt->state & State_Sunken)) {
             p->setPen(opt->palette.dark().color());
             p->setBrush(opt->palette.brush(QPalette::Button));
             p->drawRect(opt->rect.adjusted(0, 0, -1, -1));
@@ -3027,8 +2986,7 @@ void QWindowsStyle::drawComplexControl(ComplexControl cc, const QStyleOptionComp
             if ((cmb->subControls & SC_ComboBoxFrame)) {
                 if (cmb->frame) {
                     QPalette shadePal = opt->palette;
-                    if (use2000style)
-                        shadePal.setColor(QPalette::Midlight, shadePal.button().color());
+                    shadePal.setColor(QPalette::Midlight, shadePal.button().color());
                     qDrawWinPanel(p, opt->rect, shadePal, true, &editBrush);
                 }
                 else {
@@ -3104,8 +3062,7 @@ void QWindowsStyle::drawComplexControl(ComplexControl cc, const QStyleOptionComp
                 QBrush editBrush = sb->palette.brush(QPalette::Base);
                 QRect r = proxy()->subControlRect(CC_SpinBox, sb, SC_SpinBoxFrame, widget);
                 QPalette shadePal = sb->palette;
-                if (use2000style)
-                    shadePal.setColor(QPalette::Midlight, shadePal.button().color());
+                shadePal.setColor(QPalette::Midlight, shadePal.button().color());
                 qDrawWinPanel(p, r, shadePal, true, &editBrush);
             }
 
@@ -3234,7 +3191,7 @@ QSize QWindowsStyle::sizeFromContents(ContentsType ct, const QStyleOption *opt,
                                   + 2 * windowsItemFrame));
             }
             int maxpmw = mi->maxIconWidth;
-            int tabSpacing = use2000style ? 20 :windowsTabSpacing;
+            int tabSpacing = 20;
             if (mi->text.contains(QLatin1Char('\t')))
                 w += tabSpacing;
             else if (mi->menuItemType == QStyleOptionMenuItem::SubMenu)
diff --git a/src/gui/styles/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp b/src/gui/styles/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp
index b131d39..3e65eef 100644
--- a/src/gui/styles/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/styles/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp
@@ -2571,9 +2571,7 @@ void QWindowsVistaStylePrivate::startAnimation(Animation *t)
 bool QWindowsVistaStylePrivate::transitionsEnabled() const
 {
     BOOL animEnabled = false;
-    if (QT_WA_INLINE(SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETCLIENTAREAANIMATION, 0, &animEnabled, 0),
-                     SystemParametersInfoA(SPI_GETCLIENTAREAANIMATION, 0, &animEnabled, 0)
-    ))
+    if (SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETCLIENTAREAANIMATION, 0, &animEnabled, 0))
     {
         if (animEnabled)
             return true;
diff --git a/src/gui/styles/qwindowsxpstyle.cpp b/src/gui/styles/qwindowsxpstyle.cpp
index 322bfac..9c4afee 100644
--- a/src/gui/styles/qwindowsxpstyle.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/styles/qwindowsxpstyle.cpp
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ HTHEME XPThemeData::handle()
         htheme = QWindowsXPStylePrivate::handleMap->operator[](name);
 
     if (!htheme) {
-        htheme = pOpenThemeData(QWindowsXPStylePrivate::winId(widget),
-                                (TCHAR*)name.utf16());
+        htheme = pOpenThemeData(QWindowsXPStylePrivate::winId(widget), (wchar_t*)name.utf16());
         if (htheme) {
             if (!QWindowsXPStylePrivate::handleMap)
                 QWindowsXPStylePrivate::handleMap = new QMap<QString, HTHEME>;
@@ -1547,11 +1546,11 @@ case PE_Frame:
             if (widget) {
                 bool useGradient = true;
                 const int maxlength = 256;
-                WCHAR themeFileName[maxlength];
-                WCHAR themeColor[maxlength];
+                wchar_t themeFileName[maxlength];
+                wchar_t themeColor[maxlength];
                 // Due to a a scaling issue with the XP Silver theme, tab gradients are not used with it
                 if (pGetCurrentThemeName(themeFileName, maxlength, themeColor, maxlength, NULL, 0) == S_OK) {
-                    WCHAR* offset;
+                    wchar_t *offset = 0;
                     if ((offset = wcsrchr(themeFileName, QChar(QLatin1Char('\\')).unicode())) != NULL) {
                         offset++;
                         if (!lstrcmp(offset, L"Luna.msstyles") && !lstrcmp(offset, L"Metallic")) {
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfont_win.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfont_win.cpp
index 2c27c9b..2293973 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfont_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfont_win.cpp
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@
 **
 ****************************************************************************/
 
-// the miscrosoft platform SDK says that the Unicode versions of
-// TextOut and GetTextExtentsPoint32 are supported on all platforms, so we use them
-// exclusively to simplify code, save a lot of conversions into the local encoding
-// and have generally better unicode support :)
-
 #include "qfont.h"
 #include "qfont_p.h"
 #include "qfontengine_p.h"
@@ -67,8 +62,7 @@ extern HDC   shared_dc();                // common dc for all fonts
 // ### maybe move to qapplication_win
 QFont qt_LOGFONTtoQFont(LOGFONT& lf, bool /*scale*/)
 {
-    QString family = QT_WA_INLINE(QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)lf.lfFaceName),
-                                   QString::fromLocal8Bit((char*)lf.lfFaceName));
+    QString family = QString::fromWCharArray(lf.lfFaceName);
     QFont qf(family);
     qf.setItalic(lf.lfItalic);
     if (lf.lfWeight != FW_DONTCARE) {
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase_win.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase_win.cpp
index 2c0223b..2e8e5e4 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase_win.cpp
@@ -195,21 +195,12 @@ static QString getEnglishName(const QString &familyName)
     QString i18n_name;
 
     HDC hdc = GetDC( 0 );
-    HFONT hfont;
-    QT_WA( {
-        LOGFONTW lf;
-        memset( &lf, 0, sizeof( LOGFONTW ) );
-        memcpy( lf.lfFaceName, familyName.utf16(), qMin(LF_FACESIZE, familyName.length())*sizeof(QChar) );
-        lf.lfCharSet = DEFAULT_CHARSET;
-        hfont = CreateFontIndirectW( &lf );
-    }, {
-        LOGFONTA lf;
-        memset( &lf, 0, sizeof( LOGFONTA ) );
-        QByteArray lfam = familyName.toLocal8Bit();
-        memcpy( lf.lfFaceName, lfam, qMin(LF_FACESIZE, lfam.size()) );
-        lf.lfCharSet = DEFAULT_CHARSET;
-        hfont = CreateFontIndirectA( &lf );
-    } );
+    LOGFONT lf;
+    memset(&lf, 0, sizeof(LOGFONT));
+    memcpy(lf.lfFaceName, familyName.utf16(), qMin(LF_FACESIZE, familyName.length()) * sizeof(wchar_t));
+    lf.lfCharSet = DEFAULT_CHARSET;
+    HFONT hfont = CreateFontIndirect(&lf);
+
     if(!hfont) {
         ReleaseDC(0, hdc);
         return QString();
@@ -245,32 +236,6 @@ error:
     return i18n_name;
 }
 
-static void getFontSignature(const QString &familyName,
-                             NEWTEXTMETRICEX *textmetric,
-                             FONTSIGNATURE *signature)
-{
-    QT_WA({
-        Q_UNUSED(familyName);
-        *signature = textmetric->ntmFontSig;
-    }, {
-        // the textmetric structure we get from EnumFontFamiliesEx on Win9x has
-        // a FONTSIGNATURE, but that one is uninitialized and doesn't work. Have to go
-        // the hard way and load the font to find out.
-        HDC hdc = GetDC(0);
-        LOGFONTA lf;
-        memset(&lf, 0, sizeof(LOGFONTA));
-        QByteArray lfam = familyName.toLocal8Bit();
-        memcpy(lf.lfFaceName, lfam.data(), qMin(LF_FACESIZE, lfam.length()));
-        lf.lfCharSet = DEFAULT_CHARSET;
-        HFONT hfont = CreateFontIndirectA(&lf);
-        HGDIOBJ oldobj = SelectObject(hdc, hfont);
-        GetTextCharsetInfo(hdc, signature, 0);
-        SelectObject(hdc, oldobj);
-        DeleteObject(hfont);
-        ReleaseDC(0, hdc);
-    });
-}
-
 static
 void addFontToDatabase(QString familyName, const QString &scriptName,
                        TEXTMETRIC *textmetric,
@@ -288,26 +253,17 @@ void addFontToDatabase(QString familyName, const QString &scriptName,
     bool scalable;
     int size;
 
-//    QString escript = QString::fromUtf16((ushort *)f->elfScript);
+//    QString escript = QString::fromWCharArray(f->elfScript);
 //    qDebug("script=%s", escript.latin1());
 
-    QT_WA({
-        NEWTEXTMETRIC *tm = (NEWTEXTMETRIC *)textmetric;
-        fixed = !(tm->tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_FIXED_PITCH);
-        ttf = (tm->tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_TRUETYPE);
-        scalable = tm->tmPitchAndFamily & (TMPF_VECTOR|TMPF_TRUETYPE);
-        size = scalable ? SMOOTH_SCALABLE : tm->tmHeight;
-        italic = tm->tmItalic;
-        weight = tm->tmWeight;
-    } , {
-        NEWTEXTMETRICA *tm = (NEWTEXTMETRICA *)textmetric;
-        fixed = !(tm->tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_FIXED_PITCH);
-        ttf = (tm->tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_TRUETYPE);
-        scalable = tm->tmPitchAndFamily & (TMPF_VECTOR|TMPF_TRUETYPE);
-        size = scalable ? SMOOTH_SCALABLE : tm->tmHeight;
-        italic = tm->tmItalic;
-        weight = tm->tmWeight;
-    });
+    NEWTEXTMETRIC *tm = (NEWTEXTMETRIC *)textmetric;
+    fixed = !(tm->tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_FIXED_PITCH);
+    ttf = (tm->tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_TRUETYPE);
+    scalable = tm->tmPitchAndFamily & (TMPF_VECTOR|TMPF_TRUETYPE);
+    size = scalable ? SMOOTH_SCALABLE : tm->tmHeight;
+    italic = tm->tmItalic;
+    weight = tm->tmWeight;
+
     // the "@family" fonts are just the same as "family". Ignore them.
     if (familyName[0] != QLatin1Char('@') && !familyName.startsWith(QLatin1String("WST_"))) {
         QtFontStyle::Key styleKey;
@@ -420,18 +376,10 @@ static
 int CALLBACK
 storeFont(ENUMLOGFONTEX* f, NEWTEXTMETRICEX *textmetric, int type, LPARAM /*p*/)
 {
-    QString familyName;
-    QT_WA({
-        familyName = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)f->elfLogFont.lfFaceName);
-    },{
-        ENUMLOGFONTEXA *fa = (ENUMLOGFONTEXA *)f;
-        familyName = QString::fromLocal8Bit(fa->elfLogFont.lfFaceName);
-    });
-    QString script = QT_WA_INLINE(QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)f->elfScript),
-                                  QString::fromLocal8Bit((const char *)((ENUMLOGFONTEXA *)f)->elfScript));
-
-    FONTSIGNATURE signature;
-    getFontSignature(familyName, textmetric, &signature);
+    QString familyName = QString::fromWCharArray(f->elfLogFont.lfFaceName);
+    QString script = QString::fromWCharArray(f->elfScript);
+
+    FONTSIGNATURE signature = textmetric->ntmFontSig;
 
     // NEWTEXTMETRICEX is a NEWTEXTMETRIC, which according to the documentation is
     // identical to a TEXTMETRIC except for the last four members, which we don't use
@@ -459,33 +407,17 @@ void populate_database(const QString& fam)
 
     HDC dummy = GetDC(0);
 
-    QT_WA({
-        LOGFONT lf;
-        lf.lfCharSet = DEFAULT_CHARSET;
-        if (fam.isNull()) {
-            lf.lfFaceName[0] = 0;
-        } else {
-            memcpy(lf.lfFaceName, fam.utf16(), sizeof(TCHAR)*qMin(fam.length()+1,32));  // 32 = Windows hard-coded
-        }
-        lf.lfPitchAndFamily = 0;
-
-        EnumFontFamiliesEx(dummy, &lf,
-            (FONTENUMPROC)storeFont, (LPARAM)privateDb(), 0);
-    } , {
-        LOGFONTA lf;
-        lf.lfCharSet = DEFAULT_CHARSET;
-        if (fam.isNull()) {
-            lf.lfFaceName[0] = 0;
-        } else {
-            QByteArray lname = fam.toLocal8Bit();
-            memcpy(lf.lfFaceName,lname.data(),
-                qMin(lname.length()+1,32));  // 32 = Windows hard-coded
-        }
-        lf.lfPitchAndFamily = 0;
+    LOGFONT lf;
+    lf.lfCharSet = DEFAULT_CHARSET;
+    if (fam.isNull()) {
+        lf.lfFaceName[0] = 0;
+    } else {
+        memcpy(lf.lfFaceName, fam.utf16(), sizeof(wchar_t) * qMin(fam.length() + 1, 32));  // 32 = Windows hard-coded
+    }
+    lf.lfPitchAndFamily = 0;
 
-        EnumFontFamiliesExA(dummy, &lf,
-            (FONTENUMPROCA)storeFont, (LPARAM)privateDb(), 0);
-    });
+    EnumFontFamiliesEx(dummy, &lf,
+        (FONTENUMPROC)storeFont, (LPARAM)privateDb(), 0);
 
     ReleaseDC(0, dummy);
 
@@ -496,21 +428,11 @@ void populate_database(const QString& fam)
         for (int j = 0; j < fnt.families.count(); ++j) {
             const QString familyName = fnt.families.at(j);
             HDC hdc = GetDC(0);
-            HFONT hfont;
-            QT_WA({
-                LOGFONTW lf;
-                memset(&lf, 0, sizeof(LOGFONTW));
-                memcpy(lf.lfFaceName, familyName.utf16(), qMin(LF_FACESIZE, familyName.size()));
-                lf.lfCharSet = DEFAULT_CHARSET;
-                hfont = CreateFontIndirectW(&lf);
-            } , {
-                LOGFONTA lf;
-                memset(&lf, 0, sizeof(LOGFONTA));
-                QByteArray lfam = familyName.toLocal8Bit();
-                memcpy(lf.lfFaceName, lfam.data(), qMin(LF_FACESIZE, lfam.length()));
-                lf.lfCharSet = DEFAULT_CHARSET;
-                hfont = CreateFontIndirectA(&lf);
-            });
+            LOGFONT lf;
+            memset(&lf, 0, sizeof(LOGFONT));
+            memcpy(lf.lfFaceName, familyName.utf16(), sizeof(wchar_t) * qMin(LF_FACESIZE, familyName.size()));
+            lf.lfCharSet = DEFAULT_CHARSET;
+            HFONT hfont = CreateFontIndirect(&lf);
             HGDIOBJ oldobj = SelectObject(hdc, hfont);
 
             TEXTMETRIC textMetrics;
@@ -598,17 +520,10 @@ static void initFontInfo(QFontEngineWin *fe, const QFontDef &request, const QFon
 
     HDC dc = ((request.styleStrategy & QFont::PreferDevice) && fp->hdc) ? fp->hdc : shared_dc();
     SelectObject(dc, fe->hfont);
-    QT_WA({
-        TCHAR n[64];
-        GetTextFaceW(dc, 64, n);
-        fe->fontDef.family = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)n);
-        fe->fontDef.fixedPitch = !(fe->tm.w.tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_FIXED_PITCH);
-    } , {
-        char an[64];
-        GetTextFaceA(dc, 64, an);
-        fe->fontDef.family = QString::fromLocal8Bit(an);
-        fe->fontDef.fixedPitch = !(fe->tm.a.tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_FIXED_PITCH);
-    });
+    wchar_t n[64];
+    GetTextFace(dc, 64, n);
+    fe->fontDef.family = QString::fromWCharArray(n);
+    fe->fontDef.fixedPitch = !(fe->tm.tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_FIXED_PITCH);
     if (fe->fontDef.pointSize < 0) {
         fe->fontDef.pointSize = fe->fontDef.pixelSize * 72. / fp->dpi;
     } else if (fe->fontDef.pixelSize == -1) {
@@ -704,12 +619,7 @@ QFontEngine *loadEngine(int script, const QFontPrivate *fp, const QFontDef &requ
     HFONT hfont = 0;
 
     if (fp->rawMode) {                        // will choose a stock font
-        int f, deffnt;
-        // ### why different?
-        if ((QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_NT_based) || QSysInfo::WindowsVersion == QSysInfo::WV_32s)
-            deffnt = SYSTEM_FONT;
-        else
-            deffnt = DEFAULT_GUI_FONT;
+        int f, deffnt = SYSTEM_FONT;
         QString fam = desc->family->name.toLower();
         if (fam == QLatin1String("default"))
             f = deffnt;
@@ -778,11 +688,7 @@ QFontEngine *loadEngine(int script, const QFontPrivate *fp, const QFontDef &requ
         } else if (request.styleStrategy & QFont::PreferDevice) {
             strat = OUT_DEVICE_PRECIS;
         } else if (request.styleStrategy & QFont::PreferOutline) {
-            QT_WA({
-                strat = OUT_OUTLINE_PRECIS;
-            } , {
-                strat = OUT_TT_PRECIS;
-            });
+            strat = OUT_OUTLINE_PRECIS;
         } else if (request.styleStrategy & QFont::ForceOutline) {
             strat = OUT_TT_ONLY_PRECIS;
 #endif
@@ -801,7 +707,7 @@ QFontEngine *loadEngine(int script, const QFontPrivate *fp, const QFontDef &requ
 
         if (request.styleStrategy & QFont::PreferAntialias) {
             if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion >= QSysInfo::WV_XP) {
-                qual = 5; // == CLEARTYPE_QUALITY;
+                qual = CLEARTYPE_QUALITY;
                 preferClearTypeAA = true;
             } else {
                 qual = ANTIALIASED_QUALITY;
@@ -827,16 +733,8 @@ QFontEngine *loadEngine(int script, const QFontPrivate *fp, const QFontDef &requ
         if (fam == QLatin1String("Courier") && !(request.styleStrategy & QFont::PreferBitmap))
             fam = QLatin1String("Courier New");
 
-        QT_WA({
-            memcpy(lf.lfFaceName, fam.utf16(), sizeof(TCHAR)*qMin(fam.length()+1,32));  // 32 = Windows hard-coded
-            hfont = CreateFontIndirect(&lf);
-        } , {
-            // LOGFONTA and LOGFONTW are binary compatible
-            QByteArray lname = fam.toLocal8Bit();
-            memcpy(lf.lfFaceName,lname.data(),
-                qMin(lname.length()+1,32));  // 32 = Windows hard-coded
-            hfont = CreateFontIndirectA((LOGFONTA*)&lf);
-        });
+        memcpy(lf.lfFaceName, fam.utf16(), sizeof(wchar_t) * qMin(fam.length() + 1, 32));  // 32 = Windows hard-coded
+        hfont = CreateFontIndirect(&lf);
         if (!hfont)
             qErrnoWarning("QFontEngine::loadEngine: CreateFontIndirect failed");
 
@@ -845,17 +743,12 @@ QFontEngine *loadEngine(int script, const QFontPrivate *fp, const QFontDef &requ
         int avWidth = 0;
         BOOL res;
         HGDIOBJ oldObj = SelectObject(hdc, hfont);
-        QT_WA({
-            TEXTMETRICW tm;
-            res = GetTextMetricsW(hdc, &tm);
-            avWidth = tm.tmAveCharWidth;
-            ttf = tm.tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_TRUETYPE;
-        } , {
-            TEXTMETRICA tm;
-            res = GetTextMetricsA(hdc, &tm);
-            avWidth = tm.tmAveCharWidth;
-            ttf = tm.tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_TRUETYPE;
-        });
+
+        TEXTMETRIC tm;
+        res = GetTextMetrics(hdc, &tm);
+        avWidth = tm.tmAveCharWidth;
+        ttf = tm.tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_TRUETYPE;
+
         SelectObject(hdc, oldObj);
 
         if (hfont && (!ttf || request.stretch != 100)) {
@@ -863,11 +756,7 @@ QFontEngine *loadEngine(int script, const QFontPrivate *fp, const QFontDef &requ
             if (!res)
                 qErrnoWarning("QFontEngine::loadEngine: GetTextMetrics failed");
             lf.lfWidth = avWidth * request.stretch/100;
-            QT_WA({
-                hfont = CreateFontIndirect(&lf);
-            } , {
-                hfont = CreateFontIndirectA((LOGFONTA*)&lf);
-            });
+            hfont = CreateFontIndirect(&lf);
             if (!hfont)
                 qErrnoWarning("QFontEngine::loadEngine: CreateFontIndirect with stretch failed");
         }
@@ -969,12 +858,6 @@ static QFontEngine *loadWin(const QFontPrivate *d, int script, const QFontDef &r
     // list of families to try
     QStringList family_list = familyList(req);
 
-    if(QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based && req.family.toLower() == QLatin1String("ms sans serif")) {
-        // small hack for Dos based machines to get the right font for non
-        // latin text when using the default font.
-        family_list << QLatin1String("Arial");
-    }
-
     const char *stylehint = styleHint(d->request);
     if (stylehint)
         family_list << QLatin1String(stylehint);
@@ -1165,21 +1048,21 @@ static void registerFont(QFontDatabasePrivate::ApplicationFont *fnt)
         HANDLE handle = 0;
 
         {
-#ifdef  QT_NO_TEMPORARYFILE
-           TCHAR lpBuffer[MAX_PATH];
+#ifdef QT_NO_TEMPORARYFILE
+           wchar_t lpBuffer[MAX_PATH];
            GetTempPath(MAX_PATH, lpBuffer);
-           QString s = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *) lpBuffer);
+           QString s = QString::fromWCharArray(lpBuffer);
            QFile tempfile(s + QLatin1String("/font") + QString::number(GetTickCount()) + QLatin1String(".ttf"));
            if (!tempfile.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite))
 #else
             QTemporaryFile tempfile(QLatin1String("XXXXXXXX.ttf"));
             if (!tempfile.open())
-#endif
+#endif // QT_NO_TEMPORARYFILE
                 return;
             if (tempfile.write(fnt->data) == -1)
                 return;
 
-#ifndef  QT_NO_TEMPORARYFILE
+#ifndef QT_NO_TEMPORARYFILE
             tempfile.setAutoRemove(false);
 #endif
             fnt->fileName = QFileInfo(tempfile.fileName()).absoluteFilePath();
@@ -1191,13 +1074,11 @@ static void registerFont(QFontDatabasePrivate::ApplicationFont *fnt)
         }
 #else
         DWORD dummy = 0;
-        HANDLE handle = ptrAddFontMemResourceEx((void *)fnt->data.constData(),
-                                    fnt->data.size(),
-                                    0,
-                                    &dummy);
+        HANDLE handle = ptrAddFontMemResourceEx((void *)fnt->data.constData(), fnt->data.size(), 0,
+                                                &dummy);
         if (handle == 0)
             return;
-#endif
+#endif // Q_OS_WINCE
 
         fnt->handle = handle;
         fnt->data = QByteArray();
@@ -1219,12 +1100,10 @@ static void registerFont(QFontDatabasePrivate::ApplicationFont *fnt)
         // supported from 2000 on, so no need to deal with the *A variant
         PtrAddFontResourceExW ptrAddFontResourceExW = (PtrAddFontResourceExW)QLibrary::resolve(QLatin1String("gdi32"),
                                                                                                "AddFontResourceExW");
-        if (!ptrAddFontResourceExW)
+        if (!ptrAddFontResourceExW
+            || ptrAddFontResourceExW((wchar_t*)fnt->fileName.utf16(), FR_PRIVATE, 0) == 0)
             return;
-
-        if (ptrAddFontResourceExW((LPCWSTR)fnt->fileName.utf16(), FR_PRIVATE, 0) == 0)
-            return;
-#endif
+#endif // Q_OS_WINCE
 
         fnt->memoryFont = false;
     }
@@ -1250,12 +1129,10 @@ bool QFontDatabase::removeApplicationFont(int handle)
 #else
         PtrRemoveFontMemResourceEx ptrRemoveFontMemResourceEx = (PtrRemoveFontMemResourceEx)QLibrary::resolve(QLatin1String("gdi32"),
                                                                                                               "RemoveFontMemResourceEx");
-        if (!ptrRemoveFontMemResourceEx)
-            return false;
-
-        if (!ptrRemoveFontMemResourceEx(font.handle))
+        if (!ptrRemoveFontMemResourceEx
+            || !ptrRemoveFontMemResourceEx(font.handle))
             return false;
-#endif
+#endif // Q_OS_WINCE
     } else {
 #ifdef Q_OS_WINCE
         if (!RemoveFontResource((LPCWSTR)font.fileName.utf16()))
@@ -1263,12 +1140,10 @@ bool QFontDatabase::removeApplicationFont(int handle)
 #else
         PtrRemoveFontResourceExW ptrRemoveFontResourceExW = (PtrRemoveFontResourceExW)QLibrary::resolve(QLatin1String("gdi32"),
                                                                                                         "RemoveFontResourceExW");
-        if (!ptrRemoveFontResourceExW)
-            return false;
-
-        if (!ptrRemoveFontResourceExW((LPCWSTR)font.fileName.utf16(), FR_PRIVATE, 0))
+        if (!ptrRemoveFontResourceExW
+            || !ptrRemoveFontResourceExW((LPCWSTR)font.fileName.utf16(), FR_PRIVATE, 0))
             return false;
-#endif
+#endif // Q_OS_WINCE
     }
 
     db->invalidate();
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_win.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_win.cpp
index 9715aef..f4adc9a 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_win.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 #include <qlibrary.h>
 #include <qpaintdevice.h>
 #include <qpainter.h>
-#include <qlibrary.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 
 #include <qendian.h>
@@ -85,8 +84,6 @@
     ((quint32)(ch1)) \
    )
 
-typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrGetCharWidthI)(HDC, UINT, UINT, LPWORD, LPINT);
-
 // common DC for all fonts
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
@@ -130,6 +127,7 @@ HDC shared_dc()
 
 static HFONT stock_sysfont  = 0;
 
+typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrGetCharWidthI)(HDC, UINT, UINT, LPWORD, LPINT);
 static PtrGetCharWidthI ptrGetCharWidthI = 0;
 static bool resolvedGetCharWidthI = false;
 
@@ -141,27 +139,6 @@ static void resolveGetCharWidthI()
     ptrGetCharWidthI = (PtrGetCharWidthI)QLibrary::resolve(QLatin1String("gdi32"), "GetCharWidthI");
 }
 
-// Copy a LOGFONTW struct into a LOGFONTA by converting the face name to an 8 bit value.
-// This is needed when calling CreateFontIndirect on non-unicode windowses.
-inline static void wa_copy_logfont(LOGFONTW *lfw, LOGFONTA *lfa)
-{
-    lfa->lfHeight = lfw->lfHeight;
-    lfa->lfWidth = lfw->lfWidth;
-    lfa->lfEscapement = lfw->lfEscapement;
-    lfa->lfOrientation = lfw->lfOrientation;
-    lfa->lfWeight = lfw->lfWeight;
-    lfa->lfItalic = lfw->lfItalic;
-    lfa->lfUnderline = lfw->lfUnderline;
-    lfa->lfCharSet = lfw->lfCharSet;
-    lfa->lfOutPrecision = lfw->lfOutPrecision;
-    lfa->lfClipPrecision = lfw->lfClipPrecision;
-    lfa->lfQuality = lfw->lfQuality;
-    lfa->lfPitchAndFamily = lfw->lfPitchAndFamily;
-
-    QString fam = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*)lfw->lfFaceName);
-    memcpy(lfa->lfFaceName, fam.toLocal8Bit().constData(), fam.length() + 1);
-}
-
 // defined in qtextengine_win.cpp
 typedef void *SCRIPT_CACHE;
 typedef HRESULT (WINAPI *fScriptFreeCache)(SCRIPT_CACHE *);
@@ -187,14 +164,6 @@ static inline quint16 getUShort(unsigned char *p)
     return val;
 }
 
-static inline HFONT systemFont()
-{
-    if (stock_sysfont == 0)
-        stock_sysfont = (HFONT)GetStockObject(SYSTEM_FONT);
-    return stock_sysfont;
-}
-
-
 // general font engine
 
 QFixed QFontEngineWin::lineThickness() const
@@ -205,33 +174,18 @@ QFixed QFontEngineWin::lineThickness() const
     return QFontEngine::lineThickness();
 }
 
-#if defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
-static OUTLINETEXTMETRICW *getOutlineTextMetric(HDC hdc)
+static OUTLINETEXTMETRIC *getOutlineTextMetric(HDC hdc)
 {
     int size;
-    size = GetOutlineTextMetricsW(hdc, 0, 0);
-    OUTLINETEXTMETRICW *otm = (OUTLINETEXTMETRICW *)malloc(size);
-    GetOutlineTextMetricsW(hdc, size, otm);
+    size = GetOutlineTextMetrics(hdc, 0, 0);
+    OUTLINETEXTMETRIC *otm = (OUTLINETEXTMETRIC *)malloc(size);
+    GetOutlineTextMetrics(hdc, size, otm);
     return otm;
 }
-#else
-static OUTLINETEXTMETRICA *getOutlineTextMetric(HDC hdc)
-{
-    int size;
-    size = GetOutlineTextMetricsA(hdc, 0, 0);
-    OUTLINETEXTMETRICA *otm = (OUTLINETEXTMETRICA *)malloc(size);
-    GetOutlineTextMetricsA(hdc, size, otm);
-    return otm;
-}
-#endif
 
 void QFontEngineWin::getCMap()
 {
-    QT_WA({
-        ttf = (bool)(tm.w.tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_TRUETYPE);
-    } , {
-        ttf = (bool)(tm.a.tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_TRUETYPE);
-    });
+    ttf = (bool)(tm.tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_TRUETYPE);
     HDC hdc = shared_dc();
     SelectObject(hdc, hfont);
     bool symb = false;
@@ -249,11 +203,7 @@ void QFontEngineWin::getCMap()
     designToDevice = 1;
     _faceId.index = 0;
     if(cmap) {
-#if defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
-        OUTLINETEXTMETRICW *otm = getOutlineTextMetric(hdc);
-#else
-        OUTLINETEXTMETRICA *otm = getOutlineTextMetric(hdc);
-#endif
+        OUTLINETEXTMETRIC *otm = getOutlineTextMetric(hdc);
         designToDevice = QFixed((int)otm->otmEMSquare)/int(otm->otmTextMetrics.tmHeight);
         unitsPerEm = otm->otmEMSquare;
         x_height = (int)otm->otmsXHeight;
@@ -263,7 +213,7 @@ void QFontEngineWin::getCMap()
         fsType = otm->otmfsType;
         free(otm);
     } else {
-        unitsPerEm = tm.w.tmHeight;
+        unitsPerEm = tm.tmHeight;
     }
 }
 
@@ -303,19 +253,14 @@ int QFontEngineWin::getGlyphIndexes(const QChar *str, int numChars, QGlyphLayout
             }
         } else {
 #endif
-            ushort first, last;
-            QT_WA({
-                first = tm.w.tmFirstChar;
-                last = tm.w.tmLastChar;
-            }, {
-                first = tm.a.tmFirstChar;
-                last = tm.a.tmLastChar;
-            });
+            wchar_t first = tm.tmFirstChar;
+            wchar_t last = tm.tmLastChar;
+
             for (; i < numChars; ++i, ++glyph_pos) {
                 uint ucs = QChar::mirroredChar(getChar(str, i, numChars));
                 if (
 #ifdef Q_WS_WINCE
-                    tm.w.tmFirstChar > 60000 || // see line 375
+                    tm.tmFirstChar > 60000 || // see line 375
 #endif
                         ucs >= first && ucs <= last)
                     glyphs->glyphs[glyph_pos] = ucs;
@@ -341,19 +286,14 @@ int QFontEngineWin::getGlyphIndexes(const QChar *str, int numChars, QGlyphLayout
             }
         } else {
 #endif
-            ushort first, last;
-            QT_WA({
-                first = tm.w.tmFirstChar;
-                last = tm.w.tmLastChar;
-            }, {
-                first = tm.a.tmFirstChar;
-                last = tm.a.tmLastChar;
-            });
+            wchar_t first = tm.tmFirstChar;
+            wchar_t last = tm.tmLastChar;
+
             for (; i < numChars; ++i, ++glyph_pos) {
                 uint uc = getChar(str, i, numChars);
                 if (
 #ifdef Q_WS_WINCE
-                    tm.w.tmFirstChar > 60000 || // see comment in QFontEngineWin
+                    tm.tmFirstChar > 60000 || // see comment in QFontEngineWin
 #endif
                         uc >= first && uc <= last)
                     glyphs->glyphs[glyph_pos] = uc;
@@ -387,28 +327,14 @@ QFontEngineWin::QFontEngineWin(const QString &name, HFONT _hfont, bool stockFont
     lineWidth = -1;
     x_height = -1;
 
-    BOOL res;
-    QT_WA({
-        res = GetTextMetricsW(hdc, &tm.w);
-    } , {
-        res = GetTextMetricsA(hdc, &tm.a);
-    });
-    fontDef.fixedPitch = !(tm.w.tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_FIXED_PITCH);
+    BOOL res = GetTextMetrics(hdc, &tm);
+    fontDef.fixedPitch = !(tm.tmPitchAndFamily & TMPF_FIXED_PITCH);
     if (!res)
         qErrnoWarning("QFontEngineWin: GetTextMetrics failed");
 
-    cache_cost = tm.w.tmHeight * tm.w.tmAveCharWidth * 2000;
+    cache_cost = tm.tmHeight * tm.tmAveCharWidth * 2000;
     getCMap();
 
-    useTextOutA = false;
-#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-    // TextOutW doesn't work for symbol fonts on Windows 95!
-    // since we're using glyph indices we don't care for ttfs about this!
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion == QSysInfo::WV_95 && !ttf &&
-         (_name == QLatin1String("Marlett") || _name == QLatin1String("Symbol") ||
-           _name == QLatin1String("Webdings") || _name == QLatin1String("Wingdings")))
-            useTextOutA = true;
-#endif
     widthCache = 0;
     widthCacheSize = 0;
     designAdvances = 0;
@@ -427,7 +353,7 @@ QFontEngineWin::~QFontEngineWin()
         free(widthCache);
 
     // make sure we aren't by accident still selected
-    SelectObject(shared_dc(), systemFont());
+    SelectObject(shared_dc(), (HFONT)GetStockObject(SYSTEM_FONT));
 
     if (!stockFont) {
         if (!DeleteObject(hfont))
@@ -435,39 +361,12 @@ QFontEngineWin::~QFontEngineWin()
     }
 }
 
-HGDIOBJ QFontEngineWin::selectDesignFont(QFixed *overhang) const
+HGDIOBJ QFontEngineWin::selectDesignFont() const
 {
     LOGFONT f = logfont;
     f.lfHeight = unitsPerEm;
-    HFONT designFont;
-    QT_WA({
-        designFont = CreateFontIndirectW(&f);
-    }, {
-        LOGFONTA fa;
-        wa_copy_logfont(&f, &fa);
-        designFont = CreateFontIndirectA(&fa);
-    });
-    HGDIOBJ oldFont = SelectObject(shared_dc(), designFont);
-
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based) {
-        BOOL res;
-        QT_WA({
-            TEXTMETRICW tm;
-            res = GetTextMetricsW(shared_dc(), &tm);
-            if (!res)
-                qErrnoWarning("QFontEngineWin: GetTextMetrics failed");
-            *overhang = QFixed((int)tm.tmOverhang) / designToDevice;
-        } , {
-            TEXTMETRICA tm;
-            res = GetTextMetricsA(shared_dc(), &tm);
-            if (!res)
-                qErrnoWarning("QFontEngineWin: GetTextMetrics failed");
-            *overhang = QFixed((int)tm.tmOverhang) / designToDevice;
-        });
-    } else {
-        *overhang = 0;
-    }
-    return oldFont;
+    HFONT designFont = CreateFontIndirect(&f);
+    return SelectObject(shared_dc(), designFont);
 }
 
 bool QFontEngineWin::stringToCMap(const QChar *str, int len, QGlyphLayout *glyphs, int *nglyphs, QTextEngine::ShaperFlags flags) const
@@ -486,8 +385,6 @@ bool QFontEngineWin::stringToCMap(const QChar *str, int len, QGlyphLayout *glyph
     HDC hdc = shared_dc();
     if (flags & QTextEngine::DesignMetrics) {
         HGDIOBJ oldFont = 0;
-        QFixed overhang = 0;
-
         int glyph_pos = 0;
         for(register int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
             bool surrogate = (str[i].unicode() >= 0xd800 && str[i].unicode() < 0xdc00 && i < len-1
@@ -502,9 +399,9 @@ bool QFontEngineWin::stringToCMap(const QChar *str, int len, QGlyphLayout *glyph
             }
             if(designAdvances[glyph] < -999999) {
                 if(!oldFont)
-                    oldFont = selectDesignFont(&overhang);
+                    oldFont = selectDesignFont();
                 SIZE size = {0, 0};
-                GetTextExtentPoint32W(hdc, (wchar_t *)(str+i), surrogate ? 2 : 1, &size);
+                GetTextExtentPoint32(hdc, (wchar_t *)(str+i), surrogate ? 2 : 1, &size);
                 designAdvances[glyph] = QFixed((int)size.cx)/designToDevice;
             }
             glyphs->advances_x[glyph_pos] = designAdvances[glyph];
@@ -538,7 +435,7 @@ bool QFontEngineWin::stringToCMap(const QChar *str, int len, QGlyphLayout *glyph
                 SIZE size = {0, 0};
                 if (!oldFont)
                     oldFont = SelectObject(hdc, hfont);
-                GetTextExtentPoint32W(hdc, (wchar_t *)str + i, surrogate ? 2 : 1, &size);
+                GetTextExtentPoint32(hdc, (wchar_t *)str + i, surrogate ? 2 : 1, &size);
                 glyphs->advances_x[glyph_pos] = size.cx;
                 // if glyph's within cache range, store it for later
                 if (size.cx > 0 && size.cx < 0x100)
@@ -564,8 +461,6 @@ void QFontEngineWin::recalcAdvances(QGlyphLayout *glyphs, QTextEngine::ShaperFla
     HGDIOBJ oldFont = 0;
     HDC hdc = shared_dc();
     if (ttf && (flags & QTextEngine::DesignMetrics)) {
-        QFixed overhang = 0;
-
         for(int i = 0; i < glyphs->numGlyphs; i++) {
             unsigned int glyph = glyphs->glyphs[i];
             if(int(glyph) >= designAdvancesSize) {
@@ -575,35 +470,14 @@ void QFontEngineWin::recalcAdvances(QGlyphLayout *glyphs, QTextEngine::ShaperFla
                     designAdvances[i] = -1000000;
                 designAdvancesSize = newSize;
             }
-            if(designAdvances[glyph] < -999999) {
-                if(!oldFont)
-                    oldFont = selectDesignFont(&overhang);
+            if (designAdvances[glyph] < -999999) {
+                if (!oldFont)
+                    oldFont = selectDesignFont();
 
-                if (ptrGetCharWidthI) {
-                    int width = 0;
+                int width = 0;
+                if (ptrGetCharWidthI)
                     ptrGetCharWidthI(hdc, glyph, 1, 0, &width);
-
-                    designAdvances[glyph] = QFixed(width) / designToDevice;
-                } else {
-#ifndef Q_WS_WINCE
-                    GLYPHMETRICS gm;
-                    DWORD res = GDI_ERROR;
-                    MAT2 mat;
-                    mat.eM11.value = mat.eM22.value = 1;
-                    mat.eM11.fract = mat.eM22.fract = 0;
-                    mat.eM21.value = mat.eM12.value = 0;
-                    mat.eM21.fract = mat.eM12.fract = 0;
-                    QT_WA({
-                        res = GetGlyphOutlineW(hdc, glyph, GGO_METRICS|GGO_GLYPH_INDEX|GGO_NATIVE, &gm, 0, 0, &mat);
-                    } , {
-                        res = GetGlyphOutlineA(hdc, glyph, GGO_METRICS|GGO_GLYPH_INDEX|GGO_NATIVE, &gm, 0, 0, &mat);
-                    });
-
-                    if (res != GDI_ERROR) {
-                        designAdvances[glyph] = QFixed(gm.gmCellIncX) / designToDevice;
-                    }
-#endif
-                }
+                designAdvances[glyph] = QFixed(width) / designToDevice;
             }
             glyphs->advances_x[i] = designAdvances[glyph];
             glyphs->advances_y[i] = 0;
@@ -611,8 +485,6 @@ void QFontEngineWin::recalcAdvances(QGlyphLayout *glyphs, QTextEngine::ShaperFla
         if(oldFont)
             DeleteObject(SelectObject(hdc, oldFont));
     } else {
-        int overhang = (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based) ? tm.a.tmOverhang : 0;
-
         for(int i = 0; i < glyphs->numGlyphs; i++) {
             unsigned int glyph = glyphs->glyphs[i];
 
@@ -640,31 +512,10 @@ void QFontEngineWin::recalcAdvances(QGlyphLayout *glyphs, QTextEngine::ShaperFla
                         ++chrLen;
                     }
                     SIZE size = {0, 0};
-                    GetTextExtentPoint32W(hdc, (wchar_t *)ch, chrLen, &size);
+                    GetTextExtentPoint32(hdc, (wchar_t *)ch, chrLen, &size);
                     width = size.cx;
                 } else if (ptrGetCharWidthI) {
                     ptrGetCharWidthI(hdc, glyph, 1, 0, &width);
-
-                    width -= overhang;
-                } else {
-#ifndef Q_WS_WINCE
-                    GLYPHMETRICS gm;
-                    DWORD res = GDI_ERROR;
-                    MAT2 mat;
-                    mat.eM11.value = mat.eM22.value = 1;
-                    mat.eM11.fract = mat.eM22.fract = 0;
-                    mat.eM21.value = mat.eM12.value = 0;
-                    mat.eM21.fract = mat.eM12.fract = 0;
-                    QT_WA({
-                        res = GetGlyphOutlineW(hdc, glyph, GGO_METRICS|GGO_GLYPH_INDEX, &gm, 0, 0, &mat);
-                    } , {
-                        res = GetGlyphOutlineA(hdc, glyph, GGO_METRICS|GGO_GLYPH_INDEX, &gm, 0, 0, &mat);
-                    });
-
-                    if (res != GDI_ERROR) {
-                        width = gm.gmCellIncX;
-                    }
-#endif
                 }
                 glyphs->advances_x[i] = width;
                 // if glyph's within cache range, store it for later
@@ -687,7 +538,7 @@ glyph_metrics_t QFontEngineWin::boundingBox(const QGlyphLayout &glyphs)
     for (int i = 0; i < glyphs.numGlyphs; ++i)
         w += glyphs.effectiveAdvance(i);
 
-    return glyph_metrics_t(0, -tm.w.tmAscent, w, tm.w.tmHeight, w, 0);
+    return glyph_metrics_t(0, -tm.tmAscent, w, tm.tmHeight, w, 0);
 }
 
 
@@ -705,30 +556,13 @@ glyph_metrics_t QFontEngineWin::boundingBox(glyph_t glyph, const QTransform &t)
 
     HDC hdc = shared_dc();
     SelectObject(hdc, hfont);
-    if(!ttf) {
-        SIZE s = {0, 0};
-        WCHAR ch = glyph;
-        int width;
-        int overhang = 0;
-        static bool resolved = false;
-        if (!resolved) {
-            QLibrary lib(QLatin1String("gdi32"));
-            qt_GetCharABCWidthsFloat = (pGetCharABCWidthsFloat) lib.resolve("GetCharABCWidthsFloatW");
-            resolved = true;
-        }
-        if (QT_WA_INLINE(true, false) && qt_GetCharABCWidthsFloat) {
-            ABCFLOAT abc;
-            qt_GetCharABCWidthsFloat(hdc, ch, ch, &abc);
-            width = qRound(abc.abcfB);
-        } else {
-            GetTextExtentPoint32W(hdc, &ch, 1, &s);
-            overhang = (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based) ? tm.a.tmOverhang : 0;
-            width = s.cx;
-        }
+    if (!ttf) {
+        wchar_t ch = glyph;
+        ABCFLOAT abc;
+        GetCharABCWidthsFloat(hdc, ch, ch, &abc);
+        int width = qRound(abc.abcfB);
 
-        return glyph_metrics_t(0, -tm.a.tmAscent,
-                               width, tm.a.tmHeight,
-                               width-overhang, 0).transformed(t);
+        return glyph_metrics_t(0, -tm.tmAscent, width, tm.tmHeight, width, 0).transformed(t);
     } else {
         DWORD res = 0;
         MAT2 mat;
@@ -753,11 +587,8 @@ glyph_metrics_t QFontEngineWin::boundingBox(glyph_t glyph, const QTransform &t)
             SetWorldTransform(hdc, &xform);
         }
 
-        QT_WA({
-            res = GetGlyphOutlineW(hdc, glyph, GGO_METRICS|GGO_GLYPH_INDEX, &gm, 0, 0, &mat);
-        } , {
-            res = GetGlyphOutlineA(hdc, glyph, GGO_METRICS|GGO_GLYPH_INDEX, &gm, 0, 0, &mat);
-        });
+        res = GetGlyphOutline(hdc, glyph, GGO_METRICS | GGO_GLYPH_INDEX, &gm, 0, 0, &mat);
+
         if (t.type() > QTransform::TxTranslate) {
             XFORM xform;
             xform.eM11 = xform.eM22 = 1;
@@ -793,28 +624,28 @@ glyph_metrics_t QFontEngineWin::boundingBox(glyph_t glyph, const QTransform &t)
     else
 #endif
     {   // fallback
-        width = tm.w.tmMaxCharWidth;
+        width = tm.tmMaxCharWidth;
         advance = width;
     }
 
     SelectObject(hdc, oldFont);
-    return glyph_metrics_t(0, -tm.w.tmAscent, width, tm.w.tmHeight, advance, 0).transformed(t);
+    return glyph_metrics_t(0, -tm.tmAscent, width, tm.tmHeight, advance, 0).transformed(t);
 #endif
 }
 
 QFixed QFontEngineWin::ascent() const
 {
-    return tm.w.tmAscent;
+    return tm.tmAscent;
 }
 
 QFixed QFontEngineWin::descent() const
 {
-    return tm.w.tmDescent;
+    return tm.tmDescent;
 }
 
 QFixed QFontEngineWin::leading() const
 {
-    return tm.w.tmExternalLeading;
+    return tm.tmExternalLeading;
 }
 
 
@@ -827,12 +658,12 @@ QFixed QFontEngineWin::xHeight() const
 
 QFixed QFontEngineWin::averageCharWidth() const
 {
-    return tm.w.tmAveCharWidth;
+    return tm.tmAveCharWidth;
 }
 
 qreal QFontEngineWin::maxCharWidth() const
 {
-    return tm.w.tmMaxCharWidth;
+    return tm.tmMaxCharWidth;
 }
 
 enum { max_font_count = 256 };
@@ -879,10 +710,10 @@ qreal QFontEngineWin::minRightBearing() const
         SelectObject(hdc, hfont);
         if (ttf) {
             ABC *abc = 0;
-            int n = QT_WA_INLINE(tm.w.tmLastChar - tm.w.tmFirstChar, tm.a.tmLastChar - tm.a.tmFirstChar);
+            int n = tm.tmLastChar - tm.tmFirstChar;
             if (n <= max_font_count) {
                 abc = new ABC[n+1];
-                GetCharABCWidths(hdc, tm.w.tmFirstChar, tm.w.tmLastChar, abc);
+                GetCharABCWidths(hdc, tm.tmFirstChar, tm.tmLastChar, abc);
             } else {
                 abc = new ABC[char_table_entries+1];
                 for(int i = 0; i < char_table_entries; i++)
@@ -898,9 +729,6 @@ qreal QFontEngineWin::minRightBearing() const
                 }
             }
             delete [] abc;
-        } else {
-            ml = 0;
-            mr = -tm.a.tmOverhang;
         }
         lbearing = ml;
         rbearing = mr;
@@ -915,28 +743,14 @@ qreal QFontEngineWin::minRightBearing() const
         SelectObject(hdc, hfont);
         if (ttf) {
             ABC *abc = 0;
-            int n = QT_WA_INLINE(tm.w.tmLastChar - tm.w.tmFirstChar, tm.a.tmLastChar - tm.a.tmFirstChar);
+            int n = tm.tmLastChar - tm.tmFirstChar;
             if (n <= max_font_count) {
                 abc = new ABC[n+1];
-                QT_WA({
-                    GetCharABCWidths(hdc, tm.w.tmFirstChar, tm.w.tmLastChar, abc);
-                }, {
-                    GetCharABCWidthsA(hdc,tm.a.tmFirstChar,tm.a.tmLastChar,abc);
-                });
+                GetCharABCWidths(hdc, tm.tmFirstChar, tm.tmLastChar, abc);
             } else {
                 abc = new ABC[char_table_entries+1];
-                QT_WA({
-                    for(int i = 0; i < char_table_entries; i++)
-                        GetCharABCWidths(hdc, char_table[i], char_table[i], abc+i);
-                }, {
-                    for(int i = 0; i < char_table_entries; i++) {
-                        QByteArray w = QString(QChar(char_table[i])).toLocal8Bit();
-                        if (w.length() == 1) {
-                            uint ch8 = (uchar)w[0];
-                            GetCharABCWidthsA(hdc, ch8, ch8, abc+i);
-                        }
-                    }
-                });
+                for(int i = 0; i < char_table_entries; i++)
+                    GetCharABCWidths(hdc, char_table[i], char_table[i], abc + i);
                 n = char_table_entries;
             }
             ml = abc[0].abcA;
@@ -949,33 +763,28 @@ qreal QFontEngineWin::minRightBearing() const
             }
             delete [] abc;
         } else {
-            QT_WA({
-                ABCFLOAT *abc = 0;
-                int n = tm.w.tmLastChar - tm.w.tmFirstChar+1;
-                if (n <= max_font_count) {
-                    abc = new ABCFLOAT[n];
-                    GetCharABCWidthsFloat(hdc, tm.w.tmFirstChar, tm.w.tmLastChar, abc);
-                } else {
-                    abc = new ABCFLOAT[char_table_entries];
-                    for(int i = 0; i < char_table_entries; i++)
-                        GetCharABCWidthsFloat(hdc, char_table[i], char_table[i], abc+i);
-                    n = char_table_entries;
-                }
-                float fml = abc[0].abcfA;
-                float fmr = abc[0].abcfC;
-                for (int i=1; i<n; i++) {
-                    if (abc[i].abcfA + abc[i].abcfB + abc[i].abcfC != 0) {
-                        fml = qMin(fml,abc[i].abcfA);
-                        fmr = qMin(fmr,abc[i].abcfC);
-                    }
+            ABCFLOAT *abc = 0;
+            int n = tm.tmLastChar - tm.tmFirstChar+1;
+            if (n <= max_font_count) {
+                abc = new ABCFLOAT[n];
+                GetCharABCWidthsFloat(hdc, tm.tmFirstChar, tm.tmLastChar, abc);
+            } else {
+                abc = new ABCFLOAT[char_table_entries];
+                for(int i = 0; i < char_table_entries; i++)
+                    GetCharABCWidthsFloat(hdc, char_table[i], char_table[i], abc+i);
+                n = char_table_entries;
+            }
+            float fml = abc[0].abcfA;
+            float fmr = abc[0].abcfC;
+            for (int i=1; i<n; i++) {
+                if (abc[i].abcfA + abc[i].abcfB + abc[i].abcfC != 0) {
+                    fml = qMin(fml,abc[i].abcfA);
+                    fmr = qMin(fmr,abc[i].abcfC);
                 }
-                ml = int(fml-0.9999);
-                mr = int(fmr-0.9999);
-                delete [] abc;
-            } , {
-                ml = 0;
-                mr = -tm.a.tmOverhang;
-            });
+            }
+            ml = int(fml - 0.9999);
+            mr = int(fmr - 0.9999);
+            delete [] abc;
         }
         lbearing = ml;
         rbearing = mr;
@@ -1012,17 +821,10 @@ bool QFontEngineWin::canRender(const QChar *string,  int len)
                 return false;
         }
     } else {
-        QT_WA({
-            while(len--) {
-                if (tm.w.tmFirstChar > string->unicode() || tm.w.tmLastChar < string->unicode())
-                    return false;
-            }
-        }, {
-            while(len--) {
-                if (tm.a.tmFirstChar > string->unicode() || tm.a.tmLastChar < string->unicode())
-                    return false;
-            }
-        });
+        while(len--) {
+            if (tm.tmFirstChar > string->unicode() || tm.tmLastChar < string->unicode())
+                return false;
+        }
     }
     return true;
 }
@@ -1065,11 +867,7 @@ static bool addGlyphToPath(glyph_t glyph, const QFixedPoint &position, HDC hdc,
     memset(&gMetric, 0, sizeof(GLYPHMETRICS));
     int bufferSize = GDI_ERROR;
 #if !defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
-    QT_WA( {
-        bufferSize = GetGlyphOutlineW(hdc, glyph, glyphFormat, &gMetric, 0, 0, &mat);
-    }, {
-        bufferSize = GetGlyphOutlineA(hdc, glyph, glyphFormat, &gMetric, 0, 0, &mat);
-    });
+    bufferSize = GetGlyphOutline(hdc, glyph, glyphFormat, &gMetric, 0, 0, &mat);
 #endif
     if ((DWORD)bufferSize == GDI_ERROR) {
         return false;
@@ -1078,13 +876,7 @@ static bool addGlyphToPath(glyph_t glyph, const QFixedPoint &position, HDC hdc,
     void *dataBuffer = new char[bufferSize];
     DWORD ret = GDI_ERROR;
 #if !defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
-    QT_WA( {
-        ret = GetGlyphOutlineW(hdc, glyph, glyphFormat, &gMetric, bufferSize,
-                            dataBuffer, &mat);
-    }, {
-        ret = GetGlyphOutlineA(hdc, glyph, glyphFormat, &gMetric, bufferSize,
-                                dataBuffer, &mat);
-    } );
+    ret = GetGlyphOutline(hdc, glyph, glyphFormat, &gMetric, bufferSize, dataBuffer, &mat);
 #endif
     if (ret == GDI_ERROR) {
         delete [](char *)dataBuffer;
@@ -1171,14 +963,7 @@ void QFontEngineWin::addGlyphsToPath(glyph_t *glyphs, QFixedPoint *positions, in
     // font at the correct pixel size.
     lf.lfHeight = -unitsPerEm;
     lf.lfWidth = 0;
-    HFONT hf;
-    QT_WA({
-        hf = CreateFontIndirectW(&lf);
-    }, {
-        LOGFONTA lfa;
-        wa_copy_logfont(&lf, &lfa);
-        hf = CreateFontIndirectA(&lfa);
-    });
+    HFONT hf = CreateFontIndirect(&lf);
     HDC hdc = shared_dc();
     HGDIOBJ oldfont = SelectObject(hdc, hf);
 
@@ -1200,7 +985,7 @@ void QFontEngineWin::addOutlineToPath(qreal x, qreal y, const QGlyphLayout &glyp
                                       QPainterPath *path, QTextItem::RenderFlags flags)
 {
 #if !defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
-    if(tm.w.tmPitchAndFamily & (TMPF_TRUETYPE | TMPF_VECTOR)) {
+    if(tm.tmPitchAndFamily & (TMPF_TRUETYPE | TMPF_VECTOR)) {
         hasOutline = true;
         QFontEngine::addOutlineToPath(x, y, glyphs, path, flags);
         if (hasOutline)  {
@@ -1234,11 +1019,11 @@ int QFontEngineWin::synthesized() const
             uchar data[4];
             GetFontData(hdc, HEAD, 44, &data, 4);
             USHORT macStyle = getUShort(data);
-            if (tm.w.tmItalic && !(macStyle & 2))
+            if (tm.tmItalic && !(macStyle & 2))
                 synthesized_flags = SynthesizedItalic;
             if (fontDef.stretch != 100 && ttf)
                 synthesized_flags |= SynthesizedStretch;
-            if (tm.w.tmWeight >= 500 && !(macStyle & 1))
+            if (tm.tmWeight >= 500 && !(macStyle & 1))
                 synthesized_flags |= SynthesizedBold;
             //qDebug() << "font is" << _name <<
             //    "it=" << (macStyle & 2) << fontDef.style << "flags=" << synthesized_flags;
@@ -1254,24 +1039,12 @@ QFixed QFontEngineWin::emSquareSize() const
 
 QFontEngine::Properties QFontEngineWin::properties() const
 {
-
     LOGFONT lf = logfont;
     lf.lfHeight = unitsPerEm;
-    HFONT hf;
-    QT_WA({
-        hf = CreateFontIndirectW(&lf);
-    }, {
-        LOGFONTA lfa;
-        wa_copy_logfont(&lf, &lfa);
-        hf = CreateFontIndirectA(&lfa);
-    });
+    HFONT hf = CreateFontIndirect(&lf);
     HDC hdc = shared_dc();
     HGDIOBJ oldfont = SelectObject(hdc, hf);
-#if defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
-    OUTLINETEXTMETRICW *otm = getOutlineTextMetric(hdc);
-#else
-    OUTLINETEXTMETRICA *otm = getOutlineTextMetric(hdc);
-#endif
+    OUTLINETEXTMETRIC *otm = getOutlineTextMetric(hdc);
     Properties p;
     p.emSquare = unitsPerEm;
     p.italicAngle = otm->otmItalicAngle;
@@ -1301,14 +1074,7 @@ void QFontEngineWin::getUnscaledGlyph(glyph_t glyph, QPainterPath *path, glyph_m
     if(flags & SynthesizedItalic)
         lf.lfItalic = false;
     lf.lfWidth = 0;
-    HFONT hf;
-    QT_WA({
-        hf = CreateFontIndirectW(&lf);
-    }, {
-        LOGFONTA lfa;
-        wa_copy_logfont(&lf, &lfa);
-        hf = CreateFontIndirectA(&lfa);
-    });
+    HFONT hf = CreateFontIndirect(&lf);
     HDC hdc = shared_dc();
     HGDIOBJ oldfont = SelectObject(hdc, hf);
     QFixedPoint p;
@@ -1377,13 +1143,7 @@ QNativeImage *QFontEngineWin::drawGDIGlyph(HFONT font, glyph_t glyph, int margin
         memset(&mat, 0, sizeof(mat));
         mat.eM11.value = mat.eM22.value = 1;
 
-        int error = 0;
-        QT_WA( {
-                error = GetGlyphOutlineW(hdc, glyph, ggo_options, &tgm, 0, 0, &mat);
-            }, {
-                error = GetGlyphOutlineA(hdc, glyph, ggo_options, &tgm, 0, 0, &mat);
-            } );
-
+        int error = GetGlyphOutline(hdc, glyph, ggo_options, &tgm, 0, 0, &mat);
         if (error == GDI_ERROR) {
             qWarning("QWinFontEngine: unable to query transformed glyph metrics...");
             return 0;
@@ -1430,11 +1190,11 @@ QNativeImage *QFontEngineWin::drawGDIGlyph(HFONT font, glyph_t glyph, int margin
     if (has_transformation) {
         SetGraphicsMode(hdc, GM_ADVANCED);
         SetWorldTransform(hdc, &xform);
-        ExtTextOutW(hdc, 0, 0, options, 0, (LPCWSTR) &glyph, 1, 0);
+        ExtTextOut(hdc, 0, 0, options, 0, (LPCWSTR) &glyph, 1, 0);
     } else
 #endif
     {
-        ExtTextOutW(hdc, -gx + margin, -gy + margin, options, 0, (LPCWSTR) &glyph, 1, 0);
+        ExtTextOut(hdc, -gx + margin, -gy + margin, options, 0, (LPCWSTR) &glyph, 1, 0);
     }
 
     SelectObject(hdc, old_font);
@@ -1450,7 +1210,7 @@ QImage QFontEngineWin::alphaMapForGlyph(glyph_t glyph, const QTransform &xform)
     if (qt_cleartype_enabled) {
         LOGFONT lf = logfont;
         lf.lfQuality = ANTIALIASED_QUALITY;
-        font = CreateFontIndirectW(&lf);
+        font = CreateFontIndirect(&lf);
     }
     QImage::Format mask_format = QNativeImage::systemFormat();
 #ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
@@ -1557,17 +1317,9 @@ void QFontEngineMultiWin::loadEngine(int at)
     QString fam = fallbacks.at(at-1);
 
     LOGFONT lf = static_cast<QFontEngineWin *>(engines.at(0))->logfont;
-    HFONT hfont;
-    QT_WA({
-        memcpy(lf.lfFaceName, fam.utf16(), sizeof(TCHAR)*qMin(fam.length()+1,32));  // 32 = Windows hard-coded
-        hfont = CreateFontIndirectW(&lf);
-    } , {
-        // LOGFONTA and LOGFONTW are binary compatible
-        QByteArray lname = fam.toLocal8Bit();
-        memcpy(lf.lfFaceName,lname.data(),
-            qMin(lname.length()+1,32));  // 32 = Windows hard-coded
-        hfont = CreateFontIndirectA((LOGFONTA*)&lf);
-    });
+    memcpy(lf.lfFaceName, fam.utf16(), sizeof(wchar_t) * qMin(fam.length() + 1, 32));  // 32 = Windows hard-coded
+    HFONT hfont = CreateFontIndirect(&lf);
+
     bool stockFont = false;
     if (hfont == 0) {
         hfont = (HFONT)GetStockObject(ANSI_VAR_FONT);
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_win_p.h b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_win_p.h
index a8da78a..b86bd00 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_win_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_win_p.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public:
     virtual void addGlyphsToPath(glyph_t *glyphs, QFixedPoint *positions, int nglyphs,
                          QPainterPath *path, QTextItem::RenderFlags flags);
 
-    HGDIOBJ selectDesignFont(QFixed *) const;
+    HGDIOBJ selectDesignFont() const;
 
     virtual glyph_metrics_t boundingBox(const QGlyphLayout &glyphs);
     virtual glyph_metrics_t boundingBox(glyph_t g) { return boundingBox(g, QTransform()); }
@@ -109,18 +109,14 @@ public:
     int getGlyphIndexes(const QChar *ch, int numChars, QGlyphLayout *glyphs, bool mirrored) const;
     void getCMap();
 
-    QString        _name;
-    HFONT        hfont;
+    QString     _name;
+    HFONT       hfont;
     LOGFONT     logfont;
-    uint        stockFont   : 1;
-    uint        useTextOutA : 1;
-    uint        ttf         : 1;
+    uint        stockFont  : 1;
+    uint        ttf        : 1;
     uint        hasOutline : 1;
-    union {
-        TEXTMETRICW        w;
-        TEXTMETRICA        a;
-    } tm;
-    int                lw;
+    TEXTMETRIC  tm;
+    int         lw;
     const unsigned char *cmap;
     QByteArray cmapTable;
     mutable qreal lbearing;
diff --git a/src/gui/util/qdesktopservices_win.cpp b/src/gui/util/qdesktopservices_win.cpp
index 2cc478d..e872617 100644
--- a/src/gui/util/qdesktopservices_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/util/qdesktopservices_win.cpp
@@ -62,33 +62,23 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-//#undef UNICODE
-
 static bool openDocument(const QUrl &file)
 {
     if (!file.isValid())
         return false;
 
-    quintptr returnValue;
-    QT_WA({
-                returnValue = (quintptr)ShellExecute(0, 0, (TCHAR *)file.toString().utf16(), 0, 0, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
-            } , {
-                returnValue = (quintptr)ShellExecuteA(0, 0, file.toString().toLocal8Bit().constData(), 0, 0, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
-            });
+    quintptr returnValue = (quintptr)ShellExecute(0, 0, (wchar_t*)file.toString().utf16(), 0, 0, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
     return (returnValue > 32); //ShellExecute returns a value greater than 32 if successful
 }
 
 static QString expandEnvStrings(const QString &command)
 {
-
 #if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
     return command;
 #else
-    QByteArray path = command.toLocal8Bit();
-    char commandValue[2 * MAX_PATH] = {0};
-    DWORD returnValue = ExpandEnvironmentStringsA(path.data(), commandValue, MAX_PATH);
-    if (returnValue)
-        return QString::fromLocal8Bit(commandValue);
+    wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH];
+    if (ExpandEnvironmentStrings((wchar_t*)command.utf16(), buffer, MAX_PATH))
+        return QString::fromWCharArray(buffer);
     else
         return command;
 #endif
@@ -129,8 +119,9 @@ static bool launchWebBrowser(const QUrl &url)
             command = QString::fromRawData((QChar*)keyValue, bufferSize);
         RegCloseKey(handle);
 
-        if(returnValue)
+        if (returnValue)
             return false;
+
         command = expandEnvStrings(command);
         command = command.trimmed();
         //Make sure the path for the process is in quotes
@@ -152,7 +143,7 @@ static bool launchWebBrowser(const QUrl &url)
         ZeroMemory(&si, sizeof(si));
         si.cb = sizeof(si);
 
-        returnValue = CreateProcess(NULL, (TCHAR*)command.utf16(), NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi);
+        returnValue = CreateProcess(NULL, (wchar_t*)command.utf16(), NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi);
 
         if (!returnValue)
             return false;
@@ -168,9 +159,8 @@ static bool launchWebBrowser(const QUrl &url)
     if (url.scheme().isEmpty())
         return openDocument(url);
 
-    quintptr returnValue;
-    returnValue = (quintptr)ShellExecute(0, 0, (TCHAR *) QString::fromUtf8(url.toEncoded().constData()).utf16(),
-                                         0, 0, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
+    quintptr returnValue = (quintptr)ShellExecute(0, 0, (wchar_t *)QString::fromUtf8(url.toEncoded().constData()).utf16(),
+                                                  0, 0, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
     return (returnValue > 32);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/util/qsystemtrayicon_win.cpp b/src/gui/util/qsystemtrayicon_win.cpp
index d2ce1be..c1b7e7f 100644
--- a/src/gui/util/qsystemtrayicon_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/util/qsystemtrayicon_win.cpp
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@
 
 #include "qsystemtrayicon_p.h"
 #ifndef QT_NO_SYSTEMTRAYICON
-//#define _WIN32_IE 0x0500
-#define _WIN32_IE 0x0600 //required for NOTIFYICONDATAW_V2_SIZE
+#define _WIN32_IE 0x0600 //required for NOTIFYICONDATA_V2_SIZE
 
 //missing defines for MINGW :
 #ifndef NIN_BALLOONTIMEOUT
@@ -77,25 +76,14 @@ static const UINT q_uNOTIFYICONID = 0;
 static uint MYWM_TASKBARCREATED = 0;
 #define MYWM_NOTIFYICON (WM_APP+101)
 
-typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrShell_NotifyIcon)(DWORD,PNOTIFYICONDATA);
-static PtrShell_NotifyIcon ptrShell_NotifyIcon = 0;
+struct Q_NOTIFYICONIDENTIFIER {
+    DWORD cbSize;
+    HWND hWnd;
+    UINT uID;
+    GUID guidItem;
+};
 
-static void resolveLibs()
-{
-    static bool triedResolve = false;
-#if defined Q_OS_WINCE
-    QString libName(QLatin1String("coredll"));
-    const char* funcName = "Shell_NotifyIcon";
-#else
-    QString libName(QLatin1String("shell32"));
-    const char* funcName = "Shell_NotifyIconW";
-#endif
-    if (!triedResolve) {
-        QLibrary lib(libName);
-            triedResolve = true;
-            ptrShell_NotifyIcon = (PtrShell_NotifyIcon) lib.resolve(funcName);
-    }
-}
+typedef HRESULT (WINAPI *PtrShell_NotifyIconGetRect)(const Q_NOTIFYICONIDENTIFIER* identifier, RECT* iconLocation);
 
 class QSystemTrayIconSys : QWidget
 {
@@ -103,37 +91,26 @@ public:
     QSystemTrayIconSys(QSystemTrayIcon *object);
     ~QSystemTrayIconSys();
     bool winEvent( MSG *m, long *result );
-    bool trayMessageA(DWORD msg);
-    bool trayMessageW(DWORD msg);
     bool trayMessage(DWORD msg);
     bool iconDrawItem(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpdi);
-    void setIconContentsW(NOTIFYICONDATAW &data);
-    void setIconContentsA(NOTIFYICONDATAA &data);
-    bool showMessageW(const QString &title, const QString &message, QSystemTrayIcon::MessageIcon type, uint uSecs);
-    bool showMessageA(const QString &title, const QString &message, QSystemTrayIcon::MessageIcon type, uint uSecs);
+    void setIconContents(NOTIFYICONDATA &data);
+    bool showMessage(const QString &title, const QString &message, QSystemTrayIcon::MessageIcon type, uint uSecs);
     bool allowsMessages();
     bool supportsMessages();
     QRect findIconGeometry(const int a_iButtonID);
-    QRect findTrayGeometry();
     HBITMAP createIconMask(const QBitmap &bitmap);
     void createIcon();
-    int detectShellVersion() const;
     HICON hIcon;
     QPoint globalPos;
     QSystemTrayIcon *q;
 private:
-    uint notifyIconSizeW;
-    uint notifyIconSizeA;
-    int currentShellVersion;
+    uint notifyIconSize;
     int maxTipLength;
 };
 
-// Checks for the shell32 dll version number, since only version
-// 5 or later of supports ballon messages
 bool QSystemTrayIconSys::allowsMessages()
 {
 #ifndef QT_NO_SETTINGS
-
     QSettings settings(QLatin1String("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft"
                                       "\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced"), QSettings::NativeFormat);
     return settings.value(QLatin1String("EnableBalloonTips"), true).toBool();
@@ -142,63 +119,28 @@ bool QSystemTrayIconSys::allowsMessages()
 #endif
 }
 
-// Checks for the shell32 dll version number, since only version
-// 5 or later of supports ballon messages
 bool QSystemTrayIconSys::supportsMessages()
 {
-#if NOTIFYICON_VERSION >= 3
-    if (currentShellVersion >= 5)
-        return allowsMessages();
-    else
-#endif
-        return false;
-}
-
-//Returns the runtime major version of the shell32 dll
-int QSystemTrayIconSys::detectShellVersion() const
-{
 #ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-    int shellVersion = 4; //NT 4.0 and W95
-    DLLGETVERSIONPROC pDllGetVersion = (DLLGETVERSIONPROC)QLibrary::resolve(
-            QLatin1String("shell32"), "DllGetVersion");
-    if (pDllGetVersion)
-    {
-        DLLVERSIONINFO dvi;
-        HRESULT hr;
-        ZeroMemory(&dvi, sizeof(dvi));
-        dvi.cbSize = sizeof(dvi);
-        hr = (*pDllGetVersion)(&dvi);
-        if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
-            if (dvi.dwMajorVersion >= 5)
-            {
-                shellVersion = dvi.dwMajorVersion;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return shellVersion;
+    return allowsMessages();
 #endif
-    return 4; //No ballonMessages and MaxTipLength = 64 for WindowsCE
+    return false;
 }
 
 QSystemTrayIconSys::QSystemTrayIconSys(QSystemTrayIcon *object)
     : hIcon(0), q(object)
 {
-    currentShellVersion = detectShellVersion();
-    notifyIconSizeA = FIELD_OFFSET(NOTIFYICONDATAA, szTip[64]); // NOTIFYICONDATAA_V1_SIZE
-    notifyIconSizeW = FIELD_OFFSET(NOTIFYICONDATAW, szTip[64]); // NOTIFYICONDATAW_V1_SIZE;
+#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
+    notifyIconSize = FIELD_OFFSET(NOTIFYICONDATA, guidItem); // NOTIFYICONDATAW_V2_SIZE;
+    maxTipLength = 128;
+#else
+    notifyIconSize = FIELD_OFFSET(NOTIFYICONDATA, szTip[64]); // NOTIFYICONDATAW_V1_SIZE;
     maxTipLength = 64;
-
-#if NOTIFYICON_VERSION >= 3
-    if (currentShellVersion >=5) {
-        notifyIconSizeA = FIELD_OFFSET(NOTIFYICONDATAA, guidItem); // NOTIFYICONDATAA_V2_SIZE
-        notifyIconSizeW = FIELD_OFFSET(NOTIFYICONDATAW, guidItem); // NOTIFYICONDATAW_V2_SIZE;
-        maxTipLength = 128;
-    }
 #endif
 
     // For restoring the tray icon after explorer crashes
     if (!MYWM_TASKBARCREATED) {
-        MYWM_TASKBARCREATED = QT_WA_INLINE(RegisterWindowMessageW(L"TaskbarCreated"),RegisterWindowMessageA("TaskbarCreated"));
+        MYWM_TASKBARCREATED = RegisterWindowMessage(L"TaskbarCreated");
     }
 }
 
@@ -208,118 +150,60 @@ QSystemTrayIconSys::~QSystemTrayIconSys()
         DestroyIcon(hIcon);
 }
 
-void QSystemTrayIconSys::setIconContentsW(NOTIFYICONDATAW &tnd)
+void QSystemTrayIconSys::setIconContents(NOTIFYICONDATA &tnd)
 {
-    tnd.uFlags = NIF_MESSAGE|NIF_ICON|NIF_TIP;
+    tnd.uFlags = NIF_MESSAGE | NIF_ICON | NIF_TIP;
     tnd.uCallbackMessage = MYWM_NOTIFYICON;
     tnd.hIcon = hIcon;
     QString tip = q->toolTip();
 
     if (!tip.isNull()) {
-        // Tip is limited to maxTipLength - NULL; lstrcpyn appends a NULL terminator.
         tip = tip.left(maxTipLength - 1) + QChar();
-#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        wcsncpy(tnd.szTip, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (tip.utf16()), qMin(tip.length()+1, maxTipLength));
-#else
-        lstrcpynW(tnd.szTip, (TCHAR*)tip.utf16(), qMin(tip.length()+1, maxTipLength));
-#endif
-    }
-}
-
-void QSystemTrayIconSys::setIconContentsA(NOTIFYICONDATAA &tnd)
-{
-    tnd.uFlags = NIF_MESSAGE|NIF_ICON|NIF_TIP;
-    tnd.uCallbackMessage = MYWM_NOTIFYICON;
-    tnd.hIcon = hIcon;
-    QString tip = q->toolTip();
-
-    if (!tip.isNull()) {
-        // Tip is limited to maxTipLength - NULL; lstrcpyn appends a NULL terminator.
-        tip = tip.left(maxTipLength - 1) + QChar();
-#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        strncpy(tnd.szTip, tip.toLocal8Bit().constData(), qMin(tip.length()+1, maxTipLength));
-#else
-        lstrcpynA(tnd.szTip, tip.toLocal8Bit().constData(), qMin(tip.length()+1, maxTipLength));
-#endif
+        memcpy(tnd.szTip, tip.utf16(), qMin(tip.length() + 1, maxTipLength) * sizeof(wchar_t));
     }
 }
 
 int iconFlag( QSystemTrayIcon::MessageIcon icon )
 {
-    int flag = 0;
 #if NOTIFYICON_VERSION >= 3
     switch (icon) {
-        case QSystemTrayIcon::NoIcon:
-            break;
-        case QSystemTrayIcon::Critical:
-            flag = NIIF_ERROR;
-            break;
-        case QSystemTrayIcon::Warning:
-            flag = NIIF_WARNING;
-            break;
         case QSystemTrayIcon::Information:
-        default : // fall through
-            flag = NIIF_INFO;
+            return NIIF_INFO;
+        case QSystemTrayIcon::Warning:
+            return NIIF_WARNING;
+        case QSystemTrayIcon::Critical:
+            return NIIF_ERROR;
+        case QSystemTrayIcon::NoIcon:
+            return NIIF_NONE;
+        default:
+            Q_ASSERT("Invalid QSystemTrayIcon::MessageIcon value", false);
+            return NIIF_NONE;
     }
 #else
     Q_UNUSED(icon);
+    return 0;
 #endif
-    return flag;
 }
 
-bool QSystemTrayIconSys::showMessageW(const QString &title, const QString &message, QSystemTrayIcon::MessageIcon type, uint uSecs)
+bool QSystemTrayIconSys::showMessage(const QString &title, const QString &message, QSystemTrayIcon::MessageIcon type, uint uSecs)
 {
-#if NOTIFYICON_VERSION>=3
+#if NOTIFYICON_VERSION >= 3
     NOTIFYICONDATA tnd;
-    memset(&tnd, 0, notifyIconSizeW);
+    memset(&tnd, 0, notifyIconSize);
     Q_ASSERT(testAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Created));
 
-    setIconContentsW(tnd);
-#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    wcsncpy(tnd.szInfo, message.utf16(), qMin(message.length() + 1, 256));
-    wcsncpy(tnd.szInfoTitle, title.utf16(), qMin(title.length()+1, 64));
-#else
-    lstrcpynW(tnd.szInfo, (TCHAR*)message.utf16(), qMin(message.length() + 1, 256));
-    lstrcpynW(tnd.szInfoTitle, (TCHAR*)title.utf16(), qMin(title.length() + 1, 64));
-#endif
-    tnd.uID = q_uNOTIFYICONID;
-    tnd.dwInfoFlags = iconFlag(type);
-    tnd.cbSize = notifyIconSizeW;
-    tnd.hWnd = winId();
-    tnd.uTimeout = uSecs;
-    tnd.uFlags = NIF_INFO;
-    return ptrShell_NotifyIcon(NIM_MODIFY, &tnd);
-#else
-    Q_UNUSED(title);
-    Q_UNUSED(message);
-    Q_UNUSED(type);
-    Q_UNUSED(uSecs);
-    return false;
-#endif
-}
-
-bool QSystemTrayIconSys::showMessageA(const QString &title, const QString &message, QSystemTrayIcon::MessageIcon type, uint uSecs)
-{
-#if NOTIFYICON_VERSION>=3
-    NOTIFYICONDATAA tnd;
-    memset(&tnd, 0, notifyIconSizeA);
-    Q_ASSERT(testAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Created));
+    setIconContents(tnd);
+    memcpy(tnd.szInfo, message.utf16(), qMin(message.length() + 1, 256) * sizeof(wchar_t));
+    memcpy(tnd.szInfoTitle, title.utf16(), qMin(title.length() + 1, 64) * sizeof(wchar_t));
 
-    setIconContentsA(tnd);
-#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    strncpy(tnd.szInfo, message.toLocal8Bit().constData(), qMin(message.length() + 1, 256));
-    strncpy(tnd.szInfoTitle, title.toLocal8Bit().constData(), qMin(title.length()+1, 64));
-#else
-    lstrcpynA(tnd.szInfo, message.toLocal8Bit().constData(), qMin(message.length() + 1, 256));
-    lstrcpynA(tnd.szInfoTitle, title.toLocal8Bit().constData(), qMin(title.length() + 1, 64));
-#endif
     tnd.uID = q_uNOTIFYICONID;
     tnd.dwInfoFlags = iconFlag(type);
-    tnd.cbSize = notifyIconSizeA;
+    tnd.cbSize = notifyIconSize;
     tnd.hWnd = winId();
     tnd.uTimeout = uSecs;
     tnd.uFlags = NIF_INFO;
-    return Shell_NotifyIconA(NIM_MODIFY, &tnd);
+
+    return Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_MODIFY, &tnd);
 #else
     Q_UNUSED(title);
     Q_UNUSED(message);
@@ -329,53 +213,21 @@ bool QSystemTrayIconSys::showMessageA(const QString &title, const QString &messa
 #endif
 }
 
-bool QSystemTrayIconSys::trayMessageA(DWORD msg)
+bool QSystemTrayIconSys::trayMessage(DWORD msg)
 {
-#if !defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
-    NOTIFYICONDATAA tnd;
-    memset(&tnd, 0, notifyIconSizeA);
+    NOTIFYICONDATA tnd;
+    memset(&tnd, 0, notifyIconSize);
     tnd.uID = q_uNOTIFYICONID;
-    tnd.cbSize = notifyIconSizeA;
+    tnd.cbSize = notifyIconSize;
     tnd.hWnd = winId();
-    Q_ASSERT(testAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Created));
 
-    if (msg != NIM_DELETE) {
-        setIconContentsA(tnd);
-    }
-    return Shell_NotifyIconA(msg, &tnd);
-#else
-    Q_UNUSED(msg);
-    return false;
-#endif
-}
-
-bool QSystemTrayIconSys::trayMessageW(DWORD msg)
-{
-    NOTIFYICONDATAW tnd;
-    memset(&tnd, 0, notifyIconSizeW);
-    tnd.uID = q_uNOTIFYICONID;
-    tnd.cbSize = notifyIconSizeW;
-    tnd.hWnd = winId();
     Q_ASSERT(testAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Created));
 
     if (msg != NIM_DELETE) {
-        setIconContentsW(tnd);
+        setIconContents(tnd);
     }
-    return ptrShell_NotifyIcon(msg, &tnd);
-}
 
-bool QSystemTrayIconSys::trayMessage(DWORD msg)
-{
-    resolveLibs();
-    if (!(ptrShell_NotifyIcon))
-        return false;
-
-    QT_WA({
-        return trayMessageW(msg);
-    },
-    {
-        return trayMessageA(msg);
-    });
+    return Shell_NotifyIcon(msg, &tnd);
 }
 
 bool QSystemTrayIconSys::iconDrawItem(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpdi)
@@ -514,33 +366,6 @@ void QSystemTrayIconPrivate::install_sys()
     }
 }
 
-//fallback on win 95/98
-QRect QSystemTrayIconSys::findTrayGeometry()
-{
-    //Use lower right corner as fallback
-    QPoint brCorner = QApplication::desktop()->screenGeometry().bottomRight();
-    QRect ret(brCorner.x() - 10, brCorner.y() - 10, 10, 10);
-#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    HWND trayHandle = FindWindowW(L"Shell_TrayWnd", NULL);
-#else
-    HWND trayHandle = FindWindowA("Shell_TrayWnd", NULL);
-#endif
-    if (trayHandle) {
-#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        trayHandle = FindWindowW(L"TrayNotifyWnd", NULL);
-#else
-        trayHandle = FindWindowExA(trayHandle, NULL, "TrayNotifyWnd", NULL);
-#endif
-        if (trayHandle) {
-            RECT r;
-            if (GetWindowRect(trayHandle, &r)) {
-                ret = QRect(r.left, r.top, r.right- r.left, r.bottom - r.top);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return ret;
-}
-
 /*
 * This function tries to determine the icon geometry from the tray
 *
@@ -548,26 +373,39 @@ QRect QSystemTrayIconSys::findTrayGeometry()
 */
 QRect QSystemTrayIconSys::findIconGeometry(const int iconId)
 {
+    static PtrShell_NotifyIconGetRect Shell_NotifyIconGetRect =
+        (PtrShell_NotifyIconGetRect)QLibrary::resolve(QLatin1String("shell32"), "Shell_NotifyIconGetRect");
+
+    if (Shell_NotifyIconGetRect) {
+        Q_NOTIFYICONIDENTIFIER nid;
+        memset(&nid, 0, sizeof(nid));
+        nid.cbSize = sizeof(nid);
+        nid.hWnd = winId();
+        nid.uID = iconId;
+
+        RECT rect;
+        HRESULT hr = Shell_NotifyIconGetRect(&nid, &rect);
+        if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+            return QRect(rect.left, rect.top, rect.right - rect.left, rect.bottom - rect.top);
+        }
+    }
+
     QRect ret;
 
     TBBUTTON buttonData;
     DWORD processID = 0;
-#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    HWND trayHandle = FindWindowW(L"Shell_TrayWnd", NULL);
-#else
-    HWND trayHandle = FindWindowA("Shell_TrayWnd", NULL);
-#endif
+    HWND trayHandle = FindWindow(L"Shell_TrayWnd", NULL);
 
     //find the toolbar used in the notification area
     if (trayHandle) {
 #if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        trayHandle = FindWindowW(L"TrayNotifyWnd", NULL);
+        trayHandle = FindWindow(L"TrayNotifyWnd", NULL);
 #else
-        trayHandle = FindWindowExA(trayHandle, NULL, "TrayNotifyWnd", NULL);
+        trayHandle = FindWindowEx(trayHandle, NULL, L"TrayNotifyWnd", NULL);
 #endif
         if (trayHandle) {
 #if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-            HWND hwnd = FindWindowW(L"SysPager", NULL);
+            HWND hwnd = FindWindow(L"SysPager", NULL);
 #else
             HWND hwnd = FindWindowEx(trayHandle, NULL, L"SysPager", NULL);
 #endif
@@ -612,10 +450,10 @@ QRect QSystemTrayIconSys::findIconGeometry(const int iconId)
         DWORD appData[2] = { 0, 0 };
         SendMessage(trayHandle, TB_GETBUTTON, toolbarButton , (LPARAM)data);
 
-        if(!ReadProcessMemory(trayProcess, data, &buttonData, sizeof(TBBUTTON), &numBytes))
+        if (!ReadProcessMemory(trayProcess, data, &buttonData, sizeof(TBBUTTON), &numBytes))
             continue;
 
-        if(!ReadProcessMemory(trayProcess, (LPVOID) buttonData.dwData, appData, sizeof(appData), &numBytes))
+        if (!ReadProcessMemory(trayProcess, (LPVOID) buttonData.dwData, appData, sizeof(appData), &numBytes))
             continue;
 
         int currentIconId = appData[1];
@@ -646,7 +484,6 @@ QRect QSystemTrayIconSys::findIconGeometry(const int iconId)
     return ret;
 }
 
-
 void QSystemTrayIconPrivate::showMessage_sys(const QString &title, const QString &message, QSystemTrayIcon::MessageIcon type, int timeOut)
 {
     if (!sys || !sys->allowsMessages())
@@ -657,8 +494,6 @@ void QSystemTrayIconPrivate::showMessage_sys(const QString &title, const QString
         uSecs = 10000; //10 sec default
     else uSecs = (int)timeOut;
 
-    resolveLibs();
-
     //message is limited to 255 chars + NULL
     QString messageString;
     if (message.isEmpty() && !title.isEmpty())
@@ -670,20 +505,12 @@ void QSystemTrayIconPrivate::showMessage_sys(const QString &title, const QString
     QString titleString = title.left(63) + QChar();
 
     if (sys->supportsMessages()) {
-        QT_WA({
-            sys->showMessageW(titleString, messageString, type, (unsigned int)uSecs);
-        }, {
-            sys->showMessageA(titleString, messageString, type, (unsigned int)uSecs);
-        });
+        sys->showMessage(titleString, messageString, type, (unsigned int)uSecs);
     } else {
-        //use fallbacks
-        QRect iconPos = sys->findIconGeometry(0);
+        //use fallback
+        QRect iconPos = sys->findIconGeometry(q_uNOTIFYICONID);
         if (iconPos.isValid()) {
             QBalloonTip::showBalloon(type, title, message, sys->q, iconPos.center(), uSecs, true);
-        } else {
-            QRect trayRect = sys->findTrayGeometry();
-            QBalloonTip::showBalloon(type, title, message, sys->q, QPoint(trayRect.left(),
-                                     trayRect.center().y()), uSecs, false);
         }
     }
 }
@@ -692,7 +519,7 @@ QRect QSystemTrayIconPrivate::geometry_sys() const
 {
     if (!sys)
         return QRect();
-    return sys->findIconGeometry(0);
+    return sys->findIconGeometry(q_uNOTIFYICONID);
 }
 
 void QSystemTrayIconPrivate::remove_sys()
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/qeffects.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/qeffects.cpp
index 065a2e0..d6d0a16 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/qeffects.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/qeffects.cpp
@@ -126,10 +126,9 @@ QAlphaWidget::QAlphaWidget(QWidget* w, Qt::WindowFlags f)
 
 QAlphaWidget::~QAlphaWidget()
 {
-#ifdef Q_WS_WIN
+#if defined(Q_WS_WIN) && !defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
     // Restore user-defined opacity value
-    if (widget && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion >= QSysInfo::WV_2000 && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion < QSysInfo::WV_NT_based)
-        widget->setWindowOpacity(windowOpacity);
+    widget->setWindowOpacity(windowOpacity);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -160,43 +159,40 @@ void QAlphaWidget::run(int time)
     checkTime.start();
 
     showWidget = true;
-#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion >= QSysInfo::WV_2000 && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion < QSysInfo::WV_NT_based) {
-        qApp->installEventFilter(this);
-        widget->setWindowOpacity(0.0);
-        widget->show();
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) && !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+    qApp->installEventFilter(this);
+    widget->setWindowOpacity(0.0);
+    widget->show();
+    connect(&anim, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(render()));
+    anim.start(1);
+#else
+    //This is roughly equivalent to calling setVisible(true) without actually showing the widget
+    widget->setAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_ExplicitShowHide, true);
+    widget->setAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Hidden, false);
+
+    qApp->installEventFilter(this);
+
+    move(widget->geometry().x(),widget->geometry().y());
+    resize(widget->size().width(), widget->size().height());
+
+    frontImage = QPixmap::grabWidget(widget).toImage();
+    backImage = QPixmap::grabWindow(QApplication::desktop()->winId(),
+                                widget->geometry().x(), widget->geometry().y(),
+                                widget->geometry().width(), widget->geometry().height()).toImage();
+
+    if (!backImage.isNull() && checkTime.elapsed() < duration / 2) {
+        mixedImage = backImage.copy();
+        pm = QPixmap::fromImage(mixedImage);
+        show();
+        setEnabled(false);
+
         connect(&anim, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(render()));
         anim.start(1);
-    } else
-#endif
-    {
-        //This is roughly equivalent to calling setVisible(true) without actually showing the widget
-        widget->setAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_ExplicitShowHide, true);
-        widget->setAttribute(Qt::WA_WState_Hidden, false);
-
-        qApp->installEventFilter(this);
-
-        move(widget->geometry().x(),widget->geometry().y());
-        resize(widget->size().width(), widget->size().height());
-
-        frontImage = QPixmap::grabWidget(widget).toImage();
-        backImage = QPixmap::grabWindow(QApplication::desktop()->winId(),
-                                    widget->geometry().x(), widget->geometry().y(),
-                                    widget->geometry().width(), widget->geometry().height()).toImage();
-
-        if (!backImage.isNull() && checkTime.elapsed() < duration / 2) {
-            mixedImage = backImage.copy();
-            pm = QPixmap::fromImage(mixedImage);
-            show();
-            setEnabled(false);
-
-            connect(&anim, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(render()));
-            anim.start(1);
-        } else {
-           duration = 0;
-           render();
-        }
+    } else {
+       duration = 0;
+       render();
     }
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
@@ -270,19 +266,17 @@ void QAlphaWidget::render()
     else
         alpha = 1;
 
-#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion >= QSysInfo::WV_2000 && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion < QSysInfo::WV_NT_based) {
-        if (alpha >= windowOpacity || !showWidget) {
-            anim.stop();
-            qApp->removeEventFilter(this);
-            widget->setWindowOpacity(windowOpacity);
-            q_blend = 0;
-            deleteLater();
-        } else {
-            widget->setWindowOpacity(alpha);
-        }
-    } else
-#endif
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) && !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+    if (alpha >= windowOpacity || !showWidget) {
+        anim.stop();
+        qApp->removeEventFilter(this);
+        widget->setWindowOpacity(windowOpacity);
+        q_blend = 0;
+        deleteLater();
+    } else {
+        widget->setWindowOpacity(alpha);
+    }
+#else
     if (alpha >= 1 || !showWidget) {
         anim.stop();
         qApp->removeEventFilter(this);
@@ -292,7 +286,7 @@ void QAlphaWidget::render()
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
                 setEnabled(true);
                 setFocus();
-#endif
+#endif // Q_WS_WIN
                 widget->hide();
             } else {
                 //Since we are faking the visibility of the widget 
@@ -309,6 +303,7 @@ void QAlphaWidget::render()
         pm = QPixmap::fromImage(mixedImage);
         repaint();
     }
+#endif // defined(Q_OS_WIN) && !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/qframe.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/qframe.cpp
index b9e769d..a87ec85 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/qframe.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/qframe.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ inline void QFramePrivate::init()
     \value VLine  QFrame draws a vertical line that frames nothing
     (useful as separator)
     \value WinPanel draws a rectangular panel that can be raised or
-    sunken like those in Windows 95. Specifying this shape sets
+    sunken like those in Windows 2000. Specifying this shape sets
     the line width to 2 pixels. WinPanel is provided for compatibility.
     For GUI style independence we recommend using StyledPanel instead.
 
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/qmdisubwindow.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/qmdisubwindow.cpp
index 25bc724..24dea37 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/qmdisubwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/qmdisubwindow.cpp
@@ -1946,26 +1946,21 @@ QPalette QMdiSubWindowPrivate::desktopPalette() const
                             colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT)));
         newPalette.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::HighlightedText,
                             colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(COLOR_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT)));
-        if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_95
-                && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_NT) {
-            colorsInitialized = true;
-            BOOL hasGradient;
-            QT_WA({
-                SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETGRADIENTCAPTIONS, 0, &hasGradient, 0);
-            } , {
-                SystemParametersInfoA(SPI_GETGRADIENTCAPTIONS, 0, &hasGradient, 0);
-            });
-            if (hasGradient) {
-                newPalette.setColor(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Base,
-                                    colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(COLOR_GRADIENTACTIVECAPTION)));
-                newPalette.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Base,
-                                    colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(COLOR_GRADIENTINACTIVECAPTION)));
-            } else {
-                newPalette.setColor(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Base,
-                                    newPalette.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Highlight));
-                newPalette.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Base,
-                                    newPalette.color(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Highlight));
-            }
+
+        colorsInitialized = true;
+        BOOL hasGradient = false;
+        SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETGRADIENTCAPTIONS, 0, &hasGradient, 0);
+
+        if (hasGradient) {
+            newPalette.setColor(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Base,
+                                colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(COLOR_GRADIENTACTIVECAPTION)));
+            newPalette.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Base,
+                                colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(COLOR_GRADIENTINACTIVECAPTION)));
+        } else {
+            newPalette.setColor(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Base,
+                                newPalette.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Highlight));
+            newPalette.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Base,
+                                newPalette.color(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Highlight));
         }
     }
 #endif // Q_WS_WIN
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/qsizegrip.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/qsizegrip.cpp
index d263b9c..c6aae68 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/qsizegrip.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/qsizegrip.cpp
@@ -335,8 +335,7 @@ void QSizeGrip::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent * e)
             orientation = d->atLeft() ? SZ_SIZETOPLEFT : SZ_SIZETOPRIGHT;
 
         ReleaseCapture();
-        QT_WA_INLINE(PostMessageW(tlw->winId(), WM_SYSCOMMAND, orientation, 0),
-                     PostMessageA(tlw->winId(), WM_SYSCOMMAND, orientation, 0));
+        PostMessage(tlw->winId(), WM_SYSCOMMAND, orientation, 0);
         return;
     }
 #endif // Q_WS_WIN
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/qworkspace.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/qworkspace.cpp
index 58ef1e3..2833c08 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/qworkspace.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/qworkspace.cpp
@@ -397,21 +397,17 @@ void QWorkspaceTitleBarPrivate::readColors()
         pal.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Highlight, colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION)));
         pal.setColor(QPalette::Active, QPalette::HighlightedText, colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT)));
         pal.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::HighlightedText, colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(COLOR_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT)));
-        if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_95 && QSysInfo::WindowsVersion != QSysInfo::WV_NT) {
-            colorsInitialized = true;
-            BOOL gradient;
-            QT_WA({
-                SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETGRADIENTCAPTIONS, 0, &gradient, 0);
-            } , {
-                SystemParametersInfoA(SPI_GETGRADIENTCAPTIONS, 0, &gradient, 0);
-            });
-            if (gradient) {
-                pal.setColor(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Base, colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(COLOR_GRADIENTACTIVECAPTION)));
-                pal.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Base, colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(COLOR_GRADIENTINACTIVECAPTION)));
-            } else {
-                pal.setColor(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Base, pal.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Highlight));
-                pal.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Base, pal.color(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Highlight));
-            }
+
+        colorsInitialized = true;
+        BOOL gradient = false;
+        SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETGRADIENTCAPTIONS, 0, &gradient, 0);
+
+        if (gradient) {
+            pal.setColor(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Base, colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(COLOR_GRADIENTACTIVECAPTION)));
+            pal.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Base, colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(COLOR_GRADIENTINACTIVECAPTION)));
+        } else {
+            pal.setColor(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Base, pal.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Highlight));
+            pal.setColor(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Base, pal.color(QPalette::Inactive, QPalette::Highlight));
         }
     }
 #endif // Q_WS_WIN