Merge branch 'master' of git@scm.dev.nokia.troll.no:qt/qt

author: Norwegian Rock Cat <qt-info@nokia.com> 2009-07-01 10:09:48 (GMT)
committer: Norwegian Rock Cat <qt-info@nokia.com> 2009-07-01 10:09:48 (GMT)
commit: 6097501c9b324c08ae5b5c3dee3c64d385d3c5ac (patch)
tree: b3ccf51aed15f9e9a94a502947d91128160123eb
parent: 3618227de7036a091ea8187a20434470c0c792dc (diff)
parent: a6e32ae1c84984041107a83db9307caffbda9849 (diff)
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145 files changed, 2570 insertions, 6045 deletions
diff --git a/examples/activeqt/dotnet/wrapper/lib/tools.cpp b/examples/activeqt/dotnet/wrapper/lib/tools.cpp
index 856b5c8..eac2d78 100644
--- a/examples/activeqt/dotnet/wrapper/lib/tools.cpp
+++ b/examples/activeqt/dotnet/wrapper/lib/tools.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ String *QStringToString(const QString &qstring)
 QString StringToQString(String *string)
 {
     const wchar_t __pin *chars = PtrToStringChars(string);
-    return QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)chars);
+    return QString::fromWCharArray(chars);
 }
 //! [1]
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
index 079aa9f..50f78d7 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
@@ -120,14 +120,7 @@ static QString readRegistryKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubkey)
     QString rSubkeyPath = keyPath(rSubkey);
 
     HKEY handle = 0;
-    LONG res;
-    QT_WA( {
-        res = RegOpenKeyExW(parentHandle, (WCHAR*)rSubkeyPath.utf16(),
-                            0, KEY_READ, &handle);
-    } , {
-        res = RegOpenKeyExA(parentHandle, rSubkeyPath.toLocal8Bit(),
-                            0, KEY_READ, &handle);
-    } );
+    LONG res = RegOpenKeyEx(parentHandle, (wchar_t*)rSubkeyPath.utf16(), 0, KEY_READ, &handle);
 
     if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS)
         return QString();
@@ -135,11 +128,7 @@ static QString readRegistryKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubkey)
     // get the size and type of the value
     DWORD dataType;
     DWORD dataSize;
-    QT_WA( {
-        res = RegQueryValueExW(handle, (WCHAR*)rSubkeyName.utf16(), 0, &dataType, 0, &dataSize);
-    }, {
-        res = RegQueryValueExA(handle, rSubkeyName.toLocal8Bit(), 0, &dataType, 0, &dataSize);
-    } );
+    res = RegQueryValueEx(handle, (wchar_t*)rSubkeyName.utf16(), 0, &dataType, 0, &dataSize);
     if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
         RegCloseKey(handle);
         return QString();
@@ -147,13 +136,8 @@ static QString readRegistryKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubkey)
 
     // get the value
     QByteArray data(dataSize, 0);
-    QT_WA( {
-        res = RegQueryValueExW(handle, (WCHAR*)rSubkeyName.utf16(), 0, 0,
-                               reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(data.data()), &dataSize);
-    }, {
-        res = RegQueryValueExA(handle, rSubkeyName.toLocal8Bit(), 0, 0,
-                               reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(data.data()), &dataSize);
-    } );
+    res = RegQueryValueEx(handle, (wchar_t*)rSubkeyName.utf16(), 0, 0,
+                          reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(data.data()), &dataSize);
     if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
         RegCloseKey(handle);
         return QString();
@@ -163,11 +147,7 @@ static QString readRegistryKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubkey)
     switch (dataType) {
         case REG_EXPAND_SZ:
         case REG_SZ: {
-            QT_WA( {
-                result = QString::fromUtf16(((const ushort*)data.constData()));
-            }, {
-                result = QString::fromLatin1(data.constData());
-            } );
+            result = QString::fromWCharArray(((const wchar_t *)data.constData()));
             break;
         }
 
@@ -175,12 +155,7 @@ static QString readRegistryKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubkey)
             QStringList l;
             int i = 0;
             for (;;) {
-                QString s;
-                QT_WA( {
-                    s = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*)data.constData() + i);
-                }, {
-                    s = QString::fromLatin1(data.constData() + i);
-                } );
+                QString s = QString::fromWCharArray((const wchar_t *)data.constData() + i);
                 i += s.length() + 1;
 
                 if (s.isEmpty())
@@ -193,11 +168,7 @@ static QString readRegistryKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubkey)
 
         case REG_NONE:
         case REG_BINARY: {
-            QT_WA( {
-                result = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*)data.constData(), data.size()/2);
-            }, {
-                result = QString::fromLatin1(data.constData(), data.size());
-            } );
+            result = QString::fromWCharArray((const wchar_t *)data.constData(), data.size() / 2);
             break;
         }
 
diff --git a/qmake/option.cpp b/qmake/option.cpp
index 0e4a608..5f8c4f4 100644
--- a/qmake/option.cpp
+++ b/qmake/option.cpp
@@ -716,16 +716,9 @@ QString qmake_libraryInfoFile()
 {
     QString ret;
 #if defined( Q_OS_WIN )
-    QFileInfo filePath;
-    QT_WA({
-        unsigned short module_name[256];
-        GetModuleFileNameW(0, reinterpret_cast<wchar_t *>(module_name), sizeof(module_name));
-        filePath = QString::fromUtf16(module_name);
-    }, {
-        char module_name[256];
-        GetModuleFileNameA(0, module_name, sizeof(module_name));
-        filePath = QString::fromLocal8Bit(module_name);
-    });
+    wchar_t module_name[MAX_PATH];
+    GetModuleFileName(0, module_name, MAX_PATH);
+    QFileInfo filePath = QString::fromWCharArray(module_name);
     ret = filePath.filePath();
 #else
     QString argv0 = QFile::decodeName(QByteArray(Option::application_argv0));
diff --git a/qmake/project.cpp b/qmake/project.cpp
index 047a5e3..704d8a6 100644
--- a/qmake/project.cpp
+++ b/qmake/project.cpp
@@ -3117,9 +3117,9 @@ QStringList &QMakeProject::values(const QString &_var, QMap<QString, QStringList
             ret = "Windows";
         } else if(type == "name") {
             DWORD name_length = 1024;
-            TCHAR name[1024];
-            if(GetComputerName(name, &name_length))
-                ret = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)name, name_length);
+            wchar_t name[1024];
+            if (GetComputerName(name, &name_length))
+                ret = QString::fromWCharArray(name);
         } else if(type == "version" || type == "version_string") {
             QSysInfo::WinVersion ver = QSysInfo::WindowsVersion;
             if(type == "version")
diff --git a/src/3rdparty/phonon/ds9/qaudiocdreader.cpp b/src/3rdparty/phonon/ds9/qaudiocdreader.cpp
index b9f9fd6..d5bdce2 100644
--- a/src/3rdparty/phonon/ds9/qaudiocdreader.cpp
+++ b/src/3rdparty/phonon/ds9/qaudiocdreader.cpp
@@ -154,10 +154,7 @@ namespace Phonon
                 path = QString::fromLatin1("\\\\.\\%1:").arg(drive); 	 
             }
 
-            m_cddrive = QT_WA_INLINE (
-			::CreateFile( (TCHAR*)path.utf16(), GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL ),
-			::CreateFileA( path.toLocal8Bit().constData(), GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL )
-	                );
+            m_cddrive = ::CreateFile((const wchar_t *)path.utf16(), GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL);
 
             qMemSet(m_toc, 0, sizeof(CDROM_TOC));
             //read the TOC
diff --git a/src/activeqt/container/qaxbase.cpp b/src/activeqt/container/qaxbase.cpp
index 62dad6b..4fc9926 100644
--- a/src/activeqt/container/qaxbase.cpp
+++ b/src/activeqt/container/qaxbase.cpp
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@
 
 //#define QAX_NO_CLASSINFO
 
-#ifndef UNICODE
-#define UNICODE
-#endif
-
 #define QT_CHECK_STATE
 
 #include "qaxobject.h"
@@ -174,7 +170,7 @@ inline DISPID QAxMetaObject::dispIDofName(const QByteArray &name, IDispatch *dis
     if (dispid == DISPID_UNKNOWN) {
         // get the Dispatch ID from the object
         QString unicodeName = QLatin1String(name);
-        OLECHAR *names = (TCHAR*)unicodeName.utf16();
+        OLECHAR *names = (wchar_t*)unicodeName.utf16();
         disp->GetIDsOfNames(IID_NULL, &names, 1, LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, &dispid);
         if (dispid != DISPID_UNKNOWN)
             dispIDs.insert(name, dispid);
@@ -638,7 +634,7 @@ QByteArray QAxEventSink::findProperty(DISPID dispID)
     UINT cNames;
     typeinfo->GetNames(dispID, &names, 1, &cNames);
     if (cNames) {
-        propname = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)names).toLatin1();
+        propname = QString::fromWCharArray(names).toLatin1();
         SysFreeString(names);
     }
     typeinfo->Release();
@@ -972,7 +968,7 @@ bool QAxBase::setControl(const QString &c)
         QUuid uuid(search);
         if (uuid.isNull()) {
             CLSID clsid;
-            HRESULT res = CLSIDFromProgID((WCHAR*)c.utf16(), &clsid);
+            HRESULT res = CLSIDFromProgID((wchar_t*)c.utf16(), &clsid);
             if (res == S_OK)
                 search = QUuid(clsid).toString();
             else {
@@ -1137,7 +1133,7 @@ QStringList QAxBase::verbs() const
                 while (enumVerbs->Next(1, &verb, &c) == S_OK) {
                     if (!verb.lpszVerbName)
                         continue;
-                    QString verbName = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)verb.lpszVerbName);
+                    QString verbName = QString::fromWCharArray(verb.lpszVerbName);
                     if (!verbName.isEmpty())
                         d->verbs.insert(verbName, verb.lVerb);
                 }
@@ -1265,7 +1261,7 @@ bool QAxBase::initializeLicensedHelper(void *f, const QString &key, IUnknown **p
             } else if (licinfo.fRuntimeKeyAvail) {
                 BSTR licenseKey;
                 factory2->RequestLicKey(0, &licenseKey);
-                QString qlicenseKey = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)licenseKey);
+                QString qlicenseKey = QString::fromWCharArray(licenseKey);
                 SysFreeString(licenseKey);
                 qWarning("Use license key is '%s' to create object on unlicensed machine.",
                     qlicenseKey.toLatin1().constData());
@@ -1275,7 +1271,7 @@ bool QAxBase::initializeLicensedHelper(void *f, const QString &key, IUnknown **p
             if (licinfo.fRuntimeKeyAvail) {
                 BSTR licenseKey;
                 factory2->RequestLicKey(0, &licenseKey);
-                QString qlicenseKey = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)licenseKey);
+                QString qlicenseKey = QString::fromWCharArray(licenseKey);
                 SysFreeString(licenseKey);
 
                 if (qlicenseKey != key)
@@ -1435,7 +1431,7 @@ bool QAxBase::initializeRemote(IUnknown** ptr)
     serverInfo.dwReserved1 = 0;
     serverInfo.dwReserved2 = 0;
     serverInfo.pAuthInfo = &authInfo;
-    serverInfo.pwszName = (WCHAR*)server.utf16();
+    serverInfo.pwszName = (wchar_t*)server.utf16();
 
     IClassFactory *factory = 0;
     HRESULT res = CoGetClassObject(QUuid(clsid), CLSCTX_REMOTE_SERVER, &serverInfo, IID_IClassFactory, (void**)&factory);
@@ -1747,7 +1743,7 @@ QMetaObject *qax_readInterfaceInfo(ITypeLib *typeLib, ITypeInfo *typeInfo, const
     if (S_OK != typeInfo->GetDocumentation(-1, &bstr, 0, 0, 0))
         return 0;
 
-    className = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)bstr);
+    className = QString::fromWCharArray(bstr);
     SysFreeString(bstr);
 
     generator.readEnumInfo();
@@ -1768,7 +1764,7 @@ QMetaObject *qax_readClassInfo(ITypeLib *typeLib, ITypeInfo *classInfo, const QM
     if (S_OK != classInfo->GetDocumentation(-1, &bstr, 0, 0, 0))
         return 0;
 
-    className = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)bstr);
+    className = QString::fromWCharArray(bstr);
     SysFreeString(bstr);
 
     generator.readEnumInfo();
@@ -1795,7 +1791,7 @@ QMetaObject *qax_readClassInfo(ITypeLib *typeLib, ITypeInfo *classInfo, const QM
                 continue;
 
             interfaceInfo->GetDocumentation(-1, &bstr, 0, 0, 0);
-            QString interfaceName = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)bstr);
+            QString interfaceName = QString::fromWCharArray(bstr);
             SysFreeString(bstr);
             QByteArray key;
 
@@ -1843,7 +1839,7 @@ MetaObjectGenerator::MetaObjectGenerator(ITypeLib *tlib, ITypeInfo *tinfo)
         typelib->AddRef();
         BSTR bstr;
         typelib->GetDocumentation(-1, &bstr, 0, 0, 0);
-        current_typelib = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)bstr).toLatin1();
+        current_typelib = QString::fromWCharArray(bstr).toLatin1();
         SysFreeString(bstr);
     }
     readClassInfo();
@@ -1891,13 +1887,13 @@ QByteArray MetaObjectGenerator::usertypeToString(const TYPEDESC &tdesc, ITypeInf
             // get type library name
             BSTR typelibname = 0;
             usertypelib->GetDocumentation(-1, &typelibname, 0, 0, 0);
-            QByteArray typeLibName = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)typelibname).toLatin1();
+            QByteArray typeLibName = QString::fromWCharArray(typelibname).toLatin1();
             SysFreeString(typelibname);
 
             // get type name
             BSTR usertypename = 0;
             usertypelib->GetDocumentation(index, &usertypename, 0, 0, 0);
-            QByteArray userTypeName = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)usertypename).toLatin1();
+            QByteArray userTypeName = QString::fromWCharArray(usertypename).toLatin1();
             SysFreeString(usertypename);
 
             if (hasEnum(userTypeName)) // known enum?
@@ -2287,7 +2283,7 @@ void MetaObjectGenerator::readEnumInfo()
             BSTR enumname;
             QByteArray enumName;
             if (typelib->GetDocumentation(i, &enumname, 0, 0, 0) == S_OK) {
-                enumName = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)enumname).toLatin1();
+                enumName = QString::fromWCharArray(enumname).toLatin1();
                 SysFreeString(enumname);
             } else {
                 enumName = "enum" + QByteArray::number(++enum_serial);
@@ -2310,7 +2306,7 @@ void MetaObjectGenerator::readEnumInfo()
                         UINT maxNamesOut;
                         enuminfo->GetNames(memid, &valuename, 1, &maxNamesOut);
                         if (maxNamesOut) {
-                            valueName = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)valuename).toLatin1();
+                            valueName = QString::fromWCharArray(valuename).toLatin1();
                             SysFreeString(valuename);
                         } else {
                             valueName = "value" + QByteArray::number(valueindex++);
@@ -2467,7 +2463,7 @@ void MetaObjectGenerator::readFuncsInfo(ITypeInfo *typeinfo, ushort nFuncs)
         QList<QByteArray> names;
         int p;
         for (p = 0; p < (int)maxNamesOut; ++p) {
-            names << QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)bstrNames[p]).toLatin1();
+            names << QString::fromWCharArray(bstrNames[p]).toLatin1();
             SysFreeString(bstrNames[p]);
         }
 
@@ -2594,7 +2590,7 @@ void MetaObjectGenerator::readFuncsInfo(ITypeInfo *typeinfo, ushort nFuncs)
         // get function documentation
         BSTR bstrDocu;
         info->GetDocumentation(funcdesc->memid, 0, &bstrDocu, 0, 0);
-        QString strDocu = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*)bstrDocu);
+        QString strDocu = QString::fromWCharArray(bstrDocu);
         SysFreeString(bstrDocu);
         if (!!strDocu)
             desc += '[' + strDocu + ']';
@@ -2641,7 +2637,7 @@ void MetaObjectGenerator::readVarsInfo(ITypeInfo *typeinfo, ushort nVars)
         QByteArray variableName;
         uint flags = 0;
 
-        variableName = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)bstrName).toLatin1();
+        variableName = QString::fromWCharArray(bstrName).toLatin1();
         SysFreeString(bstrName);
 
         // get variable type
@@ -2677,7 +2673,7 @@ void MetaObjectGenerator::readVarsInfo(ITypeInfo *typeinfo, ushort nVars)
         // get function documentation
         BSTR bstrDocu;
         info->GetDocumentation(vardesc->memid, 0, &bstrDocu, 0, 0);
-        QString strDocu = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*)bstrDocu);
+        QString strDocu = QString::fromWCharArray(bstrDocu);
         SysFreeString(bstrDocu);
         if (!!strDocu)
             desc += '[' + strDocu + ']';
@@ -2800,7 +2796,7 @@ void MetaObjectGenerator::readEventInterface(ITypeInfo *eventinfo, IConnectionPo
         QList<QByteArray> names;
         int p;
         for (p = 0; p < (int)maxNamesOut; ++p) {
-            names << QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)bstrNames[p]).toLatin1();
+            names << QString::fromWCharArray(bstrNames[p]).toLatin1();
             SysFreeString(bstrNames[p]);
         }
 
@@ -2824,7 +2820,7 @@ void MetaObjectGenerator::readEventInterface(ITypeInfo *eventinfo, IConnectionPo
         // get function documentation
         BSTR bstrDocu;
         eventinfo->GetDocumentation(funcdesc->memid, 0, &bstrDocu, 0, 0);
-        QString strDocu = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*)bstrDocu);
+        QString strDocu = QString::fromWCharArray(bstrDocu);
         SysFreeString(bstrDocu);
         if (!!strDocu)
             desc += '[' + strDocu + ']';
@@ -2982,7 +2978,7 @@ QMetaObject *MetaObjectGenerator::metaObject(const QMetaObject *parentObject, co
         if (typelib) {
             BSTR bstr;
             typelib->GetDocumentation(-1, &bstr, 0, 0, 0);
-            current_typelib = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)bstr).toLatin1();
+            current_typelib = QString::fromWCharArray(bstr).toLatin1();
             SysFreeString(bstr);
         }
         if (d->tryCache && tryCache())
@@ -3391,9 +3387,9 @@ static bool checkHRESULT(HRESULT hres, EXCEPINFO *exc, QAxBase *that, const QStr
                     exc->pfnDeferredFillIn(exc);
 
                 code = exc->wCode ? exc->wCode : exc->scode;
-                source = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)exc->bstrSource);
-                desc = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)exc->bstrDescription);
-                help = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)exc->bstrHelpFile);
+                source = QString::fromWCharArray(exc->bstrSource);
+                desc = QString::fromWCharArray(exc->bstrDescription);
+                help = QString::fromWCharArray(exc->bstrHelpFile);
                 uint helpContext = exc->dwHelpContext;
 
                 if (helpContext && !help.isEmpty())
@@ -4228,7 +4224,7 @@ public:
         if (!var)
             return E_POINTER;
 
-        QString property = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)name);
+        QString property = QString::fromWCharArray(name);
         QVariant qvar = map.value(property);
         QVariantToVARIANT(qvar, *var);
         return S_OK;
@@ -4237,7 +4233,7 @@ public:
     {
         if (!var)
             return E_POINTER;
-        QString property = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)name);
+        QString property = QString::fromWCharArray(name);
         QVariant qvar = VARIANTToQVariant(*var, 0);
         map[property] = qvar;
 
diff --git a/src/activeqt/container/qaxdump.cpp b/src/activeqt/container/qaxdump.cpp
index 39d5121..a654a8f 100644
--- a/src/activeqt/container/qaxdump.cpp
+++ b/src/activeqt/container/qaxdump.cpp
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ QString qax_docuFromName(ITypeInfo *typeInfo, const QString &name)
         BSTR docStringBstr, helpFileBstr;
         ulong helpContext;
         HRESULT hres = typeInfo->GetDocumentation(memId, 0, &docStringBstr, &helpContext, &helpFileBstr);
-        QString docString = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)docStringBstr);
-        QString helpFile = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)helpFileBstr);
+        QString docString = QString::fromWCharArray(docStringBstr);
+        QString helpFile = QString::fromWCharArray(helpFileBstr);
         SysFreeString(docStringBstr);
         SysFreeString(helpFileBstr);
         if (hres == S_OK) {
diff --git a/src/activeqt/container/qaxobject.cpp b/src/activeqt/container/qaxobject.cpp
index 3526f93..412c5b5 100644
--- a/src/activeqt/container/qaxobject.cpp
+++ b/src/activeqt/container/qaxobject.cpp
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
 **
 ****************************************************************************/
 
-#ifndef UNICODE
-#define UNICODE
-#endif
-
 #include "qaxobject.h"
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_WIN_ACTIVEQT
diff --git a/src/activeqt/container/qaxscript.cpp b/src/activeqt/container/qaxscript.cpp
index dcfc84b..2ee08b3 100644
--- a/src/activeqt/container/qaxscript.cpp
+++ b/src/activeqt/container/qaxscript.cpp
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
 **
 ****************************************************************************/
 
-#ifndef UNICODE
-#define UNICODE
-#endif
-
 #include "qaxscript.h"
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_WIN_ACTIVEQT
@@ -194,7 +190,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxScriptSite::GetItemInfo(LPCOLESTR pstrName, DWORD mask, IUnkno
     else if (mask & SCRIPTINFO_ITYPEINFO)
         return E_POINTER;
     
-    QAxBase *object = script->findObject(QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*)pstrName));
+    QAxBase *object = script->findObject(QString::fromWCharArray(pstrName));
     if (!object)
         return TYPE_E_ELEMENTNOTFOUND;
     
@@ -236,9 +232,9 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxScriptSite::OnScriptTerminate(const VARIANT *result, const EXC
         emit script->finished(VARIANTToQVariant(*result, 0));
     if (exception)
         emit script->finished(exception->wCode, 
-        QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*)exception->bstrSource),
-        QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*)exception->bstrDescription),
-        QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*)exception->bstrHelpFile)
+        QString::fromWCharArray(exception->bstrSource),
+        QString::fromWCharArray(exception->bstrDescription),
+        QString::fromWCharArray(exception->bstrHelpFile)
 			    );
     return S_OK;
 }
@@ -287,14 +283,14 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxScriptSite::OnScriptError(IActiveScriptError *error)
     error->GetSourcePosition(&context, &lineNumber, &charPos);
     HRESULT hres = error->GetSourceLineText(&bstrLineText);
     if (hres == S_OK) {
-        lineText = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*)bstrLineText);
+        lineText = QString::fromWCharArray(bstrLineText);
         SysFreeString(bstrLineText);
     }
     SysFreeString(exception.bstrSource);
     SysFreeString(exception.bstrDescription);
     SysFreeString(exception.bstrHelpFile);
 
-    emit script->error(exception.wCode, QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*)exception.bstrDescription), lineNumber, lineText);
+    emit script->error(exception.wCode, QString::fromWCharArray(exception.bstrDescription), lineNumber, lineText);
     
     return S_OK;
 }
@@ -463,7 +459,7 @@ bool QAxScriptEngine::initialize(IUnknown **ptr)
         return false;
     
     CLSID clsid;
-    HRESULT hres = CLSIDFromProgID((WCHAR*)script_language.utf16(), &clsid);
+    HRESULT hres = CLSIDFromProgID((wchar_t*)script_language.utf16(), &clsid);
     if(FAILED(hres))
         return false;
     
@@ -609,7 +605,7 @@ void QAxScriptEngine::addItem(const QString &name)
     if (!engine)
         return;
     
-    engine->AddNamedItem((WCHAR*)name.utf16(), SCRIPTITEM_ISSOURCE|SCRIPTITEM_ISVISIBLE);
+    engine->AddNamedItem((wchar_t*)name.utf16(), SCRIPTITEM_ISSOURCE|SCRIPTITEM_ISVISIBLE);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -1173,7 +1169,7 @@ bool QAxScriptManager::registerEngine(const QString &name, const QString &extens
         return false;
     
     CLSID clsid;
-    HRESULT hres = CLSIDFromProgID((WCHAR*)name.utf16(), &clsid);
+    HRESULT hres = CLSIDFromProgID((wchar_t*)name.utf16(), &clsid);
     if (hres != S_OK)
         return false;
     
diff --git a/src/activeqt/container/qaxselect.cpp b/src/activeqt/container/qaxselect.cpp
index 5de39e4..a0c725d 100644
--- a/src/activeqt/container/qaxselect.cpp
+++ b/src/activeqt/container/qaxselect.cpp
@@ -52,54 +52,46 @@ public:
     : QAbstractListModel(parent) 
     {
         HKEY classes_key;
-        QT_WA_INLINE(
-            RegOpenKeyExW(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, L"CLSID", 0, KEY_READ, &classes_key),
-            RegOpenKeyExA(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, "CLSID", 0, KEY_READ, &classes_key));
+        RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, L"CLSID", 0, KEY_READ, &classes_key);
         if (!classes_key)
             return;
 
         DWORD index = 0;
         LONG result = 0;
-        TCHAR buffer[256];
-        DWORD szBuffer = sizeof(buffer);
+        wchar_t buffer[256];
+        DWORD szBuffer = sizeof(buffer) / sizeof(wchar_t);
         FILETIME ft;
         do {
-            result = QT_WA_INLINE(
-                RegEnumKeyExW(classes_key, index, (wchar_t*)&buffer, &szBuffer, 0, 0, 0, &ft),
-                RegEnumKeyExA(classes_key, index, (char*)&buffer, &szBuffer, 0, 0, 0, &ft));
-            szBuffer = sizeof(buffer);
+            result = RegEnumKeyEx(classes_key, index, buffer, &szBuffer, 0, 0, 0, &ft);
+            szBuffer = sizeof(buffer) / sizeof(wchar_t);
             if (result == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
                 HKEY sub_key;
-                QString clsid = QT_WA_INLINE(QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)buffer), QString::fromLocal8Bit((char*)buffer));
-                result = QT_WA_INLINE(
-                    RegOpenKeyExW(classes_key, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(QString(clsid + "\\Control").utf16()), 0, KEY_READ, &sub_key),
-                    RegOpenKeyA(classes_key, QString(clsid + QLatin1String("\\Control")).toLocal8Bit(), &sub_key));
+                QString clsid = QString::fromWCharArray(buffer);
+                result = RegOpenKeyEx(classes_key, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(QString(clsid + "\\Control").utf16()), 0, KEY_READ, &sub_key);
                 if (result == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
                     RegCloseKey(sub_key);
-                    QT_WA_INLINE(
-                        RegistryQueryValueW(classes_key, buffer, (LPBYTE)buffer, &szBuffer),
-                        RegQueryValueA(classes_key, (char*)buffer, (char*)buffer, (LONG*)&szBuffer));
-                    QString name = QT_WA_INLINE(QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)buffer, szBuffer / sizeof(TCHAR)) , QString::fromLocal8Bit((char*)buffer, szBuffer));
+                    RegistryQueryValue(classes_key, buffer, (LPBYTE)buffer, &szBuffer);
+                    QString name = QString::fromWCharArray(buffer);
 
                     controls << name;
                     clsids.insert(name, clsid);
                 }
                 result = ERROR_SUCCESS;
             }
-            szBuffer = sizeof(buffer);
+            szBuffer = sizeof(buffer) / sizeof(wchar_t);
             ++index;
         } while (result == ERROR_SUCCESS);
         RegCloseKey(classes_key);
         controls.sort();
     }
 
-    LONG RegistryQueryValueW(HKEY hKey, LPCWSTR lpSubKey, LPBYTE lpData, LPDWORD lpcbData)
+    LONG RegistryQueryValue(HKEY hKey, LPCWSTR lpSubKey, LPBYTE lpData, LPDWORD lpcbData)
     {
         LONG ret = ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND;
         HKEY hSubKey = NULL;
-        RegOpenKeyExW(hKey, lpSubKey, 0, KEY_READ, &hSubKey);
+        RegOpenKeyEx(hKey, lpSubKey, 0, KEY_READ, &hSubKey);
         if (hSubKey) {
-            ret = RegQueryValueExW(hSubKey, 0, 0, 0, lpData, lpcbData);
+            ret = RegQueryValueEx(hSubKey, 0, 0, 0, lpData, lpcbData);
             RegCloseKey(hSubKey);
         }
         return ret;
diff --git a/src/activeqt/container/qaxwidget.cpp b/src/activeqt/container/qaxwidget.cpp
index ebec872..615887f 100644
--- a/src/activeqt/container/qaxwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/activeqt/container/qaxwidget.cpp
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@
 **
 ****************************************************************************/
 
-#ifndef UNICODE
-#define UNICODE
-#endif
-
-
 #include "qaxwidget.h"
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_WIN_ACTIVEQT
@@ -470,7 +465,7 @@ static QAbstractEventDispatcher::EventFilter previous_filter = 0;
 #if defined(Q_WS_WINCE)
 static int filter_ref = 0;
 #else
-static const char *qaxatom = "QAxContainer4_Atom";
+static const wchar_t *qaxatom = L"QAxContainer4_Atom";
 #endif
 
 // The filter procedure listening to user interaction on the control
@@ -714,7 +709,7 @@ bool QAxClientSite::activateObject(bool initialized, const QByteArray &data)
         BSTR userType;
         HRESULT result = m_spOleObject->GetUserType(USERCLASSTYPE_SHORT, &userType);
         if (result == S_OK) {
-            widget->setWindowTitle(QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)userType));
+            widget->setWindowTitle(QString::fromWCharArray(userType));
             CoTaskMemFree(userType);
         }
     } else {
@@ -984,10 +979,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxClientSite::TranslateAccelerator(LPMSG lpMsg, DWORD /*grfModif
     eventTranslated = false;
     if (lpMsg->message == WM_KEYDOWN && !lpMsg->wParam)
         return S_OK;
-    QT_WA_INLINE(
-        SendMessage(host->winId(), lpMsg->message, lpMsg->wParam, lpMsg->lParam),
-        SendMessageA(host->winId(), lpMsg->message, lpMsg->wParam, lpMsg->lParam)
-    );
+        SendMessage(host->winId(), lpMsg->message, lpMsg->wParam, lpMsg->lParam);
     return S_OK;
 }
 
@@ -1173,15 +1165,15 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxClientSite::InsertMenus(HMENU /*hmenuShared*/, LPOLEMENUGROUPW
 #endif
 }
 
-static int menuItemEntry(HMENU menu, int index, MENUITEMINFOA item, QString &text, QPixmap &/*icon*/)
+static int menuItemEntry(HMENU menu, int index, MENUITEMINFO item, QString &text, QPixmap &/*icon*/)
 {
     if (item.fType == MFT_STRING && item.cch) {
-        char *titlebuf = new char[item.cch+1];
+        wchar_t *titlebuf = new wchar_t[item.cch + 1];
         item.dwTypeData = titlebuf;
         item.cch++;
-        ::GetMenuItemInfoA(menu, index, true, &item);
-        text = QString::fromLocal8Bit(titlebuf);
-        delete []titlebuf;
+        ::GetMenuItemInfo(menu, index, true, &item);
+        text = QString::fromWCharArray(titlebuf);
+        delete [] titlebuf;
         return MFT_STRING;
     }
 #if 0
@@ -1191,7 +1183,7 @@ static int menuItemEntry(HMENU menu, int index, MENUITEMINFOA item, QString &tex
         GetBitmapDimensionEx(hbm, &bmsize);
         QPixmap pixmap(1,1);
         QSize sz(MAP_LOGHIM_TO_PIX(bmsize.cx, pixmap.logicalDpiX()),
-            MAP_LOGHIM_TO_PIX(bmsize.cy, pixmap.logicalDpiY()));
+                 MAP_LOGHIM_TO_PIX(bmsize.cy, pixmap.logicalDpiY()));
 
         pixmap.resize(bmsize.cx, bmsize.cy);
         if (!pixmap.isNull()) {
@@ -1215,11 +1207,11 @@ QMenu *QAxClientSite::generatePopup(HMENU subMenu, QWidget *parent)
     if (count)
         popup = new QMenu(parent);
     for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
-        MENUITEMINFOA item;
-        memset(&item, 0, sizeof(MENUITEMINFOA));
-        item.cbSize = sizeof(MENUITEMINFOA);
+        MENUITEMINFO item;
+        memset(&item, 0, sizeof(MENUITEMINFO));
+        item.cbSize = sizeof(MENUITEMINFO);
         item.fMask = MIIM_ID | MIIM_TYPE | MIIM_SUBMENU;
-        ::GetMenuItemInfoA(subMenu, i, true, &item);
+        ::GetMenuItemInfo(subMenu, i, true, &item);
 
         QAction *action = 0;
         QMenu *popupMenu = 0;
@@ -1295,11 +1287,11 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxClientSite::SetMenu(HMENU hmenuShared, HOLEMENU holemenu, HWND
 
         int count = GetMenuItemCount(hmenuShared);
         for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
-            MENUITEMINFOA item;
-            memset(&item, 0, sizeof(MENUITEMINFOA));
-            item.cbSize = sizeof(MENUITEMINFOA);
+            MENUITEMINFO item;
+            memset(&item, 0, sizeof(MENUITEMINFO));
+            item.cbSize = sizeof(MENUITEMINFO);
             item.fMask = MIIM_ID | MIIM_TYPE | MIIM_SUBMENU;
-            ::GetMenuItemInfoA(hmenuShared, i, true, &item);
+            ::GetMenuItemInfo(hmenuShared, i, true, &item);
 
             QAction *action = 0;
             QMenu *popupMenu = 0;
@@ -1379,7 +1371,7 @@ int QAxClientSite::qt_metacall(QMetaObject::Call call, int isignal, void **argv)
 
     OleMenuItem oleItem = menuItemMap.value(action);
     if (oleItem.hMenu)
-        ::PostMessageA(m_menuOwner, WM_COMMAND, oleItem.id, 0);
+        ::PostMessage(m_menuOwner, WM_COMMAND, oleItem.id, 0);
     return -1;
 #endif
 }
@@ -1404,7 +1396,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxClientSite::RemoveMenus(HMENU /*hmenuShared*/)
 
 HRESULT WINAPI QAxClientSite::SetStatusText(LPCOLESTR pszStatusText)
 {
-    QStatusTipEvent tip(QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)(BSTR)pszStatusText));
+    QStatusTipEvent tip(QString::fromWCharArray(pszStatusText));
     QApplication::sendEvent(widget, &tip);
     return S_OK;
 }
@@ -1513,7 +1505,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxClientSite::SetActiveObject(IOleInPlaceActiveObject *pActiveOb
     AX_DEBUG(QAxClientSite::SetActiveObject);
 
     if (pszObjName && widget)
-        widget->setWindowTitle(QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)(BSTR)pszObjName));
+        widget->setWindowTitle(QString::fromWCharArray(pszObjName));
 
     if (m_spInPlaceActiveObject) {
         if (!inPlaceModelessEnabled)
@@ -1952,12 +1944,12 @@ bool QAxWidget::createHostWindow(bool initialized, const QByteArray &data)
     container->activateObject(initialized, data);
 
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    ATOM filter_ref = FindAtomA(qaxatom);
+    ATOM filter_ref = FindAtom(qaxatom);
 #endif
     if (!filter_ref)
         previous_filter = QAbstractEventDispatcher::instance()->setEventFilter(axc_FilterProc);
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    AddAtomA(qaxatom);
+    AddAtom(qaxatom);
 #else
     ++filter_ref;
 #endif
@@ -1992,10 +1984,10 @@ void QAxWidget::clear()
         return;
     if (!control().isEmpty()) {
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        ATOM filter_ref = FindAtomA(qaxatom);
+        ATOM filter_ref = FindAtom(qaxatom);
         if (filter_ref)
             DeleteAtom(filter_ref);
-        filter_ref = FindAtomA(qaxatom);
+        filter_ref = FindAtom(qaxatom);
         if (!filter_ref) {
 #else
         if (!filter_ref && !--filter_ref) {
diff --git a/src/activeqt/control/qaxfactory.cpp b/src/activeqt/control/qaxfactory.cpp
index c65fbb8..742e93e 100644
--- a/src/activeqt/control/qaxfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/activeqt/control/qaxfactory.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-extern char qAxModuleFilename[MAX_PATH];
+extern wchar_t qAxModuleFilename[MAX_PATH];
 
 /*!
     \class QAxFactory
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ bool QAxFactory::validateLicenseKey(const QString &key, const QString &licenseKe
         return true;
 
     if (licenseKey.isEmpty()) {
-        QString licFile(QFile::decodeName(qAxModuleFilename));
+        QString licFile(QString::fromWCharArray(qAxModuleFilename));
         int lastDot = licFile.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('.'));
         licFile = licFile.left(lastDot) + QLatin1String(".lic");
         if (QFile::exists(licFile))
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ bool QAxFactory::isServer()
     return qAxIsServer;
 }
 
-extern char qAxModuleFilename[MAX_PATH];
+extern wchar_t qAxModuleFilename[MAX_PATH];
 
 /*!
     Returns the directory that contains the server binary.
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ extern char qAxModuleFilename[MAX_PATH];
 */
 QString QAxFactory::serverDirPath()
 {
-    return QFileInfo(QString::fromLocal8Bit(qAxModuleFilename)).absolutePath();
+    return QFileInfo(QString::fromWCharArray(qAxModuleFilename)).absolutePath();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ QString QAxFactory::serverDirPath()
 */
 QString QAxFactory::serverFilePath()
 {
-    return QString::fromLocal8Bit(qAxModuleFilename);
+    return QString::fromWCharArray(qAxModuleFilename);
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ bool QAxFactory::registerActiveObject(QObject *object)
     if (qstricmp(object->metaObject()->classInfo(object->metaObject()->indexOfClassInfo("RegisterObject")).value(), "yes"))
         return false;
 
-    if (!QString::fromLocal8Bit(qAxModuleFilename).toLower().endsWith(QLatin1String(".exe")))
+    if (!QString::fromWCharArray(qAxModuleFilename).toLower().endsWith(QLatin1String(".exe")))
 	return false;
 
     ActiveObject *active = new ActiveObject(object, qAxFactory());
diff --git a/src/activeqt/control/qaxserver.cpp b/src/activeqt/control/qaxserver.cpp
index a9b3271..e6b0c17 100644
--- a/src/activeqt/control/qaxserver.cpp
+++ b/src/activeqt/control/qaxserver.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 bool qAxIsServer = false;
 HANDLE qAxInstance = 0;
 ITypeLib *qAxTypeLibrary = 0;
-char qAxModuleFilename[MAX_PATH];
+wchar_t qAxModuleFilename[MAX_PATH];
 bool qAxOutProcServer = false;
 
 // The QAxFactory instance
@@ -116,19 +116,19 @@ QString qAxInit()
     
     InitializeCriticalSection(&qAxModuleSection);
     
-    libFile = QString::fromLocal8Bit(qAxModuleFilename);
+    libFile = QString::fromWCharArray(qAxModuleFilename);
     libFile = libFile.toLower();
-    if (LoadTypeLibEx((TCHAR*)libFile.utf16(), REGKIND_NONE, &qAxTypeLibrary) == S_OK)
+    if (LoadTypeLibEx((wchar_t*)libFile.utf16(), REGKIND_NONE, &qAxTypeLibrary) == S_OK)
         return libFile;
 
     int lastDot = libFile.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('.'));
     libFile = libFile.left(lastDot) + QLatin1String(".tlb");
-    if (LoadTypeLibEx((TCHAR*)libFile.utf16(), REGKIND_NONE, &qAxTypeLibrary) == S_OK)
+    if (LoadTypeLibEx((wchar_t*)libFile.utf16(), REGKIND_NONE, &qAxTypeLibrary) == S_OK)
         return libFile;
 
     lastDot = libFile.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('.'));
     libFile = libFile.left(lastDot) + QLatin1String(".olb");
-    if (LoadTypeLibEx((TCHAR*)libFile.utf16(), REGKIND_NONE, &qAxTypeLibrary) == S_OK)
+    if (LoadTypeLibEx((wchar_t*)libFile.utf16(), REGKIND_NONE, &qAxTypeLibrary) == S_OK)
         return libFile;
 
     libFile = QString();
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ QString qax_clean_type(const QString &type, const QMetaObject *mo)
 HRESULT UpdateRegistry(BOOL bRegister)
 {
     qAxIsServer = false;
-    QString file = QString::fromLocal8Bit(qAxModuleFilename);
+    QString file = QString::fromWCharArray(qAxModuleFilename);
     QString path = file.left(file.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('\\'))+1);
     QString module = file.right(file.length() - path.length());
     module = module.left(module.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('.')));
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ HRESULT UpdateRegistry(BOOL bRegister)
     typeLibVersion = QString::number((uint)major) + QLatin1Char('.') + QString::number((uint)minor);
 
     if (bRegister)
-        RegisterTypeLib(qAxTypeLibrary, (TCHAR*)libFile.utf16(), 0);
+        RegisterTypeLib(qAxTypeLibrary, (wchar_t*)libFile.utf16(), 0);
     else
         UnRegisterTypeLib(libAttr->guid, libAttr->wMajorVerNum, libAttr->wMinorVerNum, libAttr->lcid, libAttr->syskind);
 
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ extern "C" HRESULT __stdcall DumpIDL(const QString &outfile, const QString &ver)
     QFile file(outfile);
     file.remove();
     
-    QString filebase = QString::fromLocal8Bit(qAxModuleFilename);
+    QString filebase = QString::fromWCharArray(qAxModuleFilename);
     filebase = filebase.left(filebase.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('.')));
     
     QString appID = qAxFactory()->appID().toString().toUpper();
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ extern "C" HRESULT __stdcall DumpIDL(const QString &outfile, const QString &ver)
     out << "/****************************************************************************" << endl;
     out << "** Interface definition generated for ActiveQt project" << endl;
     out << "**" << endl;
-    out << "**     '" << qAxModuleFilename << '\'' << endl;
+    out << "**     '" << QString::fromWCharArray(qAxModuleFilename) << '\'' << endl;
     out << "**" << endl;
     out << "** Created:  " << QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString() << endl;
     out << "**" << endl;
diff --git a/src/activeqt/control/qaxserverbase.cpp b/src/activeqt/control/qaxserverbase.cpp
index 2cac004..d7a8e07 100644
--- a/src/activeqt/control/qaxserverbase.cpp
+++ b/src/activeqt/control/qaxserverbase.cpp
@@ -788,17 +788,9 @@ bool qax_winEventFilter(void *message)
     QAxServerBase *axbase = 0;
     while (!axbase && baseHwnd) {
 #ifdef GWLP_USERDATA
-        QT_WA({
-            axbase = (QAxServerBase*)GetWindowLongPtrW(baseHwnd, GWLP_USERDATA);
-        }, {
-            axbase = (QAxServerBase*)GetWindowLongPtrA(baseHwnd, GWLP_USERDATA);
-        });
+        axbase = (QAxServerBase*)GetWindowLongPtr(baseHwnd, GWLP_USERDATA);
 #else
-        QT_WA({
-            axbase = (QAxServerBase*)GetWindowLongW(baseHwnd, GWL_USERDATA);
-        }, {
-            axbase = (QAxServerBase*)GetWindowLongA(baseHwnd, GWL_USERDATA);
-        });
+        axbase = (QAxServerBase*)GetWindowLong(baseHwnd, GWL_USERDATA);
 #endif
 
 	baseHwnd = ::GetParent(baseHwnd);
@@ -905,11 +897,7 @@ public:
 
         // hook into eventloop; this allows a server to create his own QApplication object
         if (!qax_hhook && qax_ownQApp) {
-            QT_WA({
-                qax_hhook = SetWindowsHookExW(WH_GETMESSAGE, axs_FilterProc, 0, GetCurrentThreadId());
-            }, {
-                qax_hhook = SetWindowsHookExA(WH_GETMESSAGE, axs_FilterProc, 0, GetCurrentThreadId());
-            });
+            qax_hhook = SetWindowsHookEx(WH_GETMESSAGE, axs_FilterProc, 0, GetCurrentThreadId());
         }
 
 	HRESULT res;
@@ -983,7 +971,7 @@ public:
 
     HRESULT WINAPI CreateInstanceLic(IUnknown *pUnkOuter, IUnknown *pUnkReserved, REFIID iid, BSTR bKey, PVOID *ppObject)
     {
-        QString licenseKey = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)bKey);
+        QString licenseKey = QString::fromWCharArray(bKey);
 	if (!qAxFactory()->validateLicenseKey(className, licenseKey))
 	    return CLASS_E_NOTLICENSED;
 	return CreateInstanceHelper(pUnkOuter, iid, ppObject);
@@ -1303,15 +1291,11 @@ bool QAxServerBase::internalCreate()
 
     internalBind();
     if (isWidget) {
-	if (!stayTopLevel) {
-	    QEvent e(QEvent::EmbeddingControl);
-	    QApplication::sendEvent(qt.widget, &e);
-	    QT_WA({
-		::SetWindowLongW(qt.widget->winId(), GWL_STYLE, WS_CHILD | WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS);
-	    }, {
-		::SetWindowLongA(qt.widget->winId(), GWL_STYLE, WS_CHILD | WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS);
-	    });
-	}
+        if (!stayTopLevel) {
+            QEvent e(QEvent::EmbeddingControl);
+            QApplication::sendEvent(qt.widget, &e);
+            ::SetWindowLong(qt.widget->winId(), GWL_STYLE, WS_CHILD | WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS);
+        }
         qt.widget->setAttribute(Qt::WA_QuitOnClose, false);
         qt.widget->move(0, 0);
 
@@ -1368,52 +1352,26 @@ class HackWidget : public QWidget
 LRESULT CALLBACK QAxServerBase::ActiveXProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 {
     if (uMsg == WM_CREATE) {
-	QAxServerBase *that;
-	QT_WA({
-	    CREATESTRUCTW *cs = (CREATESTRUCTW*)lParam;
-	    that = (QAxServerBase*)cs->lpCreateParams;
-	}, {
-	    CREATESTRUCTA *cs = (CREATESTRUCTA*)lParam;
-	    that = (QAxServerBase*)cs->lpCreateParams;
-	});
+        CREATESTRUCT *cs = (CREATESTRUCT*)lParam;
+        QAxServerBase *that = (QAxServerBase*)cs->lpCreateParams;
 
 #ifdef GWLP_USERDATA
-        QT_WA({
-            SetWindowLongPtrW(hWnd, GWLP_USERDATA, (LONG_PTR)that);
-        }, {
-            SetWindowLongPtrA(hWnd, GWLP_USERDATA, (LONG_PTR)that);
-        });
+        SetWindowLongPtr(hWnd, GWLP_USERDATA, (LONG_PTR)that);
 #else
-        QT_WA({
-            SetWindowLongW(hWnd, GWL_USERDATA, (LONG)that);
-        }, {
-            SetWindowLongA(hWnd, GWL_USERDATA, (LONG)that);
-        });
+        SetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_USERDATA, (LONG)that);
 #endif
 
-	that->m_hWnd = hWnd;
+        that->m_hWnd = hWnd;
 
-	QT_WA({
-	    return ::DefWindowProcW(hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
-	}, {
-	    return ::DefWindowProcA(hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
-	});
+        return ::DefWindowProc(hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
     }
 
     QAxServerBase *that = 0;
 
 #ifdef GWLP_USERDATA
-    QT_WA({
-        that = (QAxServerBase*)GetWindowLongPtrW(hWnd, GWLP_USERDATA);
-    }, {
-        that = (QAxServerBase*)GetWindowLongPtrA(hWnd, GWLP_USERDATA);
-    });
+    that = (QAxServerBase*)GetWindowLongPtr(hWnd, GWLP_USERDATA);
 #else
-    QT_WA({
-        that = (QAxServerBase*)GetWindowLongW(hWnd, GWL_USERDATA);
-    }, {
-        that = (QAxServerBase*)GetWindowLongA(hWnd, GWL_USERDATA);
-    });
+    that = (QAxServerBase*)GetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_USERDATA);
 #endif
 
     if (that) {
@@ -1563,11 +1521,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK QAxServerBase::ActiveXProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam,
         }
     }
 
-    QT_WA({
-	return ::DefWindowProcW(hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
-    }, {
-	return ::DefWindowProcA(hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
-    });
+    return ::DefWindowProc(hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -1583,54 +1537,29 @@ HWND QAxServerBase::create(HWND hWndParent, RECT& rcPos)
     QString cn(QLatin1String("QAxControl"));
     cn += QString::number((int)ActiveXProc);
     if (!atom) {
-	QT_WA({
-	    WNDCLASSW wcTemp;
-	    wcTemp.style = CS_DBLCLKS;
-	    wcTemp.cbClsExtra = 0;
-	    wcTemp.cbWndExtra = 0;
-	    wcTemp.hbrBackground = 0;
-	    wcTemp.hCursor = 0;
-	    wcTemp.hIcon = 0;
-	    wcTemp.hInstance = hInst;
-	    wcTemp.lpszClassName = (wchar_t*)cn.utf16();
-	    wcTemp.lpszMenuName = 0;
-	    wcTemp.lpfnWndProc = ActiveXProc;
-
-	    atom = RegisterClassW(&wcTemp);
-	}, {
-            QByteArray cna = cn.toLatin1();
-	    WNDCLASSA wcTemp;
-	    wcTemp.style = CS_DBLCLKS;
-	    wcTemp.cbClsExtra = 0;
-	    wcTemp.cbWndExtra = 0;
-	    wcTemp.hbrBackground = 0;
-	    wcTemp.hCursor = 0;
-	    wcTemp.hIcon = 0;
-	    wcTemp.hInstance = hInst;
-	    wcTemp.lpszClassName = cna.data();
-	    wcTemp.lpszMenuName = 0;
-	    wcTemp.lpfnWndProc = ActiveXProc;
-
-	    atom = RegisterClassA(&wcTemp);
-	});
+        WNDCLASS wcTemp;
+        wcTemp.style = CS_DBLCLKS;
+        wcTemp.cbClsExtra = 0;
+        wcTemp.cbWndExtra = 0;
+        wcTemp.hbrBackground = 0;
+        wcTemp.hCursor = 0;
+        wcTemp.hIcon = 0;
+        wcTemp.hInstance = hInst;
+        wcTemp.lpszClassName = (wchar_t*)cn.utf16();
+        wcTemp.lpszMenuName = 0;
+        wcTemp.lpfnWndProc = ActiveXProc;
+
+        atom = RegisterClass(&wcTemp);
     }
     LeaveCriticalSection(&createWindowSection);
     if (!atom  && GetLastError() != ERROR_CLASS_ALREADY_EXISTS)
 	return 0;
 
     Q_ASSERT(!m_hWnd);
-    HWND hWnd = 0;
-    QT_WA({
-	hWnd = ::CreateWindowW((wchar_t*)cn.utf16(), 0,
-	    WS_CHILD | WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS,
-	    rcPos.left, rcPos.top, rcPos.right - rcPos.left,
-	    rcPos.bottom - rcPos.top, hWndParent, 0, hInst, this);
-    }, {
-	hWnd = ::CreateWindowA(cn.toLatin1().data(), 0,
-	    WS_CHILD | WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS,
-	    rcPos.left, rcPos.top, rcPos.right - rcPos.left,
-	    rcPos.bottom - rcPos.top, hWndParent, 0, hInst, this);
-    });
+    HWND hWnd = ::CreateWindow((wchar_t*)cn.utf16(), 0,
+                               WS_CHILD | WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS,
+                               rcPos.left, rcPos.top, rcPos.right - rcPos.left,
+                               rcPos.bottom - rcPos.top, hWndParent, 0, hInst, this);
 
     Q_ASSERT(m_hWnd == hWnd);
 
@@ -1676,11 +1605,7 @@ HMENU QAxServerBase::createPopup(QMenu *popup, HMENU oldMenu)
             actionMap.remove(itemId);
             actionMap.insert(itemId, action);
         }
-        QT_WA({
-            AppendMenuW(popupMenu, flags, itemId, (TCHAR*)action->text().utf16());
-        }, {
-            AppendMenuA(popupMenu, flags, itemId, action->text().toLocal8Bit());
-        });
+        AppendMenu(popupMenu, flags, itemId, (const wchar_t *)action->text().utf16());
     }
     if (oldMenu)
         DrawMenuBar(hwndMenuOwner);
@@ -1726,11 +1651,7 @@ void QAxServerBase::createMenu(QMenuBar *menuBar)
             itemId = static_cast<ushort>(reinterpret_cast<ulong>(action));
             actionMap.insert(itemId, action);
         }
-	QT_WA({
-	    AppendMenuW(hmenuShared, flags, itemId, (TCHAR*)action->text().utf16());
-	} , {
-	    AppendMenuA(hmenuShared, flags, itemId, action->text().toLocal8Bit());
-	});
+        AppendMenu(hmenuShared, flags, itemId, (const wchar_t *)action->text().utf16());
     }
 
     OLEMENUGROUPWIDTHS menuWidths = {0,edit,0,object,0,help};
@@ -2397,7 +2318,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxServerBase::Invoke(DISPID dispidMember, REFIID riid,
 	    if (!cname)
 	        return res;
 
-            name = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)bname).toLatin1();
+            name = QString::fromWCharArray(bname).toLatin1();
 	    SysFreeString(bname);
         }
     }
@@ -2799,7 +2720,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxServerBase::Load(IStream *pStm)
     bool openAsText = false;
     QByteArray qtarray;
     if (hres == S_OK) {
-        QString streamName = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)stat.pwcsName);
+        QString streamName = QString::fromWCharArray(stat.pwcsName);
         CoTaskMemFree(stat.pwcsName);
         openAsText = streamName == QLatin1String("SomeStreamName");
 	if (stat.cbSize.HighPart) // more than 4GB - too large!
@@ -2940,7 +2861,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxServerBase::Load(IStorage *pStg)
     */
     streamName += QLatin1String("_Stream4.2");
 
-    pStg->OpenStream((const WCHAR *)streamName.utf16(), 0, STGM_READ | STGM_SHARE_EXCLUSIVE, 0, &spStream);
+    pStg->OpenStream((const wchar_t *)streamName.utf16(), 0, STGM_READ | STGM_SHARE_EXCLUSIVE, 0, &spStream);
     if (!spStream) // support for streams saved with 4.1 and earlier
         pStg->OpenStream(L"SomeStreamName", 0, STGM_READ | STGM_SHARE_EXCLUSIVE, 0, &spStream);
     if (!spStream)
@@ -2963,7 +2884,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxServerBase::Save(IStorage *pStg, BOOL fSameAsLoad)
     */
     streamName += QLatin1String("_Stream4.2");
 
-    pStg->CreateStream((const WCHAR *)streamName.utf16(), STGM_CREATE | STGM_WRITE | STGM_SHARE_EXCLUSIVE, 0, 0, &spStream);
+    pStg->CreateStream((const wchar_t *)streamName.utf16(), STGM_CREATE | STGM_WRITE | STGM_SHARE_EXCLUSIVE, 0, 0, &spStream);
     if (!spStream)
 	return E_FAIL;
 
@@ -3079,7 +3000,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxServerBase::SaveCompleted(LPCOLESTR fileName)
     if (qt.object->metaObject()->indexOfClassInfo("MIME") == -1)
         return E_NOTIMPL;
 
-    currentFileName = QString::fromUtf16(reinterpret_cast<const ushort *>(fileName));
+    currentFileName = QString::fromWCharArray(fileName);
     return S_OK;
 }
 
@@ -3097,7 +3018,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxServerBase::GetCurFile(LPOLESTR *currentFile)
     if (!malloc)
         return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 
-    *currentFile = static_cast<WCHAR *>(malloc->Alloc(currentFileName.length() * 2));
+    *currentFile = static_cast<wchar_t *>(malloc->Alloc(currentFileName.length() * 2));
     malloc->Release();
     memcpy(*currentFile, currentFileName.unicode(), currentFileName.length() * 2);
 
@@ -3117,7 +3038,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxServerBase::Load(LPCOLESTR fileName, DWORD mode)
         return E_NOTIMPL;
     }
 
-    QString loadFileName = QString::fromUtf16(reinterpret_cast<const ushort *>(fileName));
+    QString loadFileName = QString::fromWCharArray(fileName);
     QString fileExtension = loadFileName.mid(loadFileName.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('.')) + 1);
     QFile file(loadFileName);
 
@@ -3162,7 +3083,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxServerBase::Save(LPCOLESTR fileName, BOOL fRemember)
         return E_NOTIMPL;
     }
 
-    QString saveFileName = QString::fromUtf16(reinterpret_cast<const ushort *>(fileName));
+    QString saveFileName = QString::fromWCharArray(fileName);
     QString fileExtension = saveFileName.mid(saveFileName.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('.')) + 1);
     QFile file(saveFileName);
 
@@ -3220,7 +3141,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxServerBase::Draw(DWORD dwAspect, LONG lindex, void *pvAspect,
 
     bool bDeleteDC = false;
     if (!hicTargetDev) {
-	hicTargetDev = ::CreateDCA("DISPLAY", NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	hicTargetDev = ::CreateDC(L"DISPLAY", NULL, NULL, NULL);
 	bDeleteDC = (hicTargetDev != hdcDraw);
     }
 
@@ -3383,7 +3304,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI QAxServerBase::OnAmbientPropertyChange(DISPID dispID)
     case DISPID_AMBIENT_DISPLAYNAME:
 	if (var.vt != VT_BSTR || !isWidget)
 	    break;
-	qt.widget->setWindowTitle(QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)var.bstrVal));
+	qt.widget->setWindowTitle(QString::fromWCharArray(var.bstrVal));
 	break;
     case DISPID_AMBIENT_FONT:
 	if (var.vt != VT_DISPATCH || !isWidget)
diff --git a/src/activeqt/control/qaxserverdll.cpp b/src/activeqt/control/qaxserverdll.cpp
index 375028d..512c408 100644
--- a/src/activeqt/control/qaxserverdll.cpp
+++ b/src/activeqt/control/qaxserverdll.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ bool qax_ownQApp = false;
 HHOOK qax_hhook = 0;
 
 // in qaxserver.cpp
-extern char qAxModuleFilename[MAX_PATH];
+extern wchar_t qAxModuleFilename[MAX_PATH];
 extern bool qAxIsServer;
 extern ITypeLib *qAxTypeLibrary;
 extern unsigned long qAxLockCount();
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ STDAPI DllCanUnloadNow()
 
 EXTERN_C BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, DWORD dwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved)
 {
-    GetModuleFileNameA(hInstance, qAxModuleFilename, MAX_PATH-1);
+    GetModuleFileName(hInstance, qAxModuleFilename, MAX_PATH);
     qAxInstance = hInstance;
     qAxIsServer = true;
     
diff --git a/src/activeqt/control/qaxservermain.cpp b/src/activeqt/control/qaxservermain.cpp
index 8f20d97..d465746 100644
--- a/src/activeqt/control/qaxservermain.cpp
+++ b/src/activeqt/control/qaxservermain.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ extern bool qAxActivity;
 extern HANDLE qAxInstance;
 extern bool qAxIsServer;
 extern bool qAxOutProcServer;
-extern char qAxModuleFilename[MAX_PATH];
+extern wchar_t qAxModuleFilename[MAX_PATH];
 extern QString qAxInit();
 extern void qAxCleanup();
 extern HRESULT UpdateRegistry(BOOL bRegister);
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static DWORD WINAPI MonitorProc(void* pv)
 static bool StartMonitor()
 {
     dwThreadID = GetCurrentThreadId();
-    hEventShutdown = CreateEventA(0, false, false, 0);
+    hEventShutdown = CreateEvent(0, false, false, 0);
     if (hEventShutdown == 0)
         return false;
     DWORD dwThreadID;
@@ -203,17 +203,10 @@ EXTERN_C int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR,
     QT_USE_NAMESPACE 
 
     qAxOutProcServer = true;
-    GetModuleFileNameA(0, qAxModuleFilename, MAX_PATH-1);
+    GetModuleFileName(0, qAxModuleFilename, MAX_PATH);
     qAxInstance = hInstance;
 
-    QByteArray cmdParam;
-    QT_WA({
-        LPTSTR cmdline = GetCommandLineW();
-        cmdParam = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)cmdline).toLocal8Bit();
-    }, {
-        cmdParam = GetCommandLineA();
-    });
-    
+    QByteArray cmdParam = QString::fromWCharArray(GetCommandLine()).toLocal8Bit();
     QList<QByteArray> cmds = cmdParam.split(' ');
     QByteArray unprocessed;
 
diff --git a/src/activeqt/shared/qaxtypes.cpp b/src/activeqt/shared/qaxtypes.cpp
index 916fcca..49aa99c 100644
--- a/src/activeqt/shared/qaxtypes.cpp
+++ b/src/activeqt/shared/qaxtypes.cpp
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@
 **
 ****************************************************************************/
 
-#ifndef UNICODE
-#define UNICODE
-#endif
-
-
 #include <ocidl.h>
 #include <olectl.h>
 
@@ -123,7 +118,7 @@ static QFont IFontToQFont(IFont *f)
     f->get_Strikethrough(&strike);
     f->get_Underline(&underline);
     f->get_Weight(&weight);
-    QFont font(QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)name), size.Lo/9750, weight / 97, italic);
+    QFont font(QString::fromWCharArray(name), size.Lo/9750, weight / 97, italic);
     font.setBold(bold);
     font.setStrikeOut(strike);
     font.setUnderline(underline);
@@ -925,10 +920,10 @@ QVariant VARIANTToQVariant(const VARIANT &arg, const QByteArray &typeName, uint
     QVariant var;
     switch(arg.vt) {
     case VT_BSTR:
-        var = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)arg.bstrVal);
+        var = QString::fromWCharArray(arg.bstrVal);
         break;
     case VT_BSTR|VT_BYREF:
-        var = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)*arg.pbstrVal);
+        var = QString::fromWCharArray(*arg.pbstrVal);
         break;
     case VT_BOOL:
         var = QVariant((bool)arg.boolVal);
@@ -1245,7 +1240,7 @@ QVariant VARIANTToQVariant(const VARIANT &arg, const QByteArray &typeName, uint
             for (long i = lBound; i <= uBound; ++i) {
                 BSTR bstr;
                 SafeArrayGetElement(array, &i, &bstr);
-                strings << QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)bstr);
+                strings << QString::fromWCharArray(bstr);
                 SysFreeString(bstr);
             }
             
diff --git a/src/corelib/codecs/qtextcodec.cpp b/src/corelib/codecs/qtextcodec.cpp
index d4e5d44..c4266a0 100644
--- a/src/corelib/codecs/qtextcodec.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/codecs/qtextcodec.cpp
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ QString QWindowsLocalCodec::convertToUnicode(const char *chars, int length, Conv
         return QString();
 
     const int wclen_auto = 4096;
-    WCHAR wc_auto[wclen_auto];
+    wchar_t wc_auto[wclen_auto];
     int wclen = wclen_auto;
-    WCHAR *wc = wc_auto;
+    wchar_t *wc = wc_auto;
     int len;
     QString sp;
     bool prepend = false;
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ QString QWindowsLocalCodec::convertToUnicode(const char *chars, int length, Conv
             } else {
                 wclen = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, MB_PRECOMPOSED,
                                     mb, mblen, 0, 0);
-                wc = new WCHAR[wclen];
+                wc = new wchar_t[wclen];
                 // and try again...
             }
         } else if (r == ERROR_NO_UNICODE_TRANSLATION) {
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ QString QWindowsLocalCodec::convertToUnicodeCharByChar(const char *chars, int le
     const char *next = 0;
     QString s;
     while((next = CharNextExA(CP_ACP, mb, 0)) != mb) {
-        WCHAR wc[2] ={0};
+        wchar_t wc[2] ={0};
         int charlength = next - mb;
         int len = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, MB_PRECOMPOSED|MB_ERR_INVALID_CHARS, mb, charlength, wc, 2);
         if (len>0) {
@@ -1042,16 +1042,10 @@ QList<int> QTextCodec::availableMibs()
     This might be needed for some applications that want to use their
     own mechanism for setting the locale.
 
-    Setting this codec is not supported on DOS based Windows.
-
     \sa codecForLocale()
 */
 void QTextCodec::setCodecForLocale(QTextCodec *c)
 {
-#ifdef Q_WS_WIN
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion& QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based)
-	return;
-#endif
     localeMapper = c;
     if (!localeMapper)
         setupLocaleMapper();
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
index bb639fe..f7a97e1 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
     \fn bool qt_winUnicode()
     \relates <QtGlobal>
 
-    Use QSysInfo::WindowsVersion and QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based instead.
+    This function always returns true.
 
     \sa QSysInfo
 */
@@ -1620,15 +1620,11 @@ QSysInfo::WinVersion QSysInfo::windowsVersion()
     if (winver)
         return winver;
     winver = QSysInfo::WV_NT;
-#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-    OSVERSIONINFOA osver;
-    osver.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(osver);
-    GetVersionExA(&osver);
-#else
-    DWORD qt_cever = 0;
     OSVERSIONINFOW osver;
     osver.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(osver);
     GetVersionEx(&osver);
+#ifdef Q_OS_WINCE
+    DWORD qt_cever = 0;
     qt_cever = osver.dwMajorVersion * 100;
     qt_cever += osver.dwMinorVersion * 10;
 #endif
@@ -1904,29 +1900,16 @@ QString qt_error_string(int errorCode)
         break;
     default: {
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-        QT_WA({
-            unsigned short *string = 0;
-            FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER|FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
-                          NULL,
-                          errorCode,
-                          MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
-                          (LPTSTR)&string,
-                          0,
-                          NULL);
-            ret = QString::fromUtf16(string);
-            LocalFree((HLOCAL)string);
-        }, {
-            char *string = 0;
-            FormatMessageA(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER|FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
-                           NULL,
-                           errorCode,
-                           MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
-                           (LPSTR)&string,
-                           0,
-                           NULL);
-            ret = QString::fromLocal8Bit(string);
-            LocalFree((HLOCAL)string);
-        });
+        wchar_t *string = 0;
+        FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER|FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
+                      NULL,
+                      errorCode,
+                      MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
+                      string,
+                      0,
+                      NULL);
+        ret = QString::fromWCharArray(string);
+        LocalFree((HLOCAL)string);
 
         if (ret.isEmpty() && errorCode == ERROR_MOD_NOT_FOUND)
             ret = QString::fromLatin1("The specified module could not be found.");
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
index afc3f58..a522bcf 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ namespace QT_NAMESPACE {}
      MSDOS    - MS-DOS and Windows
      OS2      - OS/2
      OS2EMX   - XFree86 on OS/2 (not PM)
-     WIN32    - Win32 (Windows 95/98/ME and Windows NT/2000/XP)
+     WIN32    - Win32 (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 and Windows Server 2003/2008)
      WINCE    - WinCE (Windows CE 5.0)
      CYGWIN   - Cygwin
      SOLARIS  - Sun Solaris
@@ -1416,21 +1416,13 @@ inline QT3_SUPPORT bool qSysInfo(int *wordSize, bool *bigEndian)
 
 #if defined(Q_WS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_CYGWIN)
 #if defined(QT3_SUPPORT)
-inline QT3_SUPPORT bool qt_winUnicode() { return !(QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based); }
+inline QT3_SUPPORT bool qt_winUnicode() { return true; }
 inline QT3_SUPPORT int qWinVersion() { return QSysInfo::WindowsVersion; }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef Q_OS_WINCE
-#define QT_WA(uni, ansi) uni
-#define QT_WA_INLINE(uni, ansi) (uni)
-#elif defined(UNICODE)
-#define QT_WA(uni, ansi) if (!(QSysInfo::windowsVersion() & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based)) { uni } else { ansi }
+#define QT_WA(unicode, ansi) unicode
+#define QT_WA_INLINE(unicode, ansi) (unicode)
 
-#define QT_WA_INLINE(uni, ansi) (!(QSysInfo::windowsVersion() & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based) ? uni : ansi)
-#else
-#define QT_WA(uni, ansi) ansi
-#define QT_WA_INLINE(uni, ansi) ansi
-#endif
 #endif /* Q_WS_WIN */
 
 #ifndef Q_OUTOFLINE_TEMPLATE
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qt_windows.h b/src/corelib/global/qt_windows.h
index 5df57e5..4f2bcf6 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
@@ -100,6 +99,9 @@
 #ifndef SPI_GETKEYBOARDCUES
 #define SPI_GETKEYBOARDCUES 0x100A
 #endif
+#ifndef SPI_GETGRADIENTCAPTIONS
+#define SPI_GETGRADIENTCAPTIONS 0x1008
+#endif
 #ifndef IDC_HAND
 #define IDC_HAND MAKEINTRESOURCE(32649)
 #endif
@@ -112,5 +114,31 @@
 #ifndef ETO_PDY
 #define ETO_PDY 0x2000
 #endif
+#ifndef COLOR_GRADIENTACTIVECAPTION
+#define COLOR_GRADIENTACTIVECAPTION 27
+#endif
+#ifndef COLOR_GRADIENTINACTIVECAPTION
+#define COLOR_GRADIENTINACTIVECAPTION 28
+#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/io/qfileinfo.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo.cpp
index 4c1c21a..c50bb51 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo.cpp
@@ -117,11 +117,7 @@ bool QFileInfoPrivate::hasAccess(Access access) const
     if (access == ExecuteAccess)
         return getFileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::ExeUserPerm);
 
-    QT_WA( {
-        return ::_waccess((TCHAR *)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(data->fileName).utf16(), mode) == 0;
-    } , {
-        return QT_ACCESS(QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(data->fileName), mode) == 0;
-    } );
+    return ::_waccess((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(data->fileName).utf16(), mode) == 0;
 #endif
     return false;
 }
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher_win.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher_win.cpp
index 9a3aeae..c15b1d2 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher_win.cpp
@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 QWindowsFileSystemWatcherEngine::QWindowsFileSystemWatcherEngine()
     : msg(0)
 {
-    HANDLE h = QT_WA_INLINE(CreateEventW(0, false, false, 0),
-                                CreateEventA(0, false, false, 0));
-    if (h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+    if (HANDLE h = CreateEvent(0, false, false, 0)) {
         handles.reserve(MAXIMUM_WAIT_OBJECTS);
         handles.append(h);
     }
@@ -216,13 +214,7 @@ QStringList QWindowsFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths(const QStringList &paths,
             const QString effectiveAbsolutePath =
                 isDir ? (absolutePath + QLatin1Char('/')) : absolutePath;
 
-            QT_WA({
-                    handle.handle = FindFirstChangeNotificationW((TCHAR *) QDir::toNativeSeparators(effectiveAbsolutePath).utf16(),
-                                                      false, flags);
-            },{
-                    handle.handle = FindFirstChangeNotificationA(QDir::toNativeSeparators(effectiveAbsolutePath).toLocal8Bit(),
-                                                      false, flags);
-            })
+            handle.handle = FindFirstChangeNotification((wchar_t*) QDir::toNativeSeparators(effectiveAbsolutePath).utf16(), false, flags);
             handle.flags = flags;
             if (handle.handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
                 continue;
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator_win.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator_win.cpp
index 2336542..dd4ddf3 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator_win.cpp
@@ -79,11 +79,7 @@ void QFSFileEngineIteratorPlatformSpecificData::saveCurrentFileName()
         it->currentEntry = uncShares.at(uncShareIndex - 1);
     } else {
         // Local directory
-        QT_WA({
-            it->currentEntry = QString::fromUtf16((unsigned short *)findData.cFileName);
-        } , {
-            it->currentEntry = QString::fromLocal8Bit((const char *)findData.cFileName);
-        });
+        it->currentEntry = QString::fromWCharArray(findData.cFileName);
     }
 }
 
@@ -97,17 +93,10 @@ void QFSFileEngineIterator::advance()
     if (platform->uncFallback) {
         ++platform->uncShareIndex;
     } else if (platform->findFileHandle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-        QT_WA({
-            if (!FindNextFile(platform->findFileHandle, &platform->findData)) {
-                platform->done = true;        
-                FindClose(platform->findFileHandle);
-            }
-        } , {
-            if (!FindNextFileA(platform->findFileHandle, (WIN32_FIND_DATAA *)&platform->findData)) {
-                platform->done = true;
-                FindClose(platform->findFileHandle);
-            }
-        });
+        if (!FindNextFile(platform->findFileHandle, &platform->findData)) {
+            platform->done = true;
+            FindClose(platform->findFileHandle);
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -141,15 +130,8 @@ bool QFSFileEngineIterator::hasNext() const
             path.append(QLatin1Char('/'));
         path.append(QLatin1String("*.*"));
 
-        QT_WA({
-            QString fileName = QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path);
-            platform->findFileHandle = FindFirstFileW((TCHAR *)fileName.utf16(),
-                                                      &platform->findData);
-        }, {
-            // Cast is safe, since char is at end of WIN32_FIND_DATA
-            platform->findFileHandle = FindFirstFileA(QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(path),
-                                                      (WIN32_FIND_DATAA*)&platform->findData);
-        });
+        QString fileName = QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path);
+        platform->findFileHandle = FindFirstFile((const wchar_t *)fileName.utf16(), &platform->findData);
 
         if (platform->findFileHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
             if (path.startsWith(QLatin1String("//"))) {
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_p.h b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_p.h
index 5aef229..864599f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_p.h
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ class QFSFileEnginePrivate : public QAbstractFileEnginePrivate
 
 public:
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
-    static QByteArray win95Name(const QString &path);
     static QString longFileName(const QString &path);
 #endif
     static QString canonicalized(const QString &path);
@@ -151,8 +150,7 @@ public:
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN32) || defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
     static void resolveLibs();
-    static bool resolveUNCLibs_NT();
-    static bool resolveUNCLibs_9x();
+    static bool resolveUNCLibs();
     static bool uncListSharesOnServer(const QString &server, QStringList *list);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_win.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_win.cpp
index eef39e4..ee49853 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_win.cpp
@@ -152,66 +152,64 @@ void QFSFileEnginePrivate::resolveLibs()
 
         triedResolve = true;
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        if(QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_NT_based) {
-            HINSTANCE advapiHnd = LoadLibraryW(L"advapi32");
-            if (advapiHnd) {
-                ptrGetNamedSecurityInfoW = (PtrGetNamedSecurityInfoW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "GetNamedSecurityInfoW");
-                ptrLookupAccountSidW = (PtrLookupAccountSidW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "LookupAccountSidW");
-                ptrAllocateAndInitializeSid = (PtrAllocateAndInitializeSid)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "AllocateAndInitializeSid");
-                ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW = (PtrBuildTrusteeWithSidW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "BuildTrusteeWithSidW");
-                ptrBuildTrusteeWithNameW = (PtrBuildTrusteeWithNameW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "BuildTrusteeWithNameW");
-                ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW = (PtrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "GetEffectiveRightsFromAclW");
-                ptrFreeSid = (PtrFreeSid)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "FreeSid");
-            }
-            if (ptrBuildTrusteeWithNameW) {
-                HINSTANCE versionHnd = LoadLibraryW(L"version");
-                if (versionHnd) {
-                    typedef DWORD (WINAPI *PtrGetFileVersionInfoSizeW)(LPWSTR lptstrFilename,LPDWORD lpdwHandle);
-                    PtrGetFileVersionInfoSizeW ptrGetFileVersionInfoSizeW = (PtrGetFileVersionInfoSizeW)GetProcAddress(versionHnd, "GetFileVersionInfoSizeW");
-                    typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrGetFileVersionInfoW)(LPWSTR lptstrFilename,DWORD dwHandle,DWORD dwLen,LPVOID lpData);
-                    PtrGetFileVersionInfoW ptrGetFileVersionInfoW = (PtrGetFileVersionInfoW)GetProcAddress(versionHnd, "GetFileVersionInfoW");
-                    typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrVerQueryValueW)(const LPVOID pBlock,LPWSTR lpSubBlock,LPVOID *lplpBuffer,PUINT puLen);
-                    PtrVerQueryValueW ptrVerQueryValueW = (PtrVerQueryValueW)GetProcAddress(versionHnd, "VerQueryValueW");
-                    if(ptrGetFileVersionInfoSizeW && ptrGetFileVersionInfoW && ptrVerQueryValueW) {
-                        DWORD fakeHandle;
-                        DWORD versionSize = ptrGetFileVersionInfoSizeW(L"secur32.dll", &fakeHandle);
-                        if(versionSize) {
-                            LPVOID versionData;
-                            versionData = malloc(versionSize);
-                            if(ptrGetFileVersionInfoW(L"secur32.dll", 0, versionSize, versionData)) {
-                                UINT puLen;
-                                VS_FIXEDFILEINFO *pLocalInfo;
-                                if(ptrVerQueryValueW(versionData, L"\\", (void**)&pLocalInfo, &puLen)) {
-                                    WORD wVer1, wVer2, wVer3, wVer4;
-                                    wVer1 = HIWORD(pLocalInfo->dwFileVersionMS);
-                                    wVer2 = LOWORD(pLocalInfo->dwFileVersionMS);
-                                    wVer3 = HIWORD(pLocalInfo->dwFileVersionLS);
-                                    wVer4 = LOWORD(pLocalInfo->dwFileVersionLS);
-                                    // It will not work with secur32.dll version 5.0.2195.2862
-                                    if(!(wVer1 == 5 && wVer2 == 0 && wVer3 == 2195 && (wVer4 == 2862 || wVer4 == 4587))) {
-                                        HINSTANCE userHnd = LoadLibraryW(L"secur32");
-                                        if (userHnd) {
-                                            typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrGetUserNameExW)(EXTENDED_NAME_FORMAT nameFormat, ushort* lpBuffer, LPDWORD nSize);
-                                            PtrGetUserNameExW ptrGetUserNameExW = (PtrGetUserNameExW)GetProcAddress(userHnd, "GetUserNameExW");
-                                            if(ptrGetUserNameExW) {
-                                                static TCHAR buffer[258];
-                                                DWORD bufferSize = 257;
-                                                ptrGetUserNameExW(NameSamCompatible, (ushort*)buffer, &bufferSize);
-                                                ptrBuildTrusteeWithNameW(&currentUserTrusteeW, (ushort*)buffer);
-                                            }
-                                            FreeLibrary(userHnd);
+        HINSTANCE advapiHnd = LoadLibraryW(L"advapi32");
+        if (advapiHnd) {
+            ptrGetNamedSecurityInfoW = (PtrGetNamedSecurityInfoW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "GetNamedSecurityInfoW");
+            ptrLookupAccountSidW = (PtrLookupAccountSidW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "LookupAccountSidW");
+            ptrAllocateAndInitializeSid = (PtrAllocateAndInitializeSid)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "AllocateAndInitializeSid");
+            ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW = (PtrBuildTrusteeWithSidW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "BuildTrusteeWithSidW");
+            ptrBuildTrusteeWithNameW = (PtrBuildTrusteeWithNameW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "BuildTrusteeWithNameW");
+            ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW = (PtrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "GetEffectiveRightsFromAclW");
+            ptrFreeSid = (PtrFreeSid)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "FreeSid");
+        }
+        if (ptrBuildTrusteeWithNameW) {
+            HINSTANCE versionHnd = LoadLibraryW(L"version");
+            if (versionHnd) {
+                typedef DWORD (WINAPI *PtrGetFileVersionInfoSizeW)(LPWSTR lptstrFilename,LPDWORD lpdwHandle);
+                PtrGetFileVersionInfoSizeW ptrGetFileVersionInfoSizeW = (PtrGetFileVersionInfoSizeW)GetProcAddress(versionHnd, "GetFileVersionInfoSizeW");
+                typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrGetFileVersionInfoW)(LPWSTR lptstrFilename,DWORD dwHandle,DWORD dwLen,LPVOID lpData);
+                PtrGetFileVersionInfoW ptrGetFileVersionInfoW = (PtrGetFileVersionInfoW)GetProcAddress(versionHnd, "GetFileVersionInfoW");
+                typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrVerQueryValueW)(const LPVOID pBlock,LPWSTR lpSubBlock,LPVOID *lplpBuffer,PUINT puLen);
+                PtrVerQueryValueW ptrVerQueryValueW = (PtrVerQueryValueW)GetProcAddress(versionHnd, "VerQueryValueW");
+                if(ptrGetFileVersionInfoSizeW && ptrGetFileVersionInfoW && ptrVerQueryValueW) {
+                    DWORD fakeHandle;
+                    DWORD versionSize = ptrGetFileVersionInfoSizeW(L"secur32.dll", &fakeHandle);
+                    if(versionSize) {
+                        LPVOID versionData;
+                        versionData = malloc(versionSize);
+                        if(ptrGetFileVersionInfoW(L"secur32.dll", 0, versionSize, versionData)) {
+                            UINT puLen;
+                            VS_FIXEDFILEINFO *pLocalInfo;
+                            if(ptrVerQueryValueW(versionData, L"\\", (void**)&pLocalInfo, &puLen)) {
+                                WORD wVer1, wVer2, wVer3, wVer4;
+                                wVer1 = HIWORD(pLocalInfo->dwFileVersionMS);
+                                wVer2 = LOWORD(pLocalInfo->dwFileVersionMS);
+                                wVer3 = HIWORD(pLocalInfo->dwFileVersionLS);
+                                wVer4 = LOWORD(pLocalInfo->dwFileVersionLS);
+                                // It will not work with secur32.dll version 5.0.2195.2862
+                                if(!(wVer1 == 5 && wVer2 == 0 && wVer3 == 2195 && (wVer4 == 2862 || wVer4 == 4587))) {
+                                    HINSTANCE userHnd = LoadLibraryW(L"secur32");
+                                    if (userHnd) {
+                                        typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrGetUserNameExW)(EXTENDED_NAME_FORMAT nameFormat, ushort* lpBuffer, LPDWORD nSize);
+                                        PtrGetUserNameExW ptrGetUserNameExW = (PtrGetUserNameExW)GetProcAddress(userHnd, "GetUserNameExW");
+                                        if(ptrGetUserNameExW) {
+                                            static wchar_t buffer[258];
+                                            DWORD bufferSize = 257;
+                                            ptrGetUserNameExW(NameSamCompatible, (ushort*)buffer, &bufferSize);
+                                            ptrBuildTrusteeWithNameW(&currentUserTrusteeW, (ushort*)buffer);
                                         }
+                                        FreeLibrary(userHnd);
                                     }
                                 }
                             }
-                            free(versionData);
                         }
+                        free(versionData);
                     }
-                    FreeLibrary(versionHnd);
                 }
+                FreeLibrary(versionHnd);
             }
             ptrOpenProcessToken = (PtrOpenProcessToken)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "OpenProcessToken");
-	        HINSTANCE userenvHnd = LoadLibraryW(L"userenv");
+                HINSTANCE userenvHnd = LoadLibraryW(L"userenv");
             if (userenvHnd) {
                 ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW = (PtrGetUserProfileDirectoryW)GetProcAddress(userenvHnd, "GetUserProfileDirectoryW");
             }
@@ -225,120 +223,60 @@ void QFSFileEnginePrivate::resolveLibs()
 #endif // QT_NO_LIBRARY
 
 // UNC functions NT
-typedef DWORD (WINAPI *PtrNetShareEnum_NT)(LPWSTR, DWORD, LPBYTE*, DWORD, LPDWORD, LPDWORD, LPDWORD);
-static PtrNetShareEnum_NT ptrNetShareEnum_NT = 0;
-typedef DWORD (WINAPI *PtrNetApiBufferFree_NT)(LPVOID);
-static PtrNetApiBufferFree_NT ptrNetApiBufferFree_NT = 0;
-typedef struct _SHARE_INFO_1_NT {
+typedef DWORD (WINAPI *PtrNetShareEnum)(LPWSTR, DWORD, LPBYTE*, DWORD, LPDWORD, LPDWORD, LPDWORD);
+static PtrNetShareEnum ptrNetShareEnum = 0;
+typedef DWORD (WINAPI *PtrNetApiBufferFree)(LPVOID);
+static PtrNetApiBufferFree ptrNetApiBufferFree = 0;
+typedef struct _SHARE_INFO_1 {
     LPWSTR shi1_netname;
     DWORD shi1_type;
     LPWSTR shi1_remark;
-} SHARE_INFO_1_NT;
+} SHARE_INFO_1;
 
 
-bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::resolveUNCLibs_NT()
+bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::resolveUNCLibs()
 {
     static bool triedResolve = false;
     if (!triedResolve) {
 #ifndef QT_NO_THREAD
         QMutexLocker locker(QMutexPool::globalInstanceGet(&triedResolve));
         if (triedResolve) {
-            return ptrNetShareEnum_NT && ptrNetApiBufferFree_NT;
+            return ptrNetShareEnum && ptrNetApiBufferFree;
         }
 #endif
         triedResolve = true;
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
         HINSTANCE hLib = LoadLibraryW(L"Netapi32");
         if (hLib) {
-            ptrNetShareEnum_NT = (PtrNetShareEnum_NT)GetProcAddress(hLib, "NetShareEnum");
-            if (ptrNetShareEnum_NT)
-                ptrNetApiBufferFree_NT = (PtrNetApiBufferFree_NT)GetProcAddress(hLib, "NetApiBufferFree");
-        }
-#endif
-    }
-    return ptrNetShareEnum_NT && ptrNetApiBufferFree_NT;
-}
-
-// UNC functions 9x
-typedef DWORD (WINAPI *PtrNetShareEnum_9x)(const char FAR *, short, char FAR *, unsigned short, unsigned short FAR *, unsigned short FAR *);
-static PtrNetShareEnum_9x ptrNetShareEnum_9x = 0;
-#ifdef LM20_NNLEN
-# define LM20_NNLEN_9x LM20_NNLEN
-#else
-# define LM20_NNLEN_9x 12
-#endif
-typedef struct _SHARE_INFO_1_9x {
-  char shi1_netname[LM20_NNLEN_9x+1];
-  char shi1_pad1;
-  unsigned short shi1_type;
-  char FAR* shi1_remark;
-} SHARE_INFO_1_9x;
-
-bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::resolveUNCLibs_9x()
-{
-    static bool triedResolve = false;
-    if (!triedResolve) {
-#ifndef QT_NO_THREAD
-        QMutexLocker locker(QMutexPool::globalInstanceGet(&triedResolve));
-        if (triedResolve) {
-            return ptrNetShareEnum_9x;
+            ptrNetShareEnum = (PtrNetShareEnum)GetProcAddress(hLib, "NetShareEnum");
+            if (ptrNetShareEnum)
+                ptrNetApiBufferFree = (PtrNetApiBufferFree)GetProcAddress(hLib, "NetApiBufferFree");
         }
 #endif
-        triedResolve = true;
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        HINSTANCE hLib = LoadLibraryA("Svrapi");
-        if (hLib)
-            ptrNetShareEnum_9x = (PtrNetShareEnum_9x)GetProcAddress(hLib, "NetShareEnum");
-#endif
     }
-    return ptrNetShareEnum_9x;
+    return ptrNetShareEnum && ptrNetApiBufferFree;
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::uncListSharesOnServer(const QString &server, QStringList *list)
 {
-    if (resolveUNCLibs_NT()) {
-        SHARE_INFO_1_NT *BufPtr, *p;
+    if (resolveUNCLibs()) {
+        SHARE_INFO_1 *BufPtr, *p;
         DWORD res;
         DWORD er=0,tr=0,resume=0, i;
         do {
-            res = ptrNetShareEnum_NT((wchar_t*)server.utf16(), 1, (LPBYTE *)&BufPtr, DWORD(-1), &er, &tr, &resume);
+            res = ptrNetShareEnum((wchar_t*)server.utf16(), 1, (LPBYTE *)&BufPtr, DWORD(-1), &er, &tr, &resume);
             if (res == ERROR_SUCCESS || res == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
                 p=BufPtr;
                 for (i = 1; i <= er; ++i) {
                     if (list && p->shi1_type == 0)
-                        list->append(QString::fromUtf16((unsigned short *)p->shi1_netname));
+                        list->append(QString::fromWCharArray(p->shi1_netname));
                     p++;
                 }
             }
-            ptrNetApiBufferFree_NT(BufPtr);
+            ptrNetApiBufferFree(BufPtr);
         } while (res==ERROR_MORE_DATA);
         return res == ERROR_SUCCESS;
 
-    } else if (resolveUNCLibs_9x()) {
-        SHARE_INFO_1_9x *pBuf = 0;
-        short cbBuffer;
-        unsigned short nEntriesRead = 0;
-        unsigned short nTotalEntries = 0;
-        short numBuffs = 20;
-        DWORD nStatus = 0;
-        do {
-            cbBuffer = numBuffs * sizeof(SHARE_INFO_1_9x);
-            pBuf = (SHARE_INFO_1_9x *)malloc(cbBuffer);
-            if (pBuf) {
-                nStatus = ptrNetShareEnum_9x(server.toLocal8Bit().constData(), 1, (char FAR *)pBuf, cbBuffer, &nEntriesRead, &nTotalEntries);
-                if ((nStatus == ERROR_SUCCESS)) {
-                    for (int i = 0; i < nEntriesRead; ++i) {
-                        if (list && pBuf[i].shi1_type == 0)
-                            list->append(QString::fromLocal8Bit(pBuf[i].shi1_netname));
-                    }
-                    free(pBuf);
-                    break;
-                }
-                free(pBuf);
-                numBuffs *=2;
-            }
-        } while (nStatus == ERROR_MORE_DATA);
-        return nStatus == ERROR_SUCCESS;
     }
     return false;
 }
@@ -399,39 +337,19 @@ static bool uncShareExists(const QString &server)
     return false;
 }
 
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-// If you change this function, remember to also change the UNICODE version
-static QString nativeAbsoluteFilePathA(const QString &path)
-{
-    QString ret;
-    QVarLengthArray<char, MAX_PATH> buf(MAX_PATH);
-    char *fileName = 0;
-    QByteArray ba = path.toLocal8Bit();
-    DWORD retLen = GetFullPathNameA(ba.constData(), buf.size(), buf.data(), &fileName);
-    if (retLen > (DWORD)buf.size()) {
-        buf.resize(retLen);
-        retLen = GetFullPathNameA(ba.constData(), buf.size(), buf.data(), &fileName);
-    }
-    if (retLen != 0)
-        ret = QString::fromLocal8Bit(buf.data(), retLen);
-    return ret;
-}
-#endif
-
-// If you change this function, remember to also change the NON-UNICODE version
-static QString nativeAbsoluteFilePathW(const QString &path)
+static QString nativeAbsoluteFilePathCore(const QString &path)
 {
     QString ret;
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
     QVarLengthArray<wchar_t, MAX_PATH> buf(MAX_PATH);
     wchar_t *fileName = 0;
-    DWORD retLen = GetFullPathNameW((wchar_t*)path.utf16(), buf.size(), buf.data(), &fileName);
+    DWORD retLen = GetFullPathName((wchar_t*)path.utf16(), buf.size(), buf.data(), &fileName);
     if (retLen > (DWORD)buf.size()) {
         buf.resize(retLen);
-        retLen = GetFullPathNameW((wchar_t*)path.utf16(), buf.size(), buf.data(), &fileName);
+        retLen = GetFullPathName((wchar_t*)path.utf16(), buf.size(), buf.data(), &fileName);
     }
     if (retLen != 0)
-        ret = QString::fromUtf16((unsigned short *)buf.data(), retLen);
+        ret = QString::fromWCharArray(buf.data(), retLen);
 #else
     if (path.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/')) || path.startsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
         ret = QDir::toNativeSeparators(path);
@@ -443,7 +361,7 @@ static QString nativeAbsoluteFilePathW(const QString &path)
 
 static QString nativeAbsoluteFilePath(const QString &path)
 {
-    QString absPath = QT_WA_INLINE(nativeAbsoluteFilePathW(path), nativeAbsoluteFilePathA(path));
+    QString absPath = nativeAbsoluteFilePathCore(path);
     // This is really ugly, but GetFullPathName strips off whitespace at the end.
     // If you for instance write ". " in the lineedit of QFileDialog,
     // (which is an invalid filename) this function will strip the space off and viola,
@@ -461,26 +379,6 @@ static QString nativeAbsoluteFilePath(const QString &path)
     return absPath;
 }
 
-QByteArray QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(const QString &path)
-{
-    QString ret(path);
-    if(path.length() > 1 && path[0] == QLatin1Char('/') && path[1] == QLatin1Char('/')) {
-        // Win95 cannot handle slash-slash needs slosh-slosh.
-        ret[0] = QLatin1Char('\\');
-        ret[1] = QLatin1Char('\\');
-        int n = ret.indexOf(QLatin1Char('/'));
-        if(n >= 0)
-            ret[n] = QLatin1Char('\\');
-    } else if(path.length() > 3 && path[2] == QLatin1Char('/') && path[3] == QLatin1Char('/')) {
-        ret[2] = QLatin1Char('\\');
-        ret.remove(3, 1);
-        int n = ret.indexOf(QLatin1Char('/'));
-        if(n >= 0)
-            ret[n] = QLatin1Char('\\');
-    }
-    return ret.toLocal8Bit();
-}
-
 /*!
     \internal
 */
@@ -507,13 +405,8 @@ QString QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(const QString &path)
 */
 void QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeInitFileName()
 {
-    QT_WA({
-        QString path = longFileName(QDir::toNativeSeparators(fixIfRelativeUncPath(filePath)));
-        nativeFilePath = QByteArray((const char *)path.utf16(), path.size() * 2 + 1);
-    }, {
-        QString path = fixIfRelativeUncPath(filePath);
-        nativeFilePath = win95Name(path).replace('/', '\\');
-    });
+		QString path = longFileName(QDir::toNativeSeparators(fixIfRelativeUncPath(filePath)));
+		nativeFilePath = QByteArray((const char *)path.utf16(), path.size() * 2 + 1);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -539,23 +432,13 @@ bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeOpen(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
                          ? OPEN_ALWAYS : OPEN_EXISTING;
 
     // Create the file handle.
-    QT_WA({
-        fileHandle = CreateFileW((TCHAR *)nativeFilePath.constData(),
-                                 accessRights,
-                                 shareMode,
-                                 &securityAtts,
-                                 creationDisp,
-                                 FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
-                                 NULL);
-    }, {
-        fileHandle = CreateFileA(nativeFilePath.constData(),
-                                 accessRights,
-                                 shareMode,
-                                 &securityAtts,
-                                 creationDisp,
-                                 FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
-                                 NULL);
-    });
+    fileHandle = CreateFile((const wchar_t*)nativeFilePath.constData(),
+                            accessRights,
+                            shareMode,
+                            &securityAtts,
+                            creationDisp,
+                            FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
+                            NULL);
 
     // Bail out on error.
     if (fileHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
@@ -641,15 +524,9 @@ qint64 QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeSize() const
     // Not-open mode, where the file name is known: We'll check the
     // file system directly.
     if (openMode == QIODevice::NotOpen && !nativeFilePath.isEmpty()) {
-        bool ok = false;
         WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA attribData;
-        QT_WA({
-            ok = ::GetFileAttributesExW((TCHAR *)nativeFilePath.constData(),
-                                        GetFileExInfoStandard, &attribData);
-        } , {
-            ok = ::GetFileAttributesExA(nativeFilePath.constData(),
+        bool ok = ::GetFileAttributesEx((const wchar_t*)nativeFilePath.constData(),
                                         GetFileExInfoStandard, &attribData);
-        });
         if (ok) {
             qint64 size = attribData.nFileSizeHigh;
             size <<= 32;
@@ -949,35 +826,21 @@ bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeIsSequential() const
 bool QFSFileEngine::remove()
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
-    QT_WA({
-        return ::DeleteFileW((TCHAR*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(d->filePath).utf16()) != 0;
-    } , {
-        return ::DeleteFileA(QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(d->filePath)) != 0;
-    });
+    return ::DeleteFile((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(d->filePath).utf16()) != 0;
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::copy(const QString &copyName)
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
-    QT_WA({
-        return ::CopyFileW((TCHAR*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(d->filePath).utf16(),
-                           (TCHAR*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(copyName).utf16(), true) != 0;
-    } , {
-        return ::CopyFileA(QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(d->filePath),
-                           QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(copyName), true) != 0;
-    });
+    return ::CopyFile((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(d->filePath).utf16(),
+                      (wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(copyName).utf16(), true) != 0;
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::rename(const QString &newName)
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
-    QT_WA({
-        return ::MoveFileW((TCHAR*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(d->filePath).utf16(),
-                           (TCHAR*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(newName).utf16()) != 0;
-    } , {
-        return ::MoveFileA(QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(d->filePath),
-                           QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(newName)) != 0;
-    });
+    return ::MoveFile((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(d->filePath).utf16(),
+                      (wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(newName).utf16()) != 0;
 }
 
 static inline bool mkDir(const QString &path)
@@ -1001,20 +864,12 @@ static inline bool mkDir(const QString &path)
     if (platformId == 1 && QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).size() > 256)
         return false;
 #endif
-    QT_WA({
-        return ::CreateDirectoryW((TCHAR*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).utf16(), 0);
-    } , {
-        return ::CreateDirectoryA(QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(QFileInfo(path).absoluteFilePath()), 0);
-    });
+    return ::CreateDirectory((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).utf16(), 0);
 }
 
 static inline bool rmDir(const QString &path)
 {
-    QT_WA({
-        return ::RemoveDirectoryW((TCHAR*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).utf16());
-    } , {
-        return ::RemoveDirectoryA(QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(QFileInfo(path).absoluteFilePath()));
-    });
+    return ::RemoveDirectory((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).utf16());
 }
 
 static inline bool isDirPath(const QString &dirPath, bool *existed)
@@ -1023,12 +878,7 @@ static inline bool isDirPath(const QString &dirPath, bool *existed)
     if (path.length() == 2 &&path.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'))
         path += QLatin1Char('\\');
 
-    DWORD fileAttrib = INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES;
-    QT_WA({
-        fileAttrib = ::GetFileAttributesW((TCHAR*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).utf16());
-    } , {
-        fileAttrib = ::GetFileAttributesA(QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(QFileInfo(path).absoluteFilePath()));
-    });
+    DWORD fileAttrib = ::GetFileAttributes((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).utf16());
 
     if (existed)
         *existed = fileAttrib != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES;
@@ -1110,16 +960,10 @@ bool QFSFileEngine::setCurrentPath(const QString &path)
         return false;
 
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    int r;
-    QT_WA({
-        r = ::SetCurrentDirectoryW((WCHAR*)path.utf16());
-    } , {
-        r = ::SetCurrentDirectoryA(QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(path));
-    });
-    return r != 0;
+    return ::SetCurrentDirectory((wchar_t*)path.utf16()) != 0;
 #else
-	qfsPrivateCurrentDir = QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path);
-	return true;
+        qfsPrivateCurrentDir = QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path);
+        return true;
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -1132,48 +976,34 @@ QString QFSFileEngine::currentPath(const QString &fileName)
         fileName.at(0).isLetter() && fileName.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':')) {
         int drv = fileName.toUpper().at(0).toLatin1() - 'A' + 1;
         if (_getdrive() != drv) {
-            QT_WA({
-                TCHAR buf[PATH_MAX];
-                ::_wgetdcwd(drv, buf, PATH_MAX);
-                ret.setUtf16((ushort*)buf, uint(::wcslen(buf)));
-            }, {
-                char buf[PATH_MAX];
-                ::_getdcwd(drv, buf, PATH_MAX);
-                ret = QString::fromLatin1(buf);
-            });
+            wchar_t buf[PATH_MAX];
+            ::_wgetdcwd(drv, buf, PATH_MAX);
+            ret = QString::fromWCharArray(buf);
         }
     }
     if (ret.isEmpty()) {
         //just the pwd
-        QT_WA({
-            DWORD size = 0;
-            WCHAR currentName[PATH_MAX];
-            size = ::GetCurrentDirectoryW(PATH_MAX, currentName);
-            if (size !=0) {
-                if (size > PATH_MAX) {
-                    WCHAR * newCurrentName = new WCHAR[size];
-                    if (::GetCurrentDirectoryW(PATH_MAX, newCurrentName) != 0)
-                        ret = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)newCurrentName);
-                    delete [] newCurrentName;
-                } else {
-                    ret = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)currentName);
-                }
+        DWORD size = 0;
+        wchar_t currentName[PATH_MAX];
+        size = ::GetCurrentDirectory(PATH_MAX, currentName);
+        if (size != 0) {
+            if (size > PATH_MAX) {
+                wchar_t *newCurrentName = new wchar_t[size];
+                if (::GetCurrentDirectory(PATH_MAX, newCurrentName) != 0)
+                    ret = QString::fromWCharArray(newCurrentName);
+                delete [] newCurrentName;
+            } else {
+                ret = QString::fromWCharArray(currentName);
             }
-        } , {
-            DWORD size = 0;
-            char currentName[PATH_MAX];
-            size = ::GetCurrentDirectoryA(PATH_MAX, currentName);
-            if (size !=0)
-                ret = QString::fromLocal8Bit(currentName);
-        });
+        }
     }
     if (ret.length() >= 2 && ret[1] == QLatin1Char(':'))
         ret[0] = ret.at(0).toUpper(); // Force uppercase drive letters.
     return QDir::fromNativeSeparators(ret);
 #else
-	Q_UNUSED(fileName);
-	if (qfsPrivateCurrentDir.isEmpty())
-		qfsPrivateCurrentDir = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
+        Q_UNUSED(fileName);
+        if (qfsPrivateCurrentDir.isEmpty())
+                qfsPrivateCurrentDir = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
 
     return QDir::fromNativeSeparators(qfsPrivateCurrentDir);
 #endif
@@ -1183,35 +1013,27 @@ QString QFSFileEngine::homePath()
 {
     QString ret;
 #if !defined(QT_NO_LIBRARY)
-    QT_WA (
-    {
-        QFSFileEnginePrivate::resolveLibs();
-		if (ptrOpenProcessToken && ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW) {
-			HANDLE hnd = ::GetCurrentProcess();
-			HANDLE token = 0;
-			BOOL ok = ::ptrOpenProcessToken(hnd, TOKEN_QUERY, &token);
-			if (ok) {
-				DWORD dwBufferSize = 0;
-				// First call, to determine size of the strings (with '\0').
-				ok = ::ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW(token, NULL, &dwBufferSize);
-				if (!ok && dwBufferSize != 0) {		// We got the required buffer size
-					wchar_t *userDirectory = new wchar_t[dwBufferSize];
-					// Second call, now we can fill the allocated buffer.
-					ok = ::ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW(token, userDirectory, &dwBufferSize);
-					if (ok)
-						ret = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)userDirectory);
-
-					delete [] userDirectory;
-				}
-				::CloseHandle(token);
-			}
-		}
-    }
-    ,
-    {
-        // GetUserProfileDirectory is only available from NT 4.0,
-		// so fall through for Win98 and friends version.
-    })
+    QFSFileEnginePrivate::resolveLibs();
+    if (ptrOpenProcessToken && ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW) {
+        HANDLE hnd = ::GetCurrentProcess();
+        HANDLE token = 0;
+        BOOL ok = ::ptrOpenProcessToken(hnd, TOKEN_QUERY, &token);
+        if (ok) {
+            DWORD dwBufferSize = 0;
+            // First call, to determine size of the strings (with '\0').
+            ok = ::ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW(token, NULL, &dwBufferSize);
+            if (!ok && dwBufferSize != 0) {        // We got the required buffer size
+                wchar_t *userDirectory = new wchar_t[dwBufferSize];
+                // Second call, now we can fill the allocated buffer.
+                ok = ::ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW(token, userDirectory, &dwBufferSize);
+                if (ok)
+                    ret = QString::fromWCharArray(userDirectory);
+
+                delete [] userDirectory;
+            }
+            ::CloseHandle(token);
+        }
+                }
 #endif
     if(ret.isEmpty() || !QFile::exists(ret)) {
         ret = QString::fromLocal8Bit(qgetenv("USERPROFILE").constData());
@@ -1251,17 +1073,10 @@ QString QFSFileEngine::rootPath()
 
 QString QFSFileEngine::tempPath()
 {
-    QString ret;
-    int success;
-    QT_WA({
-        wchar_t tempPath[MAX_PATH];
-        success = GetTempPathW(MAX_PATH, tempPath);
-        ret = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)tempPath);
-    } , {
-        char tempPath[MAX_PATH];
-        success = GetTempPathA(MAX_PATH, tempPath);
-        ret = QString::fromLocal8Bit(tempPath);
-    });
+    wchar_t tempPath[MAX_PATH];
+    int success = GetTempPath(MAX_PATH, tempPath);
+    QString ret = QString::fromWCharArray(tempPath);
+
     if (ret.isEmpty() || !success) {
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
         ret = QString::fromLatin1("c:/tmp");
@@ -1285,7 +1100,7 @@ QFileInfoList QFSFileEngine::drives()
 #elif defined(Q_OS_OS2EMX)
     quint32 driveBits, cur;
     if(DosQueryCurrentDisk(&cur,&driveBits) != NO_ERROR)
-	exit(1);
+        exit(1);
     driveBits &= 0x3ffffff;
 #endif
     char driveName[] = "A:/";
@@ -1327,18 +1142,14 @@ bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::doStat() const
                 }
             }
 #else
-            DWORD tmpAttributes = GetFileAttributesW((TCHAR*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(fname).utf16());
+            DWORD tmpAttributes = GetFileAttributes((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(fname).utf16());
             if (tmpAttributes != -1) {
                 fileAttrib = tmpAttributes;
                 could_stat = true;
             }
 #endif
         } else {
-            QT_WA({
-                fileAttrib = GetFileAttributesW((TCHAR*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(fname).utf16());
-            } , {
-                fileAttrib = GetFileAttributesA(QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(QFileInfo(fname).absoluteFilePath()));
-            });
+            fileAttrib = GetFileAttributes((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(fname).utf16());
             could_stat = fileAttrib != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES;
             if (!could_stat) {
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
@@ -1398,74 +1209,39 @@ static QString readLink(const QString &link)
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
 #if !defined(QT_NO_LIBRARY)
     QString ret;
-    QT_WA({
-        bool neededCoInit = false;
-        IShellLink *psl;                            // pointer to IShellLink i/f
-        HRESULT hres;
-        WIN32_FIND_DATA wfd;
-        TCHAR szGotPath[MAX_PATH];
-        // Get pointer to the IShellLink interface.
-        hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
-                                    IID_IShellLink, (LPVOID *)&psl);
 
-        if(hres == CO_E_NOTINITIALIZED) { // COM was not initialized
-            neededCoInit = true;
-            CoInitialize(NULL);
-            hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
-                                        IID_IShellLink, (LPVOID *)&psl);
-        }
-        if(SUCCEEDED(hres)) {    // Get pointer to the IPersistFile interface.
-            IPersistFile *ppf;
-            hres = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (LPVOID *)&ppf);
-            if(SUCCEEDED(hres))  {
-                hres = ppf->Load((LPOLESTR)link.utf16(), STGM_READ);
-                //The original path of the link is retrieved. If the file/folder
-                //was moved, the return value still have the old path.
-                if(SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
-                    if (psl->GetPath(szGotPath, MAX_PATH, &wfd, SLGP_UNCPRIORITY) == NOERROR)
-                        ret = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)szGotPath);
-                }
-                ppf->Release();
-            }
-            psl->Release();
-        }
-        if(neededCoInit)
-            CoUninitialize();
-    } , {
-	    bool neededCoInit = false;
-        IShellLinkA *psl;                            // pointer to IShellLink i/f
-        HRESULT hres;
-        WIN32_FIND_DATAA wfd;
-        char szGotPath[MAX_PATH];
-        // Get pointer to the IShellLink interface.
+    bool neededCoInit = false;
+    IShellLink *psl;                            // pointer to IShellLink i/f
+    WIN32_FIND_DATA wfd;
+    wchar_t szGotPath[MAX_PATH];
 
-        hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
-                                    IID_IShellLinkA, (LPVOID *)&psl);
+    // Get pointer to the IShellLink interface.
+    HRESULT hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (LPVOID *)&psl);
 
-        if(hres == CO_E_NOTINITIALIZED) { // COM was not initialized
-            neededCoInit = true;
-            CoInitialize(NULL);
-            hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
-                                        IID_IShellLinkA, (LPVOID *)&psl);
-        }
-        if(SUCCEEDED(hres)) {    // Get pointer to the IPersistFile interface.
-            IPersistFile *ppf;
-            hres = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (LPVOID *)&ppf);
-            if(SUCCEEDED(hres))  {
-                hres = ppf->Load((LPOLESTR)QFileInfo(link).absoluteFilePath().utf16(), STGM_READ);
-                //The original path of the link is retrieved. If the file/folder
-                //was moved, the return value still have the old path.
-                 if(SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
-                    if (psl->GetPath((char*)szGotPath, MAX_PATH, &wfd, SLGP_UNCPRIORITY) == NOERROR)
-                        ret = QString::fromLocal8Bit(szGotPath);
-                }
-                ppf->Release();
+    if (hres == CO_E_NOTINITIALIZED) { // COM was not initialized
+        neededCoInit = true;
+        CoInitialize(NULL);
+        hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
+                                    IID_IShellLink, (LPVOID *)&psl);
+    }
+    if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {    // Get pointer to the IPersistFile interface.
+        IPersistFile *ppf;
+        hres = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (LPVOID *)&ppf);
+        if(SUCCEEDED(hres))  {
+            hres = ppf->Load((LPOLESTR)link.utf16(), STGM_READ);
+            //The original path of the link is retrieved. If the file/folder
+            //was moved, the return value still have the old path.
+            if(SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
+                if (psl->GetPath(szGotPath, MAX_PATH, &wfd, SLGP_UNCPRIORITY) == NOERROR)
+                    ret = QString::fromWCharArray(szGotPath);
             }
-            psl->Release();
+            ppf->Release();
         }
-        if(neededCoInit)
-            CoUninitialize();
-    });
+        psl->Release();
+    }
+    if (neededCoInit)
+        CoUninitialize();
+
     return ret;
 #else
     Q_UNUSED(link);
@@ -1475,7 +1251,7 @@ static QString readLink(const QString &link)
     wchar_t target[MAX_PATH];
     QString result;
     if (SHGetShortcutTarget((wchar_t*)QFileInfo(link).absoluteFilePath().replace(QLatin1Char('/'),QLatin1Char('\\')).utf16(), target, MAX_PATH)) {
-        result = QString::fromUtf16(reinterpret_cast<const ushort *> (target));
+        result = QString::fromWCharArray(target);
         if (result.startsWith(QLatin1Char('"')))
             result.remove(0,1);
         if (result.endsWith(QLatin1Char('"')))
@@ -1502,76 +1278,37 @@ bool QFSFileEngine::link(const QString &newName)
     QString linkName = newName;
     //### assume that they add .lnk
 
-    QT_WA({
-        HRESULT hres;
-        IShellLink *psl;
-        bool neededCoInit = false;
+    IShellLink *psl;
+    bool neededCoInit = false;
 
-        hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (void **)&psl);
-        if(hres == CO_E_NOTINITIALIZED) { // COM was not initialized
-                neededCoInit = true;
-                CoInitialize(NULL);
-                hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (void **)&psl);
-        }
-        if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
-            hres = psl->SetPath((wchar_t *)fileName(AbsoluteName).replace(QLatin1Char('/'), QLatin1Char('\\')).utf16());
-            if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
-                hres = psl->SetWorkingDirectory((wchar_t *)fileName(AbsolutePathName).replace(QLatin1Char('/'), QLatin1Char('\\')).utf16());
-                if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
-                    IPersistFile *ppf;
-                    hres = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (void **)&ppf);
-                    if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
-                        hres = ppf->Save((TCHAR*)linkName.utf16(), TRUE);
-                        if (SUCCEEDED(hres))
-                             ret = true;
-                        ppf->Release();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            psl->Release();
-        }
-        if(neededCoInit)
-                CoUninitialize();
-    } , {
-        // the SetPath() call _sometimes_ changes the current path and when it does it sometimes
-        // does not let us change it back unless we call currentPath() many times.
-        QString cwd = currentPath();
-        HRESULT hres;
-        IShellLinkA *psl;
-        bool neededCoInit = false;
+    HRESULT hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (void **)&psl);
 
+    if (hres == CO_E_NOTINITIALIZED) { // COM was not initialized
+        neededCoInit = true;
+        CoInitialize(NULL);
         hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (void **)&psl);
-        if(hres == CO_E_NOTINITIALIZED) { // COM was not initialized
-            neededCoInit = true;
-            CoInitialize(NULL);
-            hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (void **)&psl);
-        }
+    }
+
+    if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
+        hres = psl->SetPath((wchar_t *)fileName(AbsoluteName).replace(QLatin1Char('/'), QLatin1Char('\\')).utf16());
         if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
-            currentPath();
-            hres = psl->SetPath((char *)QString::fromLocal8Bit(QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(fileName(AbsoluteName))).utf16());
-            currentPath();
+            hres = psl->SetWorkingDirectory((wchar_t *)fileName(AbsolutePathName).replace(QLatin1Char('/'), QLatin1Char('\\')).utf16());
             if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
-                hres = psl->SetWorkingDirectory((char *)QString::fromLocal8Bit(QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(fileName(AbsolutePathName))).utf16());
-                currentPath();
+                IPersistFile *ppf;
+                hres = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (void **)&ppf);
                 if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
-                    IPersistFile *ppf;
-                    hres = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (void **)&ppf);
-                    if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
-                        currentPath();
-                        hres = ppf->Save((LPCOLESTR)linkName.utf16(), TRUE);
-                        currentPath();
-                        if (SUCCEEDED(hres))
-                            ret = true;
-                        ppf->Release();
-                    }
+                    hres = ppf->Save((wchar_t*)linkName.utf16(), TRUE);
+                    if (SUCCEEDED(hres))
+                         ret = true;
+                    ppf->Release();
                 }
-                psl->Release();
             }
         }
-        if(neededCoInit)
+        psl->Release();
+    }
+    if(neededCoInit)
             CoUninitialize();
-        setCurrentPath(cwd);
-    });
+
     return ret;
 #else
     Q_UNUSED(newName);
@@ -1598,9 +1335,9 @@ QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags QFSFileEnginePrivate::getPermissions() const
 
 #if !defined(QT_NO_LIBRARY)
     if((qt_ntfs_permission_lookup > 0) && ((QSysInfo::WindowsVersion&QSysInfo::WV_NT_based) > QSysInfo::WV_NT)) {
-	PSID pOwner = 0;
-	PSID pGroup = 0;
-	PACL pDacl;
+        PSID pOwner = 0;
+        PSID pGroup = 0;
+        PACL pDacl;
         PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR pSD;
         ACCESS_MASK access_mask;
 
@@ -1610,42 +1347,42 @@ QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags QFSFileEnginePrivate::getPermissions() const
 
             QString fname = filePath.endsWith(QLatin1String(".lnk")) ? readLink(filePath) : filePath;
             DWORD res = ptrGetNamedSecurityInfoW((wchar_t*)fname.utf16(), SE_FILE_OBJECT,
-						 OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION | GROUP_SECURITY_INFORMATION | DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION,
-						 &pOwner, &pGroup, &pDacl, 0, &pSD);
+                                                 OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION | GROUP_SECURITY_INFORMATION | DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION,
+                                                 &pOwner, &pGroup, &pDacl, 0, &pSD);
 
             if(res == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
                 TRUSTEE_W trustee;
                 { //user
                     if(ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW(pDacl, &currentUserTrusteeW, &access_mask) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
                         access_mask = (ACCESS_MASK)-1;
-		    if(access_mask & ReadMask)
-			ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadUserPerm;
-		    if(access_mask & WriteMask)
-			ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteUserPerm;
-		    if(access_mask & ExecMask)
-			ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeUserPerm;
+                    if(access_mask & ReadMask)
+                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadUserPerm;
+                    if(access_mask & WriteMask)
+                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteUserPerm;
+                    if(access_mask & ExecMask)
+                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeUserPerm;
                 }
                 { //owner
                     ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW(&trustee, pOwner);
                     if(ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW(pDacl, &trustee, &access_mask) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
                         access_mask = (ACCESS_MASK)-1;
-		    if(access_mask & ReadMask)
-			ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadOwnerPerm;
-		    if(access_mask & WriteMask)
-			ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteOwnerPerm;
-		    if(access_mask & ExecMask)
-			ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeOwnerPerm;
+                    if(access_mask & ReadMask)
+                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadOwnerPerm;
+                    if(access_mask & WriteMask)
+                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteOwnerPerm;
+                    if(access_mask & ExecMask)
+                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeOwnerPerm;
                 }
                 { //group
                     ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW(&trustee, pGroup);
                     if(ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW(pDacl, &trustee, &access_mask) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
                         access_mask = (ACCESS_MASK)-1;
-		    if(access_mask & ReadMask)
-			ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadGroupPerm;
-		    if(access_mask & WriteMask)
-			ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteGroupPerm;
-		    if(access_mask & ExecMask)
-			ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeGroupPerm;
+                    if(access_mask & ReadMask)
+                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadGroupPerm;
+                    if(access_mask & WriteMask)
+                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteGroupPerm;
+                    if(access_mask & ExecMask)
+                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeGroupPerm;
                 }
                 { //other (world)
                     // Create SID for Everyone (World)
@@ -1655,12 +1392,12 @@ QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags QFSFileEnginePrivate::getPermissions() const
                         ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW(&trustee, pWorld);
                         if(ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW(pDacl, &trustee, &access_mask) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
                             access_mask = (ACCESS_MASK)-1; // ###
-			if(access_mask & ReadMask)
-			    ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadOtherPerm;
-			if(access_mask & WriteMask)
-			    ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteOtherPerm;
-			if(access_mask & ExecMask)
-			    ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeOtherPerm;
+                        if(access_mask & ReadMask)
+                            ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadOtherPerm;
+                        if(access_mask & WriteMask)
+                            ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteOtherPerm;
+                        if(access_mask & ExecMask)
+                            ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeOtherPerm;
                     }
                     ptrFreeSid(pWorld);
                 }
@@ -1670,13 +1407,13 @@ QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags QFSFileEnginePrivate::getPermissions() const
     } else
 #endif
            {
-	//### what to do with permissions if we don't use ntfs or are not on a NT system
-	// for now just add all permissions and what about exe missions ??
-	// also qt_ntfs_permission_lookup is now not set by defualt ... should it ?
-    	ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadOtherPerm | QAbstractFileEngine::ReadGroupPerm
-	    | QAbstractFileEngine::ReadOwnerPerm | QAbstractFileEngine::ReadUserPerm
-	    | QAbstractFileEngine::WriteUserPerm | QAbstractFileEngine::WriteOwnerPerm
-	    | QAbstractFileEngine::WriteGroupPerm | QAbstractFileEngine::WriteOtherPerm;
+        //### what to do with permissions if we don't use NTFS
+        // for now just add all permissions and what about exe missions ??
+        // also qt_ntfs_permission_lookup is now not set by defualt ... should it ?
+            ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadOtherPerm | QAbstractFileEngine::ReadGroupPerm
+            | QAbstractFileEngine::ReadOwnerPerm | QAbstractFileEngine::ReadUserPerm
+            | QAbstractFileEngine::WriteUserPerm | QAbstractFileEngine::WriteOwnerPerm
+            | QAbstractFileEngine::WriteGroupPerm | QAbstractFileEngine::WriteOtherPerm;
     }
 
     if (doStat()) {
@@ -1911,13 +1648,9 @@ bool QFSFileEngine::setPermissions(uint perms)
         return false;
 
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-   QT_WA({
-        ret = ::_wchmod((TCHAR*)d->filePath.utf16(), mode) == 0;
-   } , {
-        ret = ::_chmod(d->filePath.toLocal8Bit(), mode) == 0;
-   });
+    ret = ::_wchmod((wchar_t*)d->filePath.utf16(), mode) == 0;
 #else
-    ret = ::_wchmod((TCHAR*)d->longFileName(d->filePath).utf16(), mode);
+    ret = ::_wchmod((wchar_t*)d->longFileName(d->filePath).utf16(), mode);
 #endif
    return ret;
 }
@@ -1960,34 +1693,33 @@ bool QFSFileEngine::setSize(qint64 size)
 static inline QDateTime fileTimeToQDateTime(const FILETIME *time)
 {
     QDateTime ret;
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based || QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_CE_based) {
-        // SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime is not available on Win98/ME so we have to pull it off ourselves.
-        SYSTEMTIME systime;
-        FILETIME ftime;
-        systime.wYear = 1970;
-        systime.wMonth = 1;
-        systime.wDay = 1;
-        systime.wHour = 0;
-        systime.wMinute = 0;
-        systime.wSecond = 0;
-        systime.wMilliseconds = 0;
-        systime.wDayOfWeek = 4;
-        SystemTimeToFileTime(&systime, &ftime);
-        unsigned __int64 acttime = (unsigned __int64)time->dwHighDateTime << 32 | time->dwLowDateTime;
-        FileTimeToSystemTime(time, &systime);
-        unsigned __int64 time1970 = (unsigned __int64)ftime.dwHighDateTime << 32 | ftime.dwLowDateTime;
-        unsigned __int64 difftime = acttime - time1970;
-        difftime /= 10000000;
-        ret.setTime_t((unsigned int)difftime);
-    } else {
-#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-        SYSTEMTIME sTime, lTime;
-        FileTimeToSystemTime(time, &sTime);
-        SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime(0, &sTime, &lTime);
-        ret.setDate(QDate(lTime.wYear, lTime.wMonth, lTime.wDay));
-        ret.setTime(QTime(lTime.wHour, lTime.wMinute, lTime.wSecond, lTime.wMilliseconds));
+
+#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+    SYSTEMTIME systime;
+    FILETIME ftime;
+    systime.wYear = 1970;
+    systime.wMonth = 1;
+    systime.wDay = 1;
+    systime.wHour = 0;
+    systime.wMinute = 0;
+    systime.wSecond = 0;
+    systime.wMilliseconds = 0;
+    systime.wDayOfWeek = 4;
+    SystemTimeToFileTime(&systime, &ftime);
+    unsigned __int64 acttime = (unsigned __int64)time->dwHighDateTime << 32 | time->dwLowDateTime;
+    FileTimeToSystemTime(time, &systime);
+    unsigned __int64 time1970 = (unsigned __int64)ftime.dwHighDateTime << 32 | ftime.dwLowDateTime;
+    unsigned __int64 difftime = acttime - time1970;
+    difftime /= 10000000;
+    ret.setTime_t((unsigned int)difftime);
+#else
+    SYSTEMTIME sTime, lTime;
+    FileTimeToSystemTime(time, &sTime);
+    SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime(0, &sTime, &lTime);
+    ret.setDate(QDate(lTime.wYear, lTime.wMonth, lTime.wDay));
+    ret.setTime(QTime(lTime.wHour, lTime.wMinute, lTime.wSecond, lTime.wMilliseconds));
 #endif
-    }
+
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -2011,13 +1743,8 @@ QDateTime QFSFileEngine::fileTime(FileTime time) const
         }
 #endif
     } else {
-        bool ok = false;
         WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA attribData;
-        QT_WA({
-            ok = ::GetFileAttributesExW((TCHAR*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(d->filePath).utf16(), GetFileExInfoStandard, &attribData);
-        } , {
-            ok = ::GetFileAttributesExA(QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(QFileInfo(d->filePath).absoluteFilePath()), GetFileExInfoStandard, &attribData);
-        });
+        bool ok = ::GetFileAttributesEx((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(d->filePath).utf16(), GetFileExInfoStandard, &attribData);
         if (ok) {
             if(time == CreationTime)
                 ret = fileTimeToQDateTime(&attribData.ftCreationTime);
@@ -2037,11 +1764,11 @@ uchar *QFSFileEnginePrivate::map(qint64 offset, qint64 size,
     Q_UNUSED(flags);
     if (openMode == QFile::NotOpen) {
         q->setError(QFile::PermissionsError, qt_error_string());
-	return 0;
+        return 0;
     }
     if (offset == 0 && size == 0) {
         q->setError(QFile::UnspecifiedError, qt_error_string());
-	return 0;
+        return 0;
     }
 
 
@@ -2054,7 +1781,7 @@ uchar *QFSFileEnginePrivate::map(qint64 offset, qint64 size,
     #ifdef Q_USE_DEPRECATED_MAP_API
     nativeClose();
     if (fileMapHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-        fileMapHandle = CreateFileForMappingW((TCHAR *)nativeFilePath.constData(),
+        fileMapHandle = CreateFileForMapping((const wchar_t*)nativeFilePath.constData(),
                 GENERIC_READ | (openMode & QIODevice::WriteOnly ? GENERIC_WRITE : 0),
                 0,
                 NULL,
@@ -2069,21 +1796,14 @@ uchar *QFSFileEnginePrivate::map(qint64 offset, qint64 size,
 #endif
 
     // first create the file mapping handle
-    HANDLE mapHandle = 0;
     DWORD protection = (openMode & QIODevice::WriteOnly) ? PAGE_READWRITE : PAGE_READONLY;
-    QT_WA({
-    mapHandle = ::CreateFileMappingW(handle, 0, protection,
-             0, 0, 0);
-    },{
-    mapHandle = ::CreateFileMappingA(handle, 0, protection,
-             0, 0, 0);
-    });
+    HANDLE mapHandle = ::CreateFileMapping(handle, 0, protection, 0, 0, 0);
     if (mapHandle == NULL) {
         q->setError(QFile::PermissionsError, qt_error_string());
 #ifdef Q_USE_DEPRECATED_MAP_API
         mapHandleClose();
 #endif
-	return 0;
+        return 0;
     }
 
     // setup args to map
@@ -2112,7 +1832,7 @@ uchar *QFSFileEnginePrivate::map(qint64 offset, qint64 size,
     switch(GetLastError()) {
     case ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED:
         q->setError(QFile::PermissionsError, qt_error_string());
-	break;
+        break;
     case ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER:
         // size are out of bounds
     default:
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qprocess_win.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qprocess_win.cpp
index d028df1..eae17b4 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qprocess_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qprocess_win.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 #include <private/qthread_p.h>
 #include <qdebug.h>
 
-#include "private/qfsfileengine_p.h" // for longFileName and win95FileName
+#include "private/qfsfileengine_p.h" // for longFileName
 
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_PROCESS
@@ -122,25 +122,15 @@ bool QProcessPrivate::createChannel(Channel &channel)
         if (&channel == &stdinChannel) {
             // try to open in read-only mode
             channel.pipe[1] = INVALID_Q_PIPE;
-            QT_WA({
-                channel.pipe[0] =
-                    CreateFileW((TCHAR*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(channel.file).utf16(),
-                                GENERIC_READ,
-                                FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
-                                &secAtt,
-                                OPEN_EXISTING,
-                                FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
-                                NULL);
-            }, {
-                channel.pipe[0] =
-                    CreateFileA(QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(channel.file),
-                                GENERIC_READ,
-                                FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
-                                &secAtt,
-                                OPEN_EXISTING,
-                                FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
-                                NULL);
-            });
+            channel.pipe[0] =
+                CreateFile((const wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(channel.file).utf16(),
+                           GENERIC_READ,
+                           FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
+                           &secAtt,
+                           OPEN_EXISTING,
+                           FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
+                           NULL);
+
             if (channel.pipe[0] != INVALID_Q_PIPE)
                 return true;
 
@@ -148,31 +138,15 @@ bool QProcessPrivate::createChannel(Channel &channel)
         } else {
             // open in write mode
             channel.pipe[0] = INVALID_Q_PIPE;
-            DWORD creation;
-            if (channel.append)
-                creation = OPEN_ALWAYS;
-            else
-                creation = CREATE_ALWAYS;
-
-            QT_WA({
-                channel.pipe[1] =
-                    CreateFileW((TCHAR*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(channel.file).utf16(),
-                                GENERIC_WRITE,
-                                FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
-                                &secAtt,
-                                creation,
-                                FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
-                                NULL);
-            }, {
-                channel.pipe[1] =
-                    CreateFileA(QFSFileEnginePrivate::win95Name(channel.file),
-                                GENERIC_WRITE,
-                                FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
-                                &secAtt,
-                                creation,
-                                FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
-                                NULL);
-            });
+            channel.pipe[1] =
+                CreateFile((const wchar_t *)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(channel.file).utf16(),
+                           GENERIC_WRITE,
+                           FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
+                           &secAtt,
+                           channel.append ? OPEN_ALWAYS : CREATE_ALWAYS,
+                           FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
+                           NULL);
+
             if (channel.pipe[1] != INVALID_Q_PIPE) {
                 if (channel.append) {
                     SetFilePointer(channel.pipe[1], 0, NULL, FILE_END);
@@ -327,56 +301,37 @@ static QByteArray qt_create_environment(const QHash<QString, QString> *environme
         int pos = 0;
         QHash<QString, QString>::ConstIterator it = copy.constBegin(),
                                               end = copy.constEnd();
-#ifdef UNICODE
-        if (!(QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based)) {
-            static const TCHAR equal = L'=';
-            static const TCHAR nul = L'\0';
-
-            for ( ; it != end; ++it) {
-                uint tmpSize = sizeof(TCHAR) * (it.key().length() + it.value().length() + 2);
-                // ignore empty strings
-                if (tmpSize == sizeof(TCHAR)*2)
-                    continue;
-                envlist.resize(envlist.size() + tmpSize);
-
-                tmpSize = it.key().length() * sizeof(TCHAR);
-                memcpy(envlist.data()+pos, it.key().utf16(), tmpSize);
-                pos += tmpSize;
-
-                memcpy(envlist.data()+pos, &equal, sizeof(TCHAR));
-                pos += sizeof(TCHAR);
-
-                tmpSize = it.value().length() * sizeof(TCHAR);
-                memcpy(envlist.data()+pos, it.value().utf16(), tmpSize);
-                pos += tmpSize;
-
-                memcpy(envlist.data()+pos, &nul, sizeof(TCHAR));
-                pos += sizeof(TCHAR);
-            }
-            // add the 2 terminating 0 (actually 4, just to be on the safe side)
-            envlist.resize( envlist.size()+4 );
-            envlist[pos++] = 0;
-            envlist[pos++] = 0;
-            envlist[pos++] = 0;
-            envlist[pos++] = 0;
-        } else
-#endif // UNICODE
-        {
-            for ( ; it != end; it++) {
-                QByteArray tmp = it.key().toLocal8Bit();
-                tmp.append('=');
-                tmp.append(it.value().toLocal8Bit());
-
-                uint tmpSize = tmp.length() + 1;
-                envlist.resize(envlist.size() + tmpSize);
-                memcpy(envlist.data()+pos, tmp.data(), tmpSize);
-                pos += tmpSize;
-            }
-            // add the terminating 0 (actually 2, just to be on the safe side)
-            envlist.resize(envlist.size()+2);
-            envlist[pos++] = 0;
-            envlist[pos++] = 0;
+
+        static const wchar_t equal = L'=';
+        static const wchar_t nul = L'\0';
+
+        for ( ; it != end; ++it) {
+            uint tmpSize = sizeof(wchar_t) * (it.key().length() + it.value().length() + 2);
+            // ignore empty strings
+            if (tmpSize == sizeof(wchar_t) * 2)
+                continue;
+            envlist.resize(envlist.size() + tmpSize);
+
+            tmpSize = it.key().length() * sizeof(wchar_t);
+            memcpy(envlist.data()+pos, it.key().utf16(), tmpSize);
+            pos += tmpSize;
+
+            memcpy(envlist.data()+pos, &equal, sizeof(wchar_t));
+            pos += sizeof(wchar_t);
+
+            tmpSize = it.value().length() * sizeof(wchar_t);
+            memcpy(envlist.data()+pos, it.value().utf16(), tmpSize);
+            pos += tmpSize;
+
+            memcpy(envlist.data()+pos, &nul, sizeof(wchar_t));
+            pos += sizeof(wchar_t);
         }
+        // add the 2 terminating 0 (actually 4, just to be on the safe side)
+        envlist.resize( envlist.size()+4 );
+        envlist[pos++] = 0;
+        envlist[pos++] = 0;
+        envlist[pos++] = 0;
+        envlist[pos++] = 0;
     }
     return envlist;
 }
@@ -417,58 +372,33 @@ void QProcessPrivate::startProcess()
     qDebug("   pass environment : %s", environment.isEmpty() ? "no" : "yes");
 #endif
 
-    DWORD dwCreationFlags = 0;
-    if (!(QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based))
-        dwCreationFlags |= CREATE_NO_WINDOW;
+    DWORD dwCreationFlags = CREATE_NO_WINDOW;
 
-#ifdef UNICODE
-    if (!(QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based)) {
 #if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
         QString fullPathProgram = program;
         if (!QDir::isAbsolutePath(fullPathProgram))
             fullPathProgram = QFileInfo(fullPathProgram).absoluteFilePath();
         fullPathProgram.replace(QLatin1Char('/'), QLatin1Char('\\'));
-        success = CreateProcessW((WCHAR*)fullPathProgram.utf16(),
-                                 (WCHAR*)args.utf16(),
-                                 0, 0, false, 0, 0, 0, 0, pid);
+        success = CreateProcess((wchar_t*)fullPathProgram.utf16(),
+                                (wchar_t*)args.utf16(),
+                                0, 0, false, 0, 0, 0, 0, pid);
 #else
         dwCreationFlags |= CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT;
         STARTUPINFOW startupInfo = { sizeof( STARTUPINFO ), 0, 0, 0,
 	                                 (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT,
-                                         (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT,
-                                         0, 0, 0,
-                                         STARTF_USESTDHANDLES,
-                                         0, 0, 0,
-                                         stdinChannel.pipe[0], stdoutChannel.pipe[1], stderrChannel.pipe[1]
+                                   (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT,
+                                   0, 0, 0,
+                                   STARTF_USESTDHANDLES,
+                                   0, 0, 0,
+                                   stdinChannel.pipe[0], stdoutChannel.pipe[1], stderrChannel.pipe[1]
         };
-        success = CreateProcessW(0, (WCHAR*)args.utf16(),
-                                 0, 0, TRUE, dwCreationFlags,
-                                 environment ? envlist.data() : 0,
-                                 workingDirectory.isEmpty() ? 0
-                                    : (WCHAR*)QDir::toNativeSeparators(workingDirectory).utf16(),
-                                 &startupInfo, pid);
-#endif
-    } else
-#endif // UNICODE
-    {
-#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-	    STARTUPINFOA startupInfo = { sizeof( STARTUPINFOA ), 0, 0, 0,
-                                         (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT,
-                                         (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT,
-                                         0, 0, 0,
-                                         STARTF_USESTDHANDLES,
-                                         0, 0, 0,
-                                         stdinChannel.pipe[0], stdoutChannel.pipe[1], stderrChannel.pipe[1]
-	    };
-
-	    success = CreateProcessA(0, args.toLocal8Bit().data(),
-                                     0, 0, TRUE, dwCreationFlags, environment ? envlist.data() : 0,
-                                     workingDirectory.isEmpty() ? 0
-                                        : QDir::toNativeSeparators(workingDirectory).toLocal8Bit().data(),
-                                     &startupInfo, pid);
-#endif // Q_OS_WINCE
-    }
-#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
+        success = CreateProcess(0, (wchar_t*)args.utf16(),
+                                0, 0, TRUE, dwCreationFlags,
+                                environment ? envlist.data() : 0,
+                                workingDirectory.isEmpty() ? 0
+                                    : (wchar_t*)QDir::toNativeSeparators(workingDirectory).utf16(),
+                                &startupInfo, pid);
+
     if (stdinChannel.pipe[0] != INVALID_Q_PIPE) {
         CloseHandle(stdinChannel.pipe[0]);
         stdinChannel.pipe[0] = INVALID_Q_PIPE;
@@ -508,7 +438,7 @@ void QProcessPrivate::startProcess()
     }
 
     // give the process a chance to start ...
-    Sleep(SLEEPMIN*2);
+    Sleep(SLEEPMIN * 2);
     _q_startupNotification();
 }
 
@@ -882,42 +812,25 @@ bool QProcessPrivate::startDetached(const QString &program, const QStringList &a
 
     PROCESS_INFORMATION pinfo;
 
-#ifdef UNICODE
-    if (!(QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based)) {
 #if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
         QString fullPathProgram = program;
         if (!QDir::isAbsolutePath(fullPathProgram))
             fullPathProgram.prepend(QDir::currentPath().append(QLatin1Char('/')));
         fullPathProgram.replace(QLatin1Char('/'), QLatin1Char('\\'));
-        success = CreateProcessW((WCHAR*)fullPathProgram.utf16(),
-                                 (WCHAR*)args.utf16(),
-                                 0, 0, false, CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE, 0, 0, 0, &pinfo);
+        success = CreateProcess((wchar_t*)fullPathProgram.utf16(),
+                                (wchar_t*)args.utf16(),
+                                0, 0, false, CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE, 0, 0, 0, &pinfo);
 #else
         STARTUPINFOW startupInfo = { sizeof( STARTUPINFO ), 0, 0, 0,
                                      (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT,
                                      (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT,
                                      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
                                    };
-        success = CreateProcessW(0, (WCHAR*)args.utf16(),
-                                 0, 0, FALSE, CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT | CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE, 0, 
-                                 workingDir.isEmpty() ? (const WCHAR *)0 : (const WCHAR *)workingDir.utf16(),
-                                 &startupInfo, &pinfo);
-#endif
-    } else
-#endif // UNICODE
-    {
-#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-       STARTUPINFOA startupInfo = { sizeof( STARTUPINFOA ), 0, 0, 0,
-                                     (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT,
-                                     (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT,
-                                     0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
-                                  };
-       success = CreateProcessA(0, args.toLocal8Bit().data(),
-                                0, 0, FALSE, CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE, 0,
-                                workingDir.isEmpty() ? (LPCSTR)0 : workingDir.toLocal8Bit().constData(),
+        success = CreateProcess(0, (wchar_t*)args.utf16(),
+                                0, 0, FALSE, CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT | CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE, 0,
+                                workingDir.isEmpty() ? 0 : (wchar_t*)workingDir.utf16(),
                                 &startupInfo, &pinfo);
 #endif // Q_OS_WINCE
-    }
 
     if (success) {
         CloseHandle(pinfo.hThread);
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qsettings.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qsettings.cpp
index 3f8dc36f..7de5030 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qsettings.cpp
@@ -1037,33 +1037,16 @@ static QString windowsConfigPath(int type)
     // This only happens when bootstrapping qmake.
 #ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
     QLibrary library(QLatin1String("shell32"));
-    QT_WA( {
-        typedef BOOL (WINAPI*GetSpecialFolderPath)(HWND, LPTSTR, int, BOOL);
-        GetSpecialFolderPath SHGetSpecialFolderPath = (GetSpecialFolderPath)library.resolve("SHGetSpecialFolderPathW");
-        if (SHGetSpecialFolderPath) {
-            TCHAR path[MAX_PATH];
-            SHGetSpecialFolderPath(0, path, type, FALSE);
-            result = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)path);
-        }
-    } , {
-        typedef BOOL (WINAPI*GetSpecialFolderPath)(HWND, char*, int, BOOL);
-        GetSpecialFolderPath SHGetSpecialFolderPath = (GetSpecialFolderPath)library.resolve("SHGetSpecialFolderPathA");
-        if (SHGetSpecialFolderPath) {
-            char path[MAX_PATH];
-            SHGetSpecialFolderPath(0, path, type, FALSE);
-            result = QString::fromLocal8Bit(path);
-        }
-    } );
 #else
     QLibrary library(QLatin1String("coredll"));
-    typedef BOOL (WINAPI*GetSpecialFolderPath)(HWND, LPTSTR, int, BOOL);
-    GetSpecialFolderPath SHGetSpecialFolderPath = (GetSpecialFolderPath)library.resolve("SHGetSpecialFolderPath");
+#endif // Q_OS_WINCE
+    typedef BOOL (WINAPI*GetSpecialFolderPath)(HWND, LPWSTR, int, BOOL);
+    GetSpecialFolderPath SHGetSpecialFolderPath = (GetSpecialFolderPath)library.resolve("SHGetSpecialFolderPathW");
     if (SHGetSpecialFolderPath) {
         wchar_t path[MAX_PATH];
         SHGetSpecialFolderPath(0, path, type, FALSE);
-        result = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)path);
+        result = QString::fromWCharArray(path);
     }
-#endif // Q_OS_WINCE
 
 #endif // QT_NO_QOBJECT
 
@@ -1459,11 +1442,7 @@ void QConfFileSettingsPrivate::syncConfFile(int confFileNo)
             QString writeSemName = QLatin1String("QSettingsWriteSem ");
             writeSemName.append(file.fileName());
 
-            QT_WA( {
-                writeSemaphore = CreateSemaphoreW(0, 1, 1, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(writeSemName.utf16()));
-            } , {
-                writeSemaphore = CreateSemaphoreA(0, 1, 1, writeSemName.toLocal8Bit());
-            } );
+            writeSemaphore = CreateSemaphore(0, 1, 1, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(writeSemName.utf16()));
 
             if (writeSemaphore) {
                 WaitForSingleObject(writeSemaphore, INFINITE);
@@ -1479,11 +1458,7 @@ void QConfFileSettingsPrivate::syncConfFile(int confFileNo)
         QString readSemName(QLatin1String("QSettingsReadSem "));
         readSemName.append(file.fileName());
 
-        QT_WA( {
-            readSemaphore = CreateSemaphoreW(0, FileLockSemMax, FileLockSemMax, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(readSemName.utf16()));
-        } , {
-            readSemaphore = CreateSemaphoreA(0, FileLockSemMax, FileLockSemMax, readSemName.toLocal8Bit());
-        } );
+        readSemaphore = CreateSemaphore(0, FileLockSemMax, FileLockSemMax, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(readSemName.utf16()));
 
         if (readSemaphore) {
             for (int i = 0; i < numReadLocks; ++i)
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qsettings_win.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qsettings_win.cpp
index 0cbcc10..1e1509d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qsettings_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qsettings_win.cpp
@@ -130,24 +130,13 @@ static void mergeKeySets(NameSet *dest, const QStringList &src)
 
 static QString errorCodeToString(DWORD errorCode)
 {
-    QString result;
-	QT_WA({
-		wchar_t *data = 0;
-		FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
-			0, errorCode, 0,
-			data, 0, 0);
-		result = QString::fromUtf16(reinterpret_cast<const ushort *> (data));
-		if (data != 0)
-			LocalFree(data);
-	},	{
-		char *data = 0;
-		FormatMessageA(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
-			0, errorCode, 0,
-			(char *)&data, 0, 0);
-		result = QString::fromLocal8Bit(data);
-		if (data != 0)
-			LocalFree(data);
-	})
+    wchar_t *data = 0;
+    FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM, 0, errorCode, 0, data, 0, 0);
+    QString result = QString::fromWCharArray(data);
+
+    if (data != 0)
+        LocalFree(data);
+
     if (result.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\n')))
         result.truncate(result.length() - 1);
 
@@ -158,15 +147,8 @@ static QString errorCodeToString(DWORD errorCode)
 static HKEY openKey(HKEY parentHandle, REGSAM perms, const QString &rSubKey)
 {
     HKEY resultHandle = 0;
-
-    LONG res;
-    QT_WA( {
-        res = RegOpenKeyExW(parentHandle, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(rSubKey.utf16()),
-                            0, perms, &resultHandle);
-    } , {
-        res = RegOpenKeyExA(parentHandle, rSubKey.toLocal8Bit(),
+    LONG res = RegOpenKeyEx(parentHandle, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(rSubKey.utf16()),
                             0, perms, &resultHandle);
-    } );
 
     if (res == ERROR_SUCCESS)
         return resultHandle;
@@ -183,14 +165,8 @@ static HKEY createOrOpenKey(HKEY parentHandle, REGSAM perms, const QString &rSub
         return resultHandle;
 
     // try to create it
-    LONG res;
-    QT_WA( {
-        res = RegCreateKeyExW(parentHandle, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(rSubKey.utf16()), 0, 0,
-                              REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, perms, 0, &resultHandle, 0);
-    } , {
-        res = RegCreateKeyExA(parentHandle, rSubKey.toLocal8Bit(), 0, 0,
+    LONG res = RegCreateKeyEx(parentHandle, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(rSubKey.utf16()), 0, 0,
                               REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, perms, 0, &resultHandle, 0);
-    } );
 
     if (res == ERROR_SUCCESS)
         return resultHandle;
@@ -225,20 +201,14 @@ static HKEY createOrOpenKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubKey, bool *rea
 static QStringList childKeysOrGroups(HKEY parentHandle, QSettingsPrivate::ChildSpec spec)
 {
     QStringList result;
-    LONG res;
     DWORD numKeys;
     DWORD maxKeySize;
     DWORD numSubgroups;
     DWORD maxSubgroupSize;
 
     // Find the number of keys and subgroups, as well as the max of their lengths.
-    QT_WA( {
-        res = RegQueryInfoKeyW(parentHandle, 0, 0, 0, &numSubgroups, &maxSubgroupSize, 0,
+    LONG res = RegQueryInfoKey(parentHandle, 0, 0, 0, &numSubgroups, &maxSubgroupSize, 0,
                                &numKeys, &maxKeySize, 0, 0, 0);
-    }, {
-        res = RegQueryInfoKeyA(parentHandle, 0, 0, 0, &numSubgroups, &maxSubgroupSize, 0,
-                               &numKeys, &maxKeySize, 0, 0, 0);
-    } );
 
     if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
         qWarning("QSettings: RegQueryInfoKey() failed: %s", errorCodeToString(res).toLatin1().data());
@@ -258,36 +228,21 @@ static QStringList childKeysOrGroups(HKEY parentHandle, QSettingsPrivate::ChildS
         m = maxSubgroupSize;
     }
 
-    /* Windows NT/2000/XP: The size does not include the terminating null character.
-       Windows Me/98/95: The size includes the terminating null character. */
+    /* The size does not include the terminating null character. */
     ++m;
 
     // Get the list
-    QByteArray buff(m*sizeof(ushort), 0);
+    QByteArray buff(m * sizeof(wchar_t), 0);
     for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
         QString item;
-        QT_WA( {
-            DWORD l = buff.size() / sizeof(ushort);
-            if (spec == QSettingsPrivate::ChildKeys) {
-                res = RegEnumValueW(parentHandle, i,
-                                    reinterpret_cast<wchar_t *>(buff.data()),
-                                    &l, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-            } else {
-                res = RegEnumKeyExW(parentHandle, i,
-                                    reinterpret_cast<wchar_t *>(buff.data()),
-                                    &l, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-            }
-            if (res == ERROR_SUCCESS)
-                item = QString::fromUtf16(reinterpret_cast<ushort*>(buff.data()), l);
-        }, {
-            DWORD l = buff.size();
-            if (spec == QSettingsPrivate::ChildKeys)
-                res = RegEnumValueA(parentHandle, i, buff.data(), &l, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-            else
-                res = RegEnumKeyExA(parentHandle, i, buff.data(), &l, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-            if (res == ERROR_SUCCESS)
-                item = QString::fromLocal8Bit(buff.data(), l);
-        } );
+        DWORD l = buff.size() / sizeof(wchar_t);
+        if (spec == QSettingsPrivate::ChildKeys) {
+            res = RegEnumValue(parentHandle, i, reinterpret_cast<wchar_t *>(buff.data()), &l, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+        } else {
+            res = RegEnumKeyEx(parentHandle, i, reinterpret_cast<wchar_t *>(buff.data()), &l, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+        }
+        if (res == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+            item = QString::fromWCharArray((const wchar_t *)buff.constData(), l);
 
         if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
             qWarning("QSettings: RegEnumValue failed: %s", errorCodeToString(res).toLatin1().data());
@@ -342,12 +297,7 @@ static void deleteChildGroups(HKEY parentHandle)
         RegCloseKey(childGroupHandle);
 
         // delete group itself
-        LONG res;
-        QT_WA( {
-            res = RegDeleteKeyW(parentHandle, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(group.utf16()));
-        }, {
-            res = RegDeleteKeyA(parentHandle, group.toLocal8Bit());
-        } );
+        LONG res = RegDeleteKey(parentHandle, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(group.utf16()));
         if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
             qWarning("QSettings: RegDeleteKey failed on subkey \"%s\": %s",
                       group.toLatin1().data(), errorCodeToString(res).toLatin1().data());
@@ -519,12 +469,7 @@ bool QWinSettingsPrivate::readKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubKey, QVa
     // get the size and type of the value
     DWORD dataType;
     DWORD dataSize;
-    LONG res;
-    QT_WA( {
-        res = RegQueryValueExW(handle, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(rSubkeyName.utf16()), 0, &dataType, 0, &dataSize);
-    }, {
-        res = RegQueryValueExA(handle, rSubkeyName.toLocal8Bit(), 0, &dataType, 0, &dataSize);
-    } );
+    LONG res = RegQueryValueEx(handle, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(rSubkeyName.utf16()), 0, &dataType, 0, &dataSize);
     if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
         RegCloseKey(handle);
         return false;
@@ -532,13 +477,8 @@ bool QWinSettingsPrivate::readKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubKey, QVa
 
     // get the value
     QByteArray data(dataSize, 0);
-    QT_WA( {
-        res = RegQueryValueExW(handle, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(rSubkeyName.utf16()), 0, 0,
-                               reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(data.data()), &dataSize);
-    }, {
-        res = RegQueryValueExA(handle, rSubkeyName.toLocal8Bit(), 0, 0,
-                               reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(data.data()), &dataSize);
-    } );
+    res = RegQueryValueEx(handle, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(rSubkeyName.utf16()), 0, 0,
+                           reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(data.data()), &dataSize);
     if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
         RegCloseKey(handle);
         return false;
@@ -549,11 +489,7 @@ bool QWinSettingsPrivate::readKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubKey, QVa
         case REG_SZ: {
             QString s;
             if (dataSize) {
-                QT_WA( {
-                    s = QString::fromUtf16(((const ushort*)data.constData()));
-                }, {
-                    s = QString::fromLocal8Bit(data.constData());
-                } );
+                s = QString::fromWCharArray(((const wchar_t *)data.constData()));
             }
             if (value != 0)
                 *value = stringToVariant(s);
@@ -565,12 +501,7 @@ bool QWinSettingsPrivate::readKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubKey, QVa
             if (dataSize) {
                 int i = 0;
                 for (;;) {
-                    QString s;
-                    QT_WA( {
-                        s = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*)data.constData() + i);
-                    }, {
-                        s = QString::fromLocal8Bit(data.constData() + i);
-                    } );
+                    QString s = QString::fromWCharArray((const wchar_t *)data.constData() + i);
                     i += s.length() + 1;
 
                     if (s.isEmpty())
@@ -587,11 +518,7 @@ bool QWinSettingsPrivate::readKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubKey, QVa
         case REG_BINARY: {
             QString s;
             if (dataSize) {
-                QT_WA( {
-                    s = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*)data.constData(), data.size()/2);
-                }, {
-                    s = QString::fromLocal8Bit(data.constData(), data.size());
-                } );
+                s = QString::fromWCharArray((const wchar_t *)data.constData(), data.size() / 2);
             }
             if (value != 0)
                 *value = stringToVariant(s);
@@ -635,13 +562,8 @@ QWinSettingsPrivate::~QWinSettingsPrivate()
 #if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
         remove(regList.at(0).key()); 
 #else
-        DWORD res;
         QString emptyKey;
-        QT_WA( {
-            res = RegDeleteKeyW(writeHandle(), reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(emptyKey.utf16()));
-        }, {
-            res = RegDeleteKeyA(writeHandle(), emptyKey.toLocal8Bit());
-        } );
+        DWORD res = RegDeleteKey(writeHandle(), reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(emptyKey.utf16()));
         if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
             qWarning("QSettings: Failed to delete key \"%s\": %s",
                     regList.at(0).key().toLatin1().data(), errorCodeToString(res).toLatin1().data());
@@ -666,11 +588,7 @@ void QWinSettingsPrivate::remove(const QString &uKey)
     LONG res;
     HKEY handle = openKey(writeHandle(), registryPermissions, keyPath(rKey));
     if (handle != 0) {
-        QT_WA( {
-            res = RegDeleteValueW(handle, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(keyName(rKey).utf16()));
-        }, {
-            res = RegDeleteValueA(handle, keyName(rKey).toLocal8Bit());
-        } );
+        res = RegDeleteValue(handle, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(keyName(rKey).utf16()));
         RegCloseKey(handle);
     }
 
@@ -685,12 +603,7 @@ void QWinSettingsPrivate::remove(const QString &uKey)
             for (int i = 0; i < childKeys.size(); ++i) {
                 QString group = childKeys.at(i);
 
-                LONG res;
-                QT_WA( {
-                    res = RegDeleteValueW(handle, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(group.utf16()));
-                }, {
-                    res = RegDeleteValueA(handle, group.toLocal8Bit());
-                } );
+                LONG res = RegDeleteValue(handle, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(group.utf16()));
                 if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
                     qWarning("QSettings: RegDeleteValue failed on subkey \"%s\": %s",
                               group.toLatin1().data(), errorCodeToString(res).toLatin1().data());
@@ -701,11 +614,7 @@ void QWinSettingsPrivate::remove(const QString &uKey)
             // For WinCE always Close the handle first.
             RegCloseKey(handle);
 #endif
-            QT_WA( {
-                res = RegDeleteKeyW(writeHandle(), reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(rKey.utf16()));
-            }, {
-                res = RegDeleteKeyA(writeHandle(), rKey.toLocal8Bit());
-            } );
+            res = RegDeleteKey(writeHandle(), reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(rKey.utf16()));
 
             if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
                 qWarning("QSettings: RegDeleteKey failed on key \"%s\": %s",
@@ -761,27 +670,15 @@ void QWinSettingsPrivate::set(const QString &uKey, const QVariant &value)
 
             if (type == REG_BINARY) {
                 QString s = variantToString(value);
-                QT_WA( {
-                    regValueBuff = QByteArray((const char*)s.utf16(), s.length()*2);
-                }, {
-                    regValueBuff = QByteArray((const char*)s.toLocal8Bit(), s.length());
-                } );
+                regValueBuff = QByteArray((const char*)s.utf16(), s.length() * 2);
             } else {
                 QStringList::const_iterator it = l.constBegin();
                 for (; it != l.constEnd(); ++it) {
                     const QString &s = *it;
-                    QT_WA( {
-                        regValueBuff += QByteArray((const char*)s.utf16(), (s.length() + 1)*2);
-                    }, {
-                        regValueBuff += QByteArray((const char*)s.toLocal8Bit(), s.length() + 1);
-                    } );
+                    regValueBuff += QByteArray((const char*)s.utf16(), (s.length() + 1) * 2);
                 }
-                QT_WA( {
-                    regValueBuff.append((char)0);
-                    regValueBuff.append((char)0);
-                }, {
-                    regValueBuff.append((char)0);
-                } );
+                regValueBuff.append((char)0);
+                regValueBuff.append((char)0);
             }
             break;
         }
@@ -794,21 +691,6 @@ void QWinSettingsPrivate::set(const QString &uKey, const QVariant &value)
         }
 
         case QVariant::ByteArray:
-            // On Win95/98/Me QString::toLocal8Bit() fails to handle chars > 0x7F. So we don't go through variantToString() at all.
-            if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based) {
-                QByteArray ba = value.toByteArray();
-                regValueBuff = "@ByteArray(";
-                regValueBuff += ba;
-                regValueBuff += ')';
-                if (ba.contains('\0')) {
-                    type = REG_BINARY;
-                } else {
-                    type = REG_SZ;
-                    regValueBuff += '\0';
-                }
-                    
-                break;
-            }
             // fallthrough intended
 
         default: {
@@ -817,33 +699,18 @@ void QWinSettingsPrivate::set(const QString &uKey, const QVariant &value)
             QString s = variantToString(value);
             type = stringContainsNullChar(s) ? REG_BINARY : REG_SZ;
             if (type == REG_BINARY) {
-                QT_WA( {
-                    regValueBuff = QByteArray((const char*)s.utf16(), s.length()*2);
-                }, {
-                    regValueBuff = QByteArray((const char*)s.toLocal8Bit(), s.length());
-                } );
+                regValueBuff = QByteArray((const char*)s.utf16(), s.length() * 2);
             } else {
-                QT_WA( {
-                    regValueBuff = QByteArray((const char*)s.utf16(), (s.length() + 1)*2);
-                }, {
-                    regValueBuff = QByteArray((const char*)s.toLocal8Bit(), s.length() + 1);
-                } );
+                regValueBuff = QByteArray((const char*)s.utf16(), (s.length() + 1) * 2);
             }
             break;
         }
     }
 
     // set the value
-    LONG res;
-    QT_WA( {
-        res = RegSetValueExW(handle, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(keyName(rKey).utf16()), 0, type,
-                             reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(regValueBuff.constData()),
-                             regValueBuff.size());
-    }, {
-        res = RegSetValueExA(handle, keyName(rKey).toLocal8Bit(), 0, type,
+    LONG res = RegSetValueEx(handle, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(keyName(rKey).utf16()), 0, type,
                              reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(regValueBuff.constData()),
                              regValueBuff.size());
-    } );
 
     if (res == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
         deleteWriteHandleOnExit = false;
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
index e6a471c..e2708c3 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication.cpp
@@ -1741,21 +1741,8 @@ QString QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath()
     if (!d->cachedApplicationFilePath.isNull())
         return d->cachedApplicationFilePath;
 
-#if defined( Q_WS_WIN )
-    QFileInfo filePath;
-    QT_WA({
-        wchar_t module_name[MAX_PATH+1];
-        GetModuleFileNameW(0, module_name, MAX_PATH);
-        module_name[MAX_PATH] = 0;
-        filePath = QString::fromUtf16((ushort *)module_name);
-    }, {
-        char module_name[MAX_PATH+1];
-        GetModuleFileNameA(0, module_name, MAX_PATH);
-        module_name[MAX_PATH] = 0;
-        filePath = QString::fromLocal8Bit(module_name);
-    });
-
-    d->cachedApplicationFilePath = filePath.filePath();
+#if defined(Q_WS_WIN)
+    d->cachedApplicationFilePath = QFileInfo(qAppFileName()).filePath();
     return d->cachedApplicationFilePath;
 #elif defined(Q_WS_MAC)
     QString qAppFileName_str = qAppFileName();
@@ -1902,13 +1889,13 @@ QStringList QCoreApplication::arguments()
         return list;
     }
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-    QString cmdline = QT_WA_INLINE(QString::fromUtf16((unsigned short *)GetCommandLineW()), QString::fromLocal8Bit(GetCommandLineA()));
+    QString cmdline = QString::fromWCharArray(GetCommandLine());
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
     wchar_t tempFilename[MAX_PATH+1];
-    if (GetModuleFileNameW(0, tempFilename, MAX_PATH)) {
+    if (GetModuleFileName(0, tempFilename, MAX_PATH)) {
         tempFilename[MAX_PATH] = 0;
-        cmdline.prepend(QLatin1Char('\"') + QString::fromUtf16((unsigned short *)tempFilename) + QLatin1String("\" "));
+        cmdline.prepend(QLatin1Char('\"') + QString::fromWCharArray(tempFilename) + QLatin1String("\" "));
     }
 #endif // Q_OS_WINCE
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication_win.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication_win.cpp
index 7a35340..a71f284 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qcoreapplication_win.cpp
@@ -45,14 +45,15 @@
 #include "qt_windows.h"
 #include "qvector.h"
 #include "qmutex.h"
+#include "qfileinfo.h"
 #include "qcorecmdlineargs_p.h"
 #include <private/qthread_p.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-char         appFileName[MAX_PATH+1];                // application file name
-char         theAppName[MAX_PATH+1];                        // application name
+char         appFileName[MAX_PATH];                // application file name
+char         theAppName[MAX_PATH];                        // application name
 HINSTANCE appInst        = 0;                // handle to app instance
 HINSTANCE appPrevInst        = 0;                // handle to prev app instance
 int appCmdShow = 0;
@@ -73,48 +74,69 @@ Q_CORE_EXPORT int qWinAppCmdShow()                        // get main window sho
     return appCmdShow;
 }
 
+Q_CORE_EXPORT QString qAppFileName()                // get application file name
+{
+    // We do MAX_PATH + 2 here, and request with MAX_PATH + 1, so we can handle all paths
+    // up to, and including MAX_PATH size perfectly fine with string termination, as well
+    // as easily detect if the file path is indeed larger than MAX_PATH, in which case we
+    // need to use the heap instead. This is a work-around, since contrary to what the
+    // MSDN documentation states, GetModuleFileName sometimes doesn't set the
+    // ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER error number, and we thus cannot rely on this value if
+    // GetModuleFileName(0, buffer, MAX_PATH) == MAX_PATH.
+    // GetModuleFileName(0, buffer, MAX_PATH + 1) == MAX_PATH just means we hit the normal
+    // file path limit, and we handle it normally, if the result is MAX_PATH + 1, we use
+    // heap (even if the result _might_ be exactly MAX_PATH + 1, but that's ok).
+    wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH + 2];
+    DWORD v = GetModuleFileName(0, buffer, MAX_PATH + 1);
+    buffer[MAX_PATH + 1] = 0;
+
+    if (v == 0)
+        return QString();
+    else if (v <= MAX_PATH)
+        return QString::fromWCharArray(buffer);
+
+    // MAX_PATH sized buffer wasn't large enough to contain the full path, use heap
+    wchar_t *b = 0;
+    int i = 1;
+    size_t size;
+    do {
+        ++i;
+        size = MAX_PATH * i;
+        b = reinterpret_cast<wchar_t *>(realloc(b, (size + 1) * sizeof(wchar_t)));
+        if (b)
+            v = GetModuleFileName(NULL, b, size);
+    } while (b && v == size);
+
+    if (b)
+        *(b + size) = 0;
+    QString res = QString::fromWCharArray(b);
+    free(b);
+
+    return res;
+}
 
 void set_winapp_name()
 {
     static bool already_set = false;
     if (!already_set) {
         already_set = true;
-#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-        GetModuleFileNameA(0, appFileName, sizeof(appFileName));
-        appFileName[sizeof(appFileName)-1] = 0;
-#else
-        QString afm;
-        afm.resize(sizeof(appFileName));
-        afm.resize(GetModuleFileName(0, (wchar_t *) (afm.unicode()), sizeof(appFileName)));
-        memcpy(appFileName, afm.toLatin1(), sizeof(appFileName));
-#endif
-        const char *p = strrchr(appFileName, '\\');        // skip path
-        if (p)
-            memcpy(theAppName, p+1, qstrlen(p));
-        int l = qstrlen(theAppName);
-        if ((l > 4) && !qstricmp(theAppName + l - 4, ".exe"))
-            theAppName[l-4] = '\0';                // drop .exe extension
-
-        if (appInst == 0) {
-            QT_WA({
-                appInst = GetModuleHandle(0);
-            }, {
-                appInst = GetModuleHandleA(0);
-            });
-        }
-    }
-}
 
-Q_CORE_EXPORT QString qAppFileName()                // get application file name
-{
-    return QString::fromLatin1(appFileName);
+        QString moduleName = qAppFileName();
+
+        QByteArray filePath = moduleName.toLocal8Bit();
+        QByteArray fileName = QFileInfo(moduleName).baseName().toLocal8Bit();
+
+        memcpy(appFileName, filePath.constData(), filePath.length());
+        memcpy(theAppName, fileName.constData(), fileName.length());
+
+        if (appInst == 0)
+            appInst = GetModuleHandle(0);
+    }
 }
 
 QString QCoreApplicationPrivate::appName() const
 {
-    if (!theAppName[0])
-        set_winapp_name();
-    return QString::fromLatin1(theAppName);
+    return QFileInfo(qAppFileName()).baseName();
 }
 
 class QWinMsgHandlerCriticalSection
@@ -145,15 +167,11 @@ Q_CORE_EXPORT void qWinMsgHandler(QtMsgType t, const char* str)
         str = "(null)";
 
     staticCriticalSection.lock();
-    QT_WA({
-        QString s(QString::fromLocal8Bit(str));
-        s += QLatin1Char('\n');
-        OutputDebugStringW((TCHAR*)s.utf16());
-    }, {
-        QByteArray s(str);
-        s += '\n';
-        OutputDebugStringA(s.data());
-    })
+
+    QString s(QString::fromLocal8Bit(str));
+    s += QLatin1Char('\n');
+    OutputDebugString((wchar_t*)s.utf16());
+
     staticCriticalSection.unlock();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qcorecmdlineargs_p.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qcorecmdlineargs_p.h
index c0dd813..a012b4e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qcorecmdlineargs_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qcorecmdlineargs_p.h
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ static inline QStringList qWinCmdArgs(QString cmdLine) // not const-ref: this mi
     QStringList args;
 
     int argc = 0;
-    QVector<ushort*> argv = qWinCmdLine<ushort>((ushort*)cmdLine.utf16(), cmdLine.length(), argc);
+    QVector<wchar_t*> argv = qWinCmdLine<wchar_t>((wchar_t *)cmdLine.utf16(), cmdLine.length(), argc);
     for (int a = 0; a < argc; ++a) {
-        args << QString::fromUtf16(argv[a]);
+        args << QString::fromWCharArray(argv[a]);
     }
 
     return args;
@@ -147,10 +147,7 @@ static inline QStringList qCmdLineArgs(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     Q_UNUSED(argc)
     Q_UNUSED(argv)
-    QString cmdLine = QT_WA_INLINE(
-        QString::fromUtf16((unsigned short*)GetCommandLineW()),
-        QString::fromLocal8Bit(GetCommandLineA())
-    );
+    QString cmdLine = QString::fromWCharArray(GetCommandLine());
     return qWinCmdArgs(cmdLine);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_win.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_win.cpp
index cb1549c..33b66f5 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_win.cpp
@@ -355,8 +355,7 @@ QEventDispatcherWin32Private::QEventDispatcherWin32Private()
 {
     resolveTimerAPI();
 
-    wakeUpNotifier.setHandle(QT_WA_INLINE(CreateEventW(0, FALSE, FALSE, 0),
-                                          CreateEventA(0, FALSE, FALSE, 0)));
+    wakeUpNotifier.setHandle(CreateEvent(0, FALSE, FALSE, 0));
     if (!wakeUpNotifier.handle())
         qWarning("QEventDispatcher: Creating QEventDispatcherWin32Private wakeup event failed");
 }
@@ -367,13 +366,8 @@ QEventDispatcherWin32Private::~QEventDispatcherWin32Private()
     CloseHandle(wakeUpNotifier.handle());
     if (internalHwnd)
         DestroyWindow(internalHwnd);
-    QByteArray className = "QEventDispatcherWin32_Internal_Widget" + QByteArray::number(quintptr(qt_internal_proc));
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    UnregisterClassA(className.constData(), qWinAppInst());
-#else
-    UnregisterClassW(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (QString::fromLatin1(className.constData()).utf16())
-                     , qWinAppInst());
-#endif
+    QString className = QLatin1String("QEventDispatcherWin32_Internal_Widget") + QString::number(quintptr(qt_internal_proc));
+    UnregisterClass((wchar_t*)className.utf16(), qWinAppInst());
 }
 
 void QEventDispatcherWin32Private::activateEventNotifier(QWinEventNotifier * wen)
@@ -382,18 +376,24 @@ void QEventDispatcherWin32Private::activateEventNotifier(QWinEventNotifier * wen
     QCoreApplication::sendEvent(wen, &event);
 }
 
-
+// ### Qt 5: remove
 Q_CORE_EXPORT bool winPeekMessage(MSG* msg, HWND hWnd, UINT wMsgFilterMin,
                      UINT wMsgFilterMax, UINT wRemoveMsg)
 {
-    QT_WA({ return PeekMessage(msg, hWnd, wMsgFilterMin, wMsgFilterMax, wRemoveMsg); } ,
-          { return PeekMessageA(msg, hWnd, wMsgFilterMin, wMsgFilterMax, wRemoveMsg); });
+    return PeekMessage(msg, hWnd, wMsgFilterMin, wMsgFilterMax, wRemoveMsg);
 }
 
+// ### Qt 5: remove
 Q_CORE_EXPORT bool winPostMessage(HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 {
-    QT_WA({ return PostMessage(hWnd, msg, wParam, lParam); } ,
-          { return PostMessageA(hWnd, msg, wParam, lParam); });
+    return PostMessage(hWnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
+}
+
+// ### Qt 5: remove
+Q_CORE_EXPORT bool winGetMessage(MSG* msg, HWND hWnd, UINT wMsgFilterMin,
+                     UINT wMsgFilterMax)
+{
+    return GetMessage(msg, hWnd, wMsgFilterMin, wMsgFilterMax);
 }
 
 // This function is called by a workerthread
@@ -443,10 +443,10 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK qt_internal_proc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
 
     #ifdef GWLP_USERDATA
             QEventDispatcherWin32 *eventDispatcher =
-                (QEventDispatcherWin32 *) GetWindowLongPtrA(hwnd, GWLP_USERDATA);
+                (QEventDispatcherWin32 *) GetWindowLongPtr(hwnd, GWLP_USERDATA);
     #else
             QEventDispatcherWin32 *eventDispatcher =
-                (QEventDispatcherWin32 *) GetWindowLongA(hwnd, GWL_USERDATA);
+                (QEventDispatcherWin32 *) GetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_USERDATA);
     #endif
             if (eventDispatcher) {
                 QEventDispatcherWin32Private *d = eventDispatcher->d_func();
@@ -494,54 +494,35 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK qt_internal_proc(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
 
 static HWND qt_create_internal_window(const QEventDispatcherWin32 *eventDispatcher)
 {
-    HINSTANCE hi = qWinAppInst();
-#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+    // make sure that multiple Qt's can coexist in the same process
+    QString className = QLatin1String("QEventDispatcherWin32_Internal_Widget") + QString::number(quintptr(qt_internal_proc));
+
     WNDCLASS wc;
-#else
-    WNDCLASSA wc;
-#endif
     wc.style = 0;
     wc.lpfnWndProc = qt_internal_proc;
     wc.cbClsExtra = 0;
     wc.cbWndExtra = 0;
-    wc.hInstance = hi;
+    wc.hInstance = qWinAppInst();
     wc.hIcon = 0;
     wc.hCursor = 0;
     wc.hbrBackground = 0;
     wc.lpszMenuName = NULL;
+    wc.lpszClassName = reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (className.utf16());
 
-    // make sure that multiple Qt's can coexist in the same process
-    QByteArray className = "QEventDispatcherWin32_Internal_Widget" + QByteArray::number(quintptr(qt_internal_proc));
-#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    QString tmp = QString::fromLatin1(className.data());
-    wc.lpszClassName = reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (tmp.utf16());
     RegisterClass(&wc);
     HWND wnd = CreateWindow(wc.lpszClassName,  // classname
-                             wc.lpszClassName,  // window name
-                             0,                 // style
-                             0, 0, 0, 0,        // geometry
-                             0,                 // parent
-                             0,                 // menu handle
-                             hi,                // application
-                             0);                // windows creation data.
-#else
-    wc.lpszClassName = className.constData();
-    RegisterClassA(&wc);
-    HWND wnd = CreateWindowA(wc.lpszClassName,  // classname
-                             wc.lpszClassName,  // window name
-                             0,                 // style
-                             0, 0, 0, 0,        // geometry
-                             0,                 // parent
-                             0,                 // menu handle
-                             hi,                // application
-                             0);                // windows creation data.
-#endif
-
+                            wc.lpszClassName,  // window name
+                            0,                 // style
+                            0, 0, 0, 0,        // geometry
+                            0,                 // parent
+                            0,                 // menu handle
+                            qWinAppInst(),     // application
+                            0);                // windows creation data.
 
 #ifdef GWLP_USERDATA
-    SetWindowLongPtrA(wnd, GWLP_USERDATA, (LONG_PTR)eventDispatcher);
+    SetWindowLongPtr(wnd, GWLP_USERDATA, (LONG_PTR)eventDispatcher);
 #else
-    SetWindowLongA(wnd, GWL_USERDATA, (LONG)eventDispatcher);
+    SetWindowLong(wnd, GWL_USERDATA, (LONG)eventDispatcher);
 #endif
 
     if (!wnd) {
@@ -690,7 +671,7 @@ bool QEventDispatcherWin32::processEvents(QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlags flags)
                 haveMessage = true;
                 msg = d->queuedSocketEvents.takeFirst();
             } else {
-                haveMessage = winPeekMessage(&msg, 0, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE);
+                haveMessage = PeekMessage(&msg, 0, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE);
                 if (haveMessage && (flags & QEventLoop::ExcludeUserInputEvents)
                     && ((msg.message >= WM_KEYFIRST
                          && msg.message <= WM_KEYLAST)
@@ -738,11 +719,7 @@ bool QEventDispatcherWin32::processEvents(QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlags flags)
 
                 if (!filterEvent(&msg)) {
                     TranslateMessage(&msg);
-                    QT_WA({
-                        DispatchMessage(&msg);
-                    } , {
-                        DispatchMessageA(&msg);
-                    });
+                    DispatchMessage(&msg);
                 }
             } else if (waitRet >= WAIT_OBJECT_0 && waitRet < WAIT_OBJECT_0 + nCount) {
                 d->activateEventNotifier(d->winEventNotifierList.at(waitRet - WAIT_OBJECT_0));
@@ -781,7 +758,7 @@ bool QEventDispatcherWin32::processEvents(QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlags flags)
 bool QEventDispatcherWin32::hasPendingEvents()
 {
     MSG msg;
-    return qGlobalPostedEventsCount() || winPeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_NOREMOVE);
+    return qGlobalPostedEventsCount() || PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_NOREMOVE);
 }
 
 void QEventDispatcherWin32::registerSocketNotifier(QSocketNotifier *notifier)
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qfunctions_wince.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qfunctions_wince.cpp
index 2c47adb..5680ad5 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qfunctions_wince.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qfunctions_wince.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ int qt_wince__getdrive( void )
     return 1;
 }
 
-int qt_wince__waccess( const WCHAR *path, int pmode )
+int qt_wince__waccess( const wchar_t *path, int pmode )
 {
     DWORD res = GetFileAttributes( path );
     if ( 0xFFFFFFFF == res )
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ int qt_wince__waccess( const WCHAR *path, int pmode )
         return -1;
 
     if ( (pmode & X_OK) && !(res & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) ) {
-        QString file = QString::fromUtf16(reinterpret_cast<const ushort *> (path));
+        QString file = QString::fromWCharArray(path);
         if ( !(file.endsWith(QString::fromLatin1(".exe")) ||
            file.endsWith(QString::fromLatin1(".com"))) )
         return -1;
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ int qt_wince__waccess( const WCHAR *path, int pmode )
 int qt_wince_open( const char *filename, int oflag, int pmode )
 {
     QString fn( QString::fromLatin1(filename) );
-    return _wopen( (WCHAR*)fn.utf16(), oflag, pmode );
+    return _wopen( (wchar_t*)fn.utf16(), oflag, pmode );
 }
 
-int qt_wince__wopen( const WCHAR *filename, int oflag, int /*pmode*/ )
+int qt_wince__wopen( const wchar_t *filename, int oflag, int /*pmode*/ )
 {
-    WCHAR *flag;
+    wchar_t *flag;
 
     if ( oflag & _O_APPEND ) {
         if ( oflag & _O_WRONLY ) {
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ bool qt_wince__chmod(const char *file, int mode)
     return _wchmod( reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (QString::fromLatin1(file).utf16()), mode);
 }
 
-bool qt_wince__wchmod(const WCHAR *file, int mode)
+bool qt_wince__wchmod(const wchar_t *file, int mode)
 {
     // ### Does not work properly, what about just adding one property?
     if(mode&_S_IWRITE) {
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qfunctions_wince.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qfunctions_wince.h
index 307e17b..41cb641 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qfunctions_wince.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qfunctions_wince.h
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ typedef int mode_t;
 extern int errno;
 
 int     qt_wince__getdrive( void );
-int     qt_wince__waccess( const WCHAR *path, int pmode );
-int     qt_wince__wopen( const WCHAR *filename, int oflag, int pmode );
+int     qt_wince__waccess( const wchar_t *path, int pmode );
+int     qt_wince__wopen( const wchar_t *filename, int oflag, int pmode );
 long    qt_wince__lseek( int handle, long offset, int origin );
 int     qt_wince__read( int handle, void *buffer, unsigned int count );
 int     qt_wince__write( int handle, const void *buffer, unsigned int count );
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ int qt_wince_SetErrorMode(int);
 #endif
 
 bool qt_wince__chmod(const char *file, int mode);
-bool qt_wince__wchmod(const WCHAR *file, int mode);
+bool qt_wince__wchmod(const wchar_t *file, int mode);
 
 #pragma warning(disable: 4273)
 HANDLE qt_wince_CreateFileA(LPCSTR, DWORD, DWORD, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, DWORD, DWORD, HANDLE);
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qsharedmemory_win.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qsharedmemory_win.cpp
index d963a6d..c88149a 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qsharedmemory_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qsharedmemory_win.cpp
@@ -106,16 +106,11 @@ HANDLE QSharedMemoryPrivate::handle()
             return false;
         }
 #ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-    QT_WA({
-            hand = OpenFileMappingW(FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, false, (TCHAR*)safeKey.utf16());
-        }, {
-            hand = OpenFileMappingA(FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, false, safeKey.toLocal8Bit().constData());
-        });
+        hand = OpenFileMapping(FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, false, (wchar_t*)safeKey.utf16());
 #else
         // This works for opening a mapping too, but always opens it with read/write access in
         // attach as it seems.
-        hand = CreateFileMappingW(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE,
-               0, PAGE_READWRITE, 0, 0, (TCHAR*)safeKey.utf16());
+        hand = CreateFileMapping(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, 0, PAGE_READWRITE, 0, 0, (wchar_t*)safeKey.utf16());
 #endif
         if (!hand) {
             setErrorString(function);
@@ -148,13 +143,7 @@ bool QSharedMemoryPrivate::create(int size)
     }
 
     // Create the file mapping.
-    QT_WA( {
-        hand = CreateFileMappingW(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE,
-               0, PAGE_READWRITE, 0, size, (TCHAR*)safeKey.utf16());
-    }, {
-        hand = CreateFileMappingA(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE,
-               0, PAGE_READWRITE, 0, size, safeKey.toLocal8Bit().constData());
-    } );
+    hand = CreateFileMapping(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, 0, PAGE_READWRITE, 0, size, (wchar_t*)safeKey.utf16());
     setErrorString(function);
 
     // hand is valid when it already exists unlike unix so explicitly check
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qsystemsemaphore_win.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qsystemsemaphore_win.cpp
index 4e03ddf..1102258 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qsystemsemaphore_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qsystemsemaphore_win.cpp
@@ -87,11 +87,7 @@ HANDLE QSystemSemaphorePrivate::handle(QSystemSemaphore::AccessMode)
     // Create it if it doesn't already exists.
     if (semaphore == 0) {
         QString safeName = makeKeyFileName();
-        QT_WA({
-            semaphore = CreateSemaphoreW(0, initialValue, MAXLONG, (TCHAR*)safeName.utf16());
-        }, {
-            semaphore = CreateSemaphoreA(0, initialValue, MAXLONG, safeName.toLocal8Bit().constData());
-        });
+        semaphore = CreateSemaphore(0, initialValue, MAXLONG, (wchar_t*)safeName.utf16());
         if (semaphore == NULL)
             setErrorString(QLatin1String("QSystemSemaphore::handle"));
     }
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qtimer.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qtimer.cpp
index d2a0b3a..2ee9d26 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qtimer.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qtimer.cpp
@@ -103,9 +103,8 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
     Note that QTimer's accuracy depends on the underlying operating
     system and hardware. Most platforms support an accuracy of
-    1 millisecond, but Windows 98 supports only 55. If Qt is
-    unable to deliver the requested number of timer clicks, it will
-    silently discard some.
+    1 millisecond. If Qt is unable to deliver the requested number of
+    timer clicks, it will silently discard some.
 
     An alternative to using QTimer is to call QObject::startTimer()
     for your object and reimplement the QObject::timerEvent() event
diff --git a/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary.cpp b/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary.cpp
index 4d465dc..8f364ba 100644
--- a/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary.cpp
@@ -623,11 +623,7 @@ bool QLibraryPrivate::isPlugin(QSettings *settings)
 #endif
             if (!pHnd) {
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-                QT_WA({
-                    hTempModule = ::LoadLibraryExW((wchar_t*)QDir::toNativeSeparators(fileName).utf16(), 0, DONT_RESOLVE_DLL_REFERENCES);
-                } , {
-                    temporary_load = load_sys();
-                });
+                hTempModule = ::LoadLibraryEx((wchar_t*)QDir::toNativeSeparators(fileName).utf16(), 0, DONT_RESOLVE_DLL_REFERENCES);
 #else
                 temporary_load =  load_sys();
 #endif
@@ -641,7 +637,7 @@ bool QLibraryPrivate::isPlugin(QSettings *settings)
             QtPluginQueryVerificationDataFunction qtPluginQueryVerificationDataFunction = hTempModule
                 ? (QtPluginQueryVerificationDataFunction)
 #ifdef Q_OS_WINCE
-                    ::GetProcAddressW(hTempModule, L"qt_plugin_query_verification_data")
+                    ::GetProcAddress(hTempModule, L"qt_plugin_query_verification_data")
 #else
                     ::GetProcAddress(hTempModule, "qt_plugin_query_verification_data")
 #endif
diff --git a/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary_win.cpp b/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary_win.cpp
index 43eeafa..847c0d2 100644
--- a/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary_win.cpp
@@ -67,30 +67,18 @@ bool QLibraryPrivate::load_sys()
 
     //avoid 'Bad Image' message box
     UINT oldmode = SetErrorMode(SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS|SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX);
-    QT_WA({
-        pHnd = LoadLibraryW((TCHAR*)QDir::toNativeSeparators(attempt).utf16());
-    } , {
-        pHnd = LoadLibraryA(QFile::encodeName(QDir::toNativeSeparators(attempt)).data());
-    });
-    
+    pHnd = LoadLibrary((wchar_t*)QDir::toNativeSeparators(attempt).utf16());
+
     if (pluginState != IsAPlugin) {
 #if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
         if (!pHnd && ::GetLastError() == ERROR_MOD_NOT_FOUND) {
             QString secondAttempt = fileName;
-            QT_WA({
-                pHnd = LoadLibraryW((TCHAR*)QDir::toNativeSeparators(secondAttempt).utf16());
-            } , {
-                pHnd = LoadLibraryA(QFile::encodeName(QDir::toNativeSeparators(secondAttempt)).data());
-            });
+            pHnd = LoadLibrary((wchar_t*)QDir::toNativeSeparators(secondAttempt).utf16());
         }
 #endif
         if (!pHnd && ::GetLastError() == ERROR_MOD_NOT_FOUND) {
             attempt += QLatin1String(".dll");
-            QT_WA({
-                pHnd = LoadLibraryW((TCHAR*)QDir::toNativeSeparators(attempt).utf16());
-            } , {
-                pHnd = LoadLibraryA(QFile::encodeName(QDir::toNativeSeparators(attempt)).data());
-            });
+            pHnd = LoadLibrary((wchar_t*)QDir::toNativeSeparators(attempt).utf16());
         }
     }
 
@@ -100,15 +88,11 @@ bool QLibraryPrivate::load_sys()
     }
     if (pHnd) {
         errorString.clear();
-        QT_WA({
-            TCHAR buffer[MAX_PATH + 1];
-            ::GetModuleFileNameW(pHnd, buffer, MAX_PATH);
-            attempt = QString::fromUtf16(reinterpret_cast<const ushort *>(&buffer));
-        }, {
-            char buffer[MAX_PATH + 1];
-            ::GetModuleFileNameA(pHnd, buffer, MAX_PATH);
-            attempt = QString::fromLocal8Bit(buffer);
-        });
+
+        wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH];
+        ::GetModuleFileName(pHnd, buffer, MAX_PATH);
+        attempt = QString::fromWCharArray(buffer);
+
         const QDir dir =  QFileInfo(fileName).dir();
         const QString realfilename = attempt.mid(attempt.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('\\')) + 1);
         if (dir.path() == QLatin1String("."))
diff --git a/src/corelib/thread/qmutex_win.cpp b/src/corelib/thread/qmutex_win.cpp
index f2022a5..1d247fc 100644
--- a/src/corelib/thread/qmutex_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/thread/qmutex_win.cpp
@@ -50,19 +50,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 QMutexPrivate::QMutexPrivate(QMutex::RecursionMode mode)
     : recursive(mode == QMutex::Recursive), contenders(0), lastSpinCount(0), owner(0), count(0)
 {
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion == 0) {
-        // mutex was created before initializing WindowsVersion. this
-        // can happen when creating the resource file engine handler,
-        // for example. try again with just the A version
-#ifdef Q_OS_WINCE
-        event = CreateEventW(0, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
-#else
-        event = CreateEventA(0, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
-#endif
-    } else {
-        event = QT_WA_INLINE(CreateEventW(0, FALSE, FALSE, 0),
-                             CreateEventA(0, FALSE, FALSE, 0));
-    }
+    event = CreateEvent(0, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
     if (!event)
         qWarning("QMutexPrivate::QMutexPrivate: Cannot create event");
 }
diff --git a/src/corelib/thread/qthread_win.cpp b/src/corelib/thread/qthread_win.cpp
index b5bdba3..6c24784 100644
--- a/src/corelib/thread/qthread_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/thread/qthread_win.cpp
@@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ void qt_watch_adopted_thread(const HANDLE adoptedThreadHandle, QThread *qthread)
     // Start watcher thread if it is not already running.
     if (qt_adopted_thread_watcher_handle == 0) {
         if (qt_adopted_thread_wakeup == 0) {
-            qt_adopted_thread_wakeup = QT_WA_INLINE(CreateEventW(0, false, false, 0),
-                                                    CreateEventA(0, false, false, 0));
+            qt_adopted_thread_wakeup = CreateEvent(0, false, false, 0);
             qt_adopted_thread_handles.prepend(qt_adopted_thread_wakeup);
         }
 
@@ -364,11 +363,10 @@ int QThread::idealThreadCount()
 void QThread::yieldCurrentThread()
 {
 #ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_NT_based)
-        SwitchToThread();
-    else
+    SwitchToThread();
+#else
+    ::Sleep(0);
 #endif
-        ::Sleep(0);
 }
 
 void QThread::sleep(unsigned long secs)
@@ -419,17 +417,11 @@ void QThread::start(Priority priority)
         return;
     }
 
-    // Since Win 9x will have problems if the priority is idle or time critical
-    // we have to use the closest one instead
     int prio;
     d->priority = priority;
     switch (d->priority) {
     case IdlePriority:
-        if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based) {
-            prio = THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST;
-        } else {
-            prio = THREAD_PRIORITY_IDLE;
-        }
+        prio = THREAD_PRIORITY_IDLE;
         break;
 
     case LowestPriority:
@@ -453,11 +445,7 @@ void QThread::start(Priority priority)
         break;
 
     case TimeCriticalPriority:
-        if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based) {
-            prio = THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST;
-        } else {
-            prio = THREAD_PRIORITY_TIME_CRITICAL;
-        }
+        prio = THREAD_PRIORITY_TIME_CRITICAL;
         break;
 
     case InheritPriority:
@@ -563,17 +551,11 @@ void QThread::setPriority(Priority priority)
 
     // copied from start() with a few modifications:
 
-    // Since Win 9x will have problems if the priority is idle or time critical
-    // we have to use the closest one instead
     int prio;
     d->priority = priority;
     switch (d->priority) {
     case IdlePriority:
-        if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based) {
-            prio = THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST;
-        } else {
-            prio = THREAD_PRIORITY_IDLE;
-        }
+        prio = THREAD_PRIORITY_IDLE;
         break;
 
     case LowestPriority:
@@ -597,11 +579,7 @@ void QThread::setPriority(Priority priority)
         break;
 
     case TimeCriticalPriority:
-        if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based) {
-            prio = THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST;
-        } else {
-            prio = THREAD_PRIORITY_TIME_CRITICAL;
-        }
+        prio = THREAD_PRIORITY_TIME_CRITICAL;
         break;
 
     case InheritPriority:
diff --git a/src/corelib/thread/qwaitcondition_win.cpp b/src/corelib/thread/qwaitcondition_win.cpp
index 9129fb6..b0146d2 100644
--- a/src/corelib/thread/qwaitcondition_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/thread/qwaitcondition_win.cpp
@@ -64,11 +64,7 @@ class QWaitConditionEvent
 public:
     inline QWaitConditionEvent() : priority(0), wokenUp(false)
     {
-        QT_WA ({
-            event = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
-        }, {
-            event = CreateEventA(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
-        });
+        event = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
     }
     inline ~QWaitConditionEvent() { CloseHandle(event); }
     int priority;
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qdatetime.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qdatetime.cpp
index 6674717..42f4304 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qdatetime.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qdatetime.cpp
@@ -2503,16 +2503,9 @@ QString QDateTime::toString(Qt::DateFormat f) const
         buf += QLatin1Char(' ');
         buf += QString::number(d->date.day());
 #else
-        QString winstr;
-        QT_WA({
-            TCHAR out[255];
-            GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_ILDATE, out, 255);
-            winstr = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)out);
-        } , {
-            char out[255];
-            GetLocaleInfoA(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_ILDATE, (char*)&out, 255);
-            winstr = QString::fromLocal8Bit(out);
-        });
+        wchar_t out[255];
+        GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_ILDATE, out, 255);
+        QString winstr = QString::fromWCharArray(out);
         switch (winstr.toInt()) {
         case 1:
             buf = d->date.shortDayName(d->date.dayOfWeek());
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qlocale.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qlocale.cpp
index 8c1a0ff..fef1931 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qlocale.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qlocale.cpp
@@ -386,15 +386,8 @@ static QString winIso3116CtryName(LCID id = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT);
 
 static QString getWinLocaleInfo(LCTYPE type)
 {
-    int cnt = 0;
-
     LCID id = GetUserDefaultLCID();
-
-    QT_WA({
-        cnt = GetLocaleInfoW(id, type, 0, 0)*2;
-    } , {
-        cnt = GetLocaleInfoA(id, type, 0, 0);
-    });
+    int cnt = GetLocaleInfo(id, type, 0, 0) * 2;
 
     if (cnt == 0) {
         qWarning("QLocale: empty windows locale info (%d)", (int)type);
@@ -403,27 +396,14 @@ static QString getWinLocaleInfo(LCTYPE type)
 
     QByteArray buff(cnt, 0);
 
-    QT_WA({
-        cnt = GetLocaleInfoW(id, type,
-                                reinterpret_cast<wchar_t*>(buff.data()),
-                                buff.size()/2);
-    } , {
-        cnt = GetLocaleInfoA(id, type,
-                                buff.data(), buff.size());
-    });
+    cnt = GetLocaleInfo(id, type, reinterpret_cast<wchar_t*>(buff.data()), buff.size() / 2);
 
     if (cnt == 0) {
         qWarning("QLocale: empty windows locale info (%d)", (int)type);
         return QString();
     }
 
-    QString result;
-    QT_WA({
-        result = QString::fromUtf16(reinterpret_cast<ushort*>(buff.data()));
-    } , {
-        result = QString::fromLocal8Bit(buff.data());
-    });
-    return result;
+    return QString::fromWCharArray(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(buff.data()));
 }
 
 QByteArray getWinLocaleName(LCID id = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT)
@@ -445,20 +425,19 @@ QByteArray getWinLocaleName(LCID id = LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT)
         }
     }
 
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion == QSysInfo::WV_95
-        || (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_CE_based)) {
-        result = winLangCodeToIsoName(id != LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT ? id : GetUserDefaultLCID());
-    } else {
-        if (id == LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT)
-            id = GetUserDefaultLCID();
-        QString resultuage = winIso639LangName(id);
-        QString country = winIso3116CtryName(id);
-        result = resultuage.toLatin1();
-        if (!country.isEmpty()) {
-            result += '_';
-            result += country.toLatin1();
-        }
+#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+    result = winLangCodeToIsoName(id != LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT ? id : GetUserDefaultLCID());
+#else
+    if (id == LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT)
+        id = GetUserDefaultLCID();
+    QString resultuage = winIso639LangName(id);
+    QString country = winIso3116CtryName(id);
+    result = resultuage.toLatin1();
+    if (!country.isEmpty()) {
+        result += '_';
+        result += country.toLatin1();
     }
+#endif
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -544,15 +523,9 @@ static QString winDateToString(const QDate &date, DWORD flags)
 
     LCID id = GetUserDefaultLCID();
 
-    QT_WA({
-        TCHAR buf[255];
-        if (GetDateFormatW(id, flags, &st, 0, buf, 255))
-            return QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)buf);
-    } , {
-        char buf[255];
-        if (GetDateFormatA(id, flags, &st, 0, (char*)&buf, 255))
-            return QString::fromLocal8Bit(buf);
-    });
+    wchar_t buf[255];
+    if (GetDateFormat(id, flags, &st, 0, buf, 255))
+        return QString::fromWCharArray(buf);
 
     return QString();
 }
@@ -569,15 +542,9 @@ static QString winTimeToString(const QTime &time)
     DWORD flags = 0;
     LCID id = GetUserDefaultLCID();
 
-    QT_WA({
-        TCHAR buf[255];
-        if (GetTimeFormatW(id, flags, &st, 0, buf, 255))
-            return QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)buf);
-    } , {
-        char buf[255];
-        if (GetTimeFormatA(id, flags, &st, 0, (char*)&buf, 255))
-            return QString::fromLocal8Bit(buf);
-    });
+    wchar_t buf[255];
+    if (GetTimeFormat(id, flags, &st, 0, buf, 255))
+        return QString::fromWCharArray(buf);
 
     return QString();
 }
@@ -626,12 +593,10 @@ static QString winMonthName(int month, bool short_format)
 static QLocale::MeasurementSystem winSystemMeasurementSystem()
 {
     LCID id = GetUserDefaultLCID();
-    TCHAR output[2];
+    wchar_t output[2];
 
     if (GetLocaleInfo(id, LOCALE_IMEASURE, output, 2)) {
-        QString iMeasure = QT_WA_INLINE(
-                QString::fromUtf16(reinterpret_cast<ushort*>(output)),
-                QString::fromLocal8Bit(reinterpret_cast<char*>(output)));
+        QString iMeasure = QString::fromWCharArray(output);
         if (iMeasure == QLatin1String("1")) {
             return QLocale::ImperialSystem;
         }
@@ -643,12 +608,10 @@ static QLocale::MeasurementSystem winSystemMeasurementSystem()
 static QString winSystemAMText()
 {
     LCID id = GetUserDefaultLCID();
-    TCHAR output[15]; // maximum length including  terminating zero character for Win2003+
+    wchar_t output[15]; // maximum length including  terminating zero character for Win2003+
 
     if (GetLocaleInfo(id, LOCALE_S1159, output, 15)) {
-        return QT_WA_INLINE(
-                QString::fromUtf16(reinterpret_cast<ushort*>(output)),
-                QString::fromLocal8Bit(reinterpret_cast<char*>(output)));
+        return QString::fromWCharArray(output);
     }
 
     return QString();
@@ -657,12 +620,10 @@ static QString winSystemAMText()
 static QString winSystemPMText()
 {
     LCID id = GetUserDefaultLCID();
-    TCHAR output[15]; // maximum length including  terminating zero character for Win2003+
+    wchar_t output[15]; // maximum length including  terminating zero character for Win2003+
 
     if (GetLocaleInfo(id, LOCALE_S2359, output, 15)) {
-        return QT_WA_INLINE(
-                QString::fromUtf16(reinterpret_cast<ushort*>(output)),
-                QString::fromLocal8Bit(reinterpret_cast<char*>(output)));
+        return QString::fromWCharArray(output);
     }
 
     return QString();
@@ -766,9 +727,6 @@ QVariant QSystemLocale::query(QueryType type, QVariant in = QVariant()) const
     return QVariant();
 }
 
-/* Win95 doesn't have a function to return the ISO lang/country name of the user's locale.
-   Instead it can return a "Windows code". This maps windows codes to ISO country names. */
-
 struct WindowsToISOListElt {
     ushort windows_code;
     char iso_name[6];
@@ -924,15 +882,9 @@ static QString winIso639LangName(LCID id)
     // Windows returns the wrong ISO639 for some languages, we need to detect them here using
     // the language code
     QString lang_code;
-    QT_WA({
-        TCHAR out[256];
-        if (GetLocaleInfoW(id, LOCALE_ILANGUAGE, out, 255))
-            lang_code = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)out);
-    } , {
-        char out[256];
-        if (GetLocaleInfoA(id, LOCALE_ILANGUAGE, out, 255))
-            lang_code = QString::fromLocal8Bit(out);
-    });
+    wchar_t out[256];
+    if (GetLocaleInfo(id, LOCALE_ILANGUAGE, out, 255))
+        lang_code = QString::fromWCharArray(out);
 
     if (!lang_code.isEmpty()) {
         const char *endptr;
@@ -954,15 +906,8 @@ static QString winIso639LangName(LCID id)
         return result;
 
     // not one of the problematic languages - do the usual lookup
-    QT_WA({
-        TCHAR out[256];
-        if (GetLocaleInfoW(id, LOCALE_SISO639LANGNAME , out, 255))
-            result = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)out);
-    } , {
-        char out[256];
-        if (GetLocaleInfoA(id, LOCALE_SISO639LANGNAME, out, 255))
-            result = QString::fromLocal8Bit(out);
-    });
+    if (GetLocaleInfo(id, LOCALE_SISO639LANGNAME , out, 255))
+        result = QString::fromWCharArray(out);
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -971,15 +916,9 @@ static QString winIso3116CtryName(LCID id)
 {
     QString result;
 
-    QT_WA({
-        TCHAR out[256];
-        if (GetLocaleInfoW(id, LOCALE_SISO3166CTRYNAME, out, 255))
-            result = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)out);
-    } , {
-        char out[256];
-        if (GetLocaleInfoA(id, LOCALE_SISO3166CTRYNAME, out, 255))
-            result = QString::fromLocal8Bit(out);
-    });
+    wchar_t out[256];
+    if (GetLocaleInfo(id, LOCALE_SISO3166CTRYNAME, out, 255))
+        result = QString::fromWCharArray(out);
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -2689,7 +2628,7 @@ static QString timeZone()
     DWORD res = GetTimeZoneInformation(&info);
     if (res == TIME_ZONE_ID_UNKNOWN)
         return QString();
-    return QString::fromUtf16(reinterpret_cast<const ushort *> (info.StandardName));
+    return QString::fromWCharArray(info.StandardName);
 #elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
     _tzset();
 # if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
index 71482f5..b160b90 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
@@ -3714,13 +3714,13 @@ QByteArray qt_winQString2MB(const QChar *ch, int uclen)
     BOOL used_def;
     QByteArray mb(4096, 0);
     int len;
-    while (!(len=WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, (const WCHAR*)ch, uclen,
+    while (!(len=WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, (const wchar_t*)ch, uclen,
                 mb.data(), mb.size()-1, 0, &used_def)))
     {
         int r = GetLastError();
         if (r == ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) {
             mb.resize(1+WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0,
-                                (const WCHAR*)ch, uclen,
+                                (const wchar_t*)ch, uclen,
                                 0, 0, 0, &used_def));
                 // and try again...
         } else {
@@ -3741,9 +3741,9 @@ QString qt_winMB2QString(const char *mb, int mblen)
     if (!mb || !mblen)
         return QString();
     const int wclen_auto = 4096;
-    WCHAR wc_auto[wclen_auto];
+    wchar_t wc_auto[wclen_auto];
     int wclen = wclen_auto;
-    WCHAR *wc = wc_auto;
+    wchar_t *wc = wc_auto;
     int len;
     while (!(len=MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, MB_PRECOMPOSED,
                 mb, mblen, wc, wclen)))
@@ -3756,7 +3756,7 @@ QString qt_winMB2QString(const char *mb, int mblen)
             } else {
                 wclen = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, MB_PRECOMPOSED,
                                     mb, mblen, 0, 0);
-                wc = new WCHAR[wclen];
+                wc = new wchar_t[wclen];
                 // and try again...
             }
         } else {
@@ -3799,11 +3799,6 @@ QString QString::fromLocal8Bit(const char *str, int size)
         return QString();
     if (size == 0 || (!*str && size < 0))
         return QLatin1String("");
-#if defined(Q_OS_WIN32)
-    if(QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based) {
-        return qt_winMB2QString(str, size);
-    }
-#endif
 #if !defined(QT_NO_TEXTCODEC)
     if (size < 0)
         size = qstrlen(str);
@@ -4697,16 +4692,7 @@ int QString::localeAwareCompare_helper(const QChar *data1, int length1,
         return ucstrcmp(data1, length1, data2, length2);
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN32) || defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    int res;
-    QT_WA({
-        const TCHAR* s1 = (TCHAR*)data1;
-        const TCHAR* s2 = (TCHAR*)data2;
-        res = CompareStringW(GetUserDefaultLCID(), 0, s1, length1, s2, length2);
-    } , {
-        QByteArray s1 = toLocal8Bit_helper(data1, length1);
-        QByteArray s2 = toLocal8Bit_helper(data2, length2);
-        res = CompareStringA(GetUserDefaultLCID(), 0, s1.data(), s1.length(), s2.data(), s2.length());
-    });
+    int res = CompareString(GetUserDefaultLCID(), 0, (wchar_t*)data1, length1, (wchar_t*)data2, length2);
 
     switch (res) {
     case CSTR_LESS_THAN:
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/qgesture.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qgesture.cpp
index d7b2d1b..ff369e2 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qgesture.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qgesture.cpp
@@ -266,6 +266,22 @@ void QGesture::setPos(const QPoint &point)
     d_func()->pos = point;
 }
 
+/*! \fn void QGesture::setAccepted(bool accepted)
+  Marks the gesture with the value of \a accepted.
+ */
+
+/*! \fn bool QGesture::isAccepted() const
+  Returns true if the gesture is marked accepted.
+ */
+
+/*! \fn void QGesture::accept()
+  Marks the gesture accepted.
+*/
+
+/*! \fn void QGesture::ignore()
+  Marks the gesture ignored.
+*/
+
 /*!
     \class QPanningGesture
     \since 4.6
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 5f0f053..3e65eef 100644
--- a/src/gui/styles/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/styles/qwindowsvistastyle.cpp
@@ -196,17 +196,15 @@ void Animation::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOption *option)
     Q_UNUSED(painter);
 }
 
-/*
-* ! \internal
-*
-* Helperfunction to paint the current transition state
-* between two animation frames.
-*
-* The result is a blended image consisting of
-* ((alpha)*_primaryImage) + ((1-alpha)*_secondaryImage)
-*
-*/
+/*! \internal
+
+  Helperfunction to paint the current transition state between two
+  animation frames.
 
+  The result is a blended image consisting of ((alpha)*_primaryImage)
+  + ((1-alpha)*_secondaryImage)
+
+*/
 void Animation::drawBlendedImage(QPainter *painter, QRect rect, float alpha) {
     if (_secondaryImage.isNull() || _primaryImage.isNull())
         return;
@@ -248,14 +246,11 @@ void Animation::drawBlendedImage(QPainter *painter, QRect rect, float alpha) {
     painter->drawImage(rect, _tempImage);
 }
 
-/*
-* ! \internal
-*
-* Paints a transition state. The result will be a mix between the
-* initial and final state of the transition, depending on the
-* time difference between _startTime and current time.
+/*! \internal
+  Paints a transition state. The result will be a mix between the
+  initial and final state of the transition, depending on the time
+  difference between _startTime and current time.
 */
-
 void Transition::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOption *option)
 {
     float alpha = 1.0;
@@ -278,15 +273,11 @@ void Transition::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOption *option)
     drawBlendedImage(painter, option->rect, alpha);
 }
 
-/*
-* ! \internal
-*
-* Paints a pulse. The result will be a mix between the
-* primary and secondary pulse images depending on the
-* time difference between _startTime and current time.
+/*! \internal
+  Paints a pulse. The result will be a mix between the primary and
+  secondary pulse images depending on the time difference between
+  _startTime and current time.
 */
-
-
 void Pulse::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOption *option)
 {
     float alpha = 1.0;
@@ -308,31 +299,37 @@ void Pulse::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOption *option)
 
 
 /*!
- \reimp
- *
- * Animations are used for some state transitions on specific widgets.
- *
- * Only one running animation can exist for a widget at any specific time.
- * Animations can be added through QWindowsVistaStylePrivate::startAnimation(Animation *)
- * and any existing animation on a widget can be retrieved with
- * QWindowsVistaStylePrivate::widgetAnimation(Widget *).
- *
- * Once an animation has been started, QWindowsVistaStylePrivate::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *)
- * will continuously call update() on the widget until it is stopped, meaning that drawPrimitive
- * will be called many times until the transition has completed. During this time, the result
- * will be retrieved by the Animation::paint(...) function and not by the style itself.
- *
- * To determine if a transition should occur, the style needs to know the previous state of the
- * widget as well as the current one. This is solved by updating dynamic properties on the widget
- * every time the function is called.
- *
- * Transitions interrupting existing transitions should always be smooth, so whenever a hover-transition
- * is started on a pulsating button, it uses the current frame of the pulse-animation as the
- * starting image for the hover transition.
- *
+ \internal
+ 
+  Animations are used for some state transitions on specific widgets.
+ 
+  Only one running animation can exist for a widget at any specific
+  time.  Animations can be added through
+  QWindowsVistaStylePrivate::startAnimation(Animation *) and any
+  existing animation on a widget can be retrieved with
+  QWindowsVistaStylePrivate::widgetAnimation(Widget *).
+ 
+  Once an animation has been started,
+  QWindowsVistaStylePrivate::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *) will
+  continuously call update() on the widget until it is stopped,
+  meaning that drawPrimitive will be called many times until the
+  transition has completed. During this time, the result will be
+  retrieved by the Animation::paint(...) function and not by the style
+  itself.
+ 
+  To determine if a transition should occur, the style needs to know
+  the previous state of the widget as well as the current one. This is
+  solved by updating dynamic properties on the widget every time the
+  function is called.
+ 
+  Transitions interrupting existing transitions should always be
+  smooth, so whenever a hover-transition is started on a pulsating
+  button, it uses the current frame of the pulse-animation as the
+  starting image for the hover transition.
+ 
  */
 void QWindowsVistaStyle::drawPrimitive(PrimitiveElement element, const QStyleOption *option,
-                                    QPainter *painter, const QWidget *widget) const
+                                       QPainter *painter, const QWidget *widget) const
 {
     QWindowsVistaStylePrivate *d = const_cast<QWindowsVistaStylePrivate*>(d_func());
 
@@ -877,11 +874,9 @@ void QWindowsVistaStyle::drawPrimitive(PrimitiveElement element, const QStyleOpt
 
 
 /*!
-
- \reimp
+ \internal
 
  see drawPrimitive for comments on the animation support
-
  */
 void QWindowsVistaStyle::drawControl(ControlElement element, const QStyleOption *option,
                                   QPainter *painter, const QWidget *widget) const
@@ -1541,7 +1536,7 @@ void QWindowsVistaStyle::drawControl(ControlElement element, const QStyleOption
 }
 
 /*!
-  \reimp
+  \internal
 
   see drawPrimitive for comments on the animation support
 
@@ -1927,7 +1922,7 @@ void QWindowsVistaStyle::drawComplexControl(ComplexControl control, const QStyle
 }
 
 /*!
- \reimp
+ \internal
  */
 QSize QWindowsVistaStyle::sizeFromContents(ContentsType type, const QStyleOption *option,
                                         const QSize &size, const QWidget *widget) const
@@ -2004,7 +1999,7 @@ QSize QWindowsVistaStyle::sizeFromContents(ContentsType type, const QStyleOption
 }
 
 /*!
- \reimp
+ \internal
  */
 QRect QWindowsVistaStyle::subElementRect(SubElement element, const QStyleOption *option, const QWidget *widget) const
 {
@@ -2175,7 +2170,7 @@ static bool buttonVisible(const QStyle::SubControl sc, const QStyleOptionTitleBa
 }
 
 
-/*! \reimp */
+/*! \internal */
 int QWindowsVistaStyle::styleHint(StyleHint hint, const QStyleOption *option, const QWidget *widget,
                              QStyleHintReturn *returnData) const
 {
@@ -2209,7 +2204,7 @@ int QWindowsVistaStyle::styleHint(StyleHint hint, const QStyleOption *option, co
 
 
 /*!
- \reimp
+ \internal
  */
 QRect QWindowsVistaStyle::subControlRect(ComplexControl control, const QStyleOptionComplex *option,
                                   SubControl subControl, const QWidget *widget) const
@@ -2318,7 +2313,7 @@ QRect QWindowsVistaStyle::subControlRect(ComplexControl control, const QStyleOpt
 }
 
 /*!
- \reimp
+ \internal
  */
 bool QWindowsVistaStyle::event(QEvent *e)
 {
@@ -2341,7 +2336,7 @@ bool QWindowsVistaStyle::event(QEvent *e)
 }
 
 /*!
- \reimp
+ \internal
  */
 QStyle::SubControl QWindowsVistaStyle::hitTestComplexControl(ComplexControl control, const QStyleOptionComplex *option,
                                                           const QPoint &pos, const QWidget *widget) const
@@ -2353,7 +2348,7 @@ QStyle::SubControl QWindowsVistaStyle::hitTestComplexControl(ComplexControl cont
 }
 
 /*!
- \reimp
+ \internal
  */
 int QWindowsVistaStyle::pixelMetric(PixelMetric metric, const QStyleOption *option, const QWidget *widget) const
 {
@@ -2378,7 +2373,7 @@ int QWindowsVistaStyle::pixelMetric(PixelMetric metric, const QStyleOption *opti
 }
 
 /*!
- \reimp
+ \internal
  */
 QPalette QWindowsVistaStyle::standardPalette() const
 {
@@ -2386,7 +2381,7 @@ QPalette QWindowsVistaStyle::standardPalette() const
 }
 
 /*!
- \reimp
+ \internal
  */
 void QWindowsVistaStyle::polish(QApplication *app)
 {
@@ -2394,7 +2389,7 @@ void QWindowsVistaStyle::polish(QApplication *app)
 }
 
 /*!
- \reimp
+ \internal
  */
 void QWindowsVistaStyle::polish(QWidget *widget)
 {
@@ -2448,7 +2443,7 @@ void QWindowsVistaStyle::polish(QWidget *widget)
 }
 
 /*!
- \reimp
+ \internal
  */
 void QWindowsVistaStyle::unpolish(QWidget *widget)
 {
@@ -2490,7 +2485,7 @@ void QWindowsVistaStyle::unpolish(QWidget *widget)
 
 
 /*!
- \reimp
+ \internal
  */
 void QWindowsVistaStyle::unpolish(QApplication *app)
 {
@@ -2498,7 +2493,7 @@ void QWindowsVistaStyle::unpolish(QApplication *app)
 }
 
 /*!
- \reimp
+ \internal
  */
 void QWindowsVistaStyle::polish(QPalette &pal)
 {
@@ -2507,7 +2502,7 @@ void QWindowsVistaStyle::polish(QPalette &pal)
 }
 
 /*!
- \reimp
+ \internal
  */
 QPixmap QWindowsVistaStyle::standardPixmap(StandardPixmap standardPixmap, const QStyleOption *option,
                                       const QWidget *widget) const
@@ -2576,9 +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
diff --git a/src/network/kernel/qnetworkinterface_win.cpp b/src/network/kernel/qnetworkinterface_win.cpp
index 0165385..87902c3 100644
--- a/src/network/kernel/qnetworkinterface_win.cpp
+++ b/src/network/kernel/qnetworkinterface_win.cpp
@@ -66,19 +66,14 @@ static void resolveLibs()
     if (!done) {
         done = true;
 
-        HINSTANCE iphlpapiHnd;
-        QT_WA({
-                iphlpapiHnd = LoadLibraryW(L"iphlpapi");
-            }, {
-                iphlpapiHnd = LoadLibraryA("iphlpapi");
-            });
+        HINSTANCE iphlpapiHnd = LoadLibrary(L"iphlpapi");
         if (iphlpapiHnd == NULL)
-            return;             // failed to load, probably Windows 95
+            return;
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        ptrGetAdaptersInfo = (PtrGetAdaptersInfo)GetProcAddressW(iphlpapiHnd, L"GetAdaptersInfo");
-        ptrGetAdaptersAddresses = (PtrGetAdaptersAddresses)GetProcAddressW(iphlpapiHnd, L"GetAdaptersAddresses");
-        ptrGetNetworkParams = (PtrGetNetworkParams)GetProcAddressW(iphlpapiHnd, L"GetNetworkParams");
+        ptrGetAdaptersInfo = (PtrGetAdaptersInfo)GetProcAddress(iphlpapiHnd, L"GetAdaptersInfo");
+        ptrGetAdaptersAddresses = (PtrGetAdaptersAddresses)GetProcAddress(iphlpapiHnd, L"GetAdaptersAddresses");
+        ptrGetNetworkParams = (PtrGetNetworkParams)GetProcAddress(iphlpapiHnd, L"GetNetworkParams");
 #else
         ptrGetAdaptersInfo = (PtrGetAdaptersInfo)GetProcAddress(iphlpapiHnd, "GetAdaptersInfo");
         ptrGetAdaptersAddresses = (PtrGetAdaptersAddresses)GetProcAddress(iphlpapiHnd, "GetAdaptersAddresses");
diff --git a/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy_win.cpp b/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy_win.cpp
index 5fda228..7052bcc2 100644
--- a/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy_win.cpp
+++ b/src/network/kernel/qnetworkproxy_win.cpp
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_NETWORKPROXY
 
-#if defined(UNICODE)
-
 #include <qmutex.h>
 #include <qstringlist.h>
 #include <qregexp.h>
@@ -269,15 +267,13 @@ void QWindowsSystemProxy::init()
     if (initialized)
         return;
     initialized = true;
-    if (QSysInfo::windowsVersion() & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based)
-        return;                 // no point, this library is only available on 2k, XP and up
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WINCE
     // Windows CE does not have any of the following API
     return;
 #else
     // load the winhttp.dll library
-    HINSTANCE winhttpHnd = LoadLibraryW(L"winhttp");
+    HINSTANCE winhttpHnd = LoadLibrary(L"winhttp");
     if (!winhttpHnd)
         return;                 // failed to load
 
@@ -401,15 +397,6 @@ QList<QNetworkProxy> QNetworkProxyFactory::systemProxyForQuery(const QNetworkPro
     return parseServerList(query, sp->proxyServerList);
 }
 
-#else  // !UNICODE
-
-QList<QNetworkProxy> QNetworkProxyFactory::systemProxyForQuery(const QNetworkProxyQuery &)
-{
-    return QList<QNetworkProxy>() << QNetworkProxy::NoProxy;
-}
-
-#endif
-
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/network/socket/qlocalserver.cpp b/src/network/socket/qlocalserver.cpp
index 05ef2e6..1a50dc4 100644
--- a/src/network/socket/qlocalserver.cpp
+++ b/src/network/socket/qlocalserver.cpp
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
     to use it without one. In that case, you must use waitForNewConnection(),
     which blocks until either a connection is available or a timeout expires.
 
-    Note that this feature is not supported on Windows 9x.
-
     \sa QLocalSocket, QTcpServer
 */
 
diff --git a/src/network/socket/qlocalserver_win.cpp b/src/network/socket/qlocalserver_win.cpp
index 6af5ca5..c4f8f3c 100644
--- a/src/network/socket/qlocalserver_win.cpp
+++ b/src/network/socket/qlocalserver_win.cpp
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ bool QLocalServerPrivate::addListener()
     listeners << Listener();
     Listener &listener = listeners.last();
 
-    QT_WA({
-    listener.handle = CreateNamedPipeW(
-                 (TCHAR*)fullServerName.utf16(), // pipe name
+    listener.handle = CreateNamedPipe(
+                 (const wchar_t *)fullServerName.utf16(), // pipe name
                  PIPE_ACCESS_DUPLEX | FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED,       // read/write access
                  PIPE_TYPE_MESSAGE |       // message type pipe
                  PIPE_READMODE_MESSAGE |   // message-read mode
@@ -74,19 +73,7 @@ bool QLocalServerPrivate::addListener()
                  BUFSIZE,                  // input buffer size
                  3000,                     // client time-out
                  NULL);
-    }, {
-    listener.handle = CreateNamedPipeA(
-                 fullServerName.toLocal8Bit().constData(), // pipe name
-                 PIPE_ACCESS_DUPLEX | FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED,       // read/write access
-                 PIPE_TYPE_MESSAGE |       // message type pipe
-                 PIPE_READMODE_MESSAGE |   // message-read mode
-                 PIPE_WAIT,                // blocking mode
-                 PIPE_UNLIMITED_INSTANCES, // max. instances
-                 BUFSIZE,                  // output buffer size
-                 BUFSIZE,                  // input buffer size
-                 3000,                     // client time-out
-                 NULL);
-    });
+
     if (listener.handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
         setError(QLatin1String("QLocalServerPrivate::addListener"));
         listeners.removeLast();
diff --git a/src/network/socket/qlocalsocket.cpp b/src/network/socket/qlocalsocket.cpp
index acacdf2..c18026b 100644
--- a/src/network/socket/qlocalsocket.cpp
+++ b/src/network/socket/qlocalsocket.cpp
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
     waitForReadyRead(), waitForBytesWritten(), and waitForDisconnected()
     which blocks until the operation is complete or the timeout expires.
 
-    Note that this feature is not supported on Window 9x.
-
     \sa QLocalServer
 */
 
diff --git a/src/network/socket/qlocalsocket_win.cpp b/src/network/socket/qlocalsocket_win.cpp
index 2b8d7e5..b1b69fc 100644
--- a/src/network/socket/qlocalsocket_win.cpp
+++ b/src/network/socket/qlocalsocket_win.cpp
@@ -137,25 +137,14 @@ void QLocalSocket::connectToServer(const QString &name, OpenMode openMode)
     forever {
         DWORD permissions = (openMode & QIODevice::ReadOnly) ? GENERIC_READ : 0;
         permissions |= (openMode & QIODevice::WriteOnly) ? GENERIC_WRITE : 0;
-        QT_WA({
-        localSocket = CreateFileW(
-                       (TCHAR*)d->fullServerName.utf16(),   // pipe name
-                       permissions,
-                       0,              // no sharing
-                       NULL,           // default security attributes
-                       OPEN_EXISTING,  // opens existing pipe
-                       FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED,
-                       NULL);          // no template file
-        }, {
-        localSocket = CreateFileA(
-                       d->fullServerName.toLocal8Bit().constData(), // pipe name
-                       permissions,
-                       0,              // no sharing
-                       NULL,           // default security attributes
-                       OPEN_EXISTING,  // opens existing pipe
-                       FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED,
-                       NULL);          // no template file
-        });
+        localSocket = CreateFile((const wchar_t *)d->fullServerName.utf16(),   // pipe name
+                                 permissions,
+                                 0,              // no sharing
+                                 NULL,           // default security attributes
+                                 OPEN_EXISTING,  // opens existing pipe
+                                 FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED,
+                                 NULL);          // no template file
+
         if (localSocket != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
             break;
         DWORD error = GetLastError();
@@ -165,13 +154,8 @@ void QLocalSocket::connectToServer(const QString &name, OpenMode openMode)
         }
 
         // All pipe instances are busy, so wait until connected or up to 5 seconds.
-        QT_WA({
-            if (!WaitNamedPipeW((TCHAR*)d->fullServerName.utf16(), 5000))
-                break;
-        }, {
-            if (!WaitNamedPipeA(d->fullServerName.toLocal8Bit().constData(), 5000))
-                break;
-        });
+        if (!WaitNamedPipe((const wchar_t *)d->fullServerName.utf16(), 5000))
+            break;
     }
 
     if (localSocket == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
diff --git a/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine_win.cpp b/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine_win.cpp
index 59a3b60..ce8d810 100644
--- a/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine_win.cpp
+++ b/src/network/socket/qnativesocketengine_win.cpp
@@ -918,15 +918,9 @@ qint64 QNativeSocketEnginePrivate::nativeReceiveDatagram(char *data, qint64 maxL
     int wsaRet = ::WSARecvFrom(socketDescriptor, &buf, 1, &bytesRead, &flags, (struct sockaddr *) &aa, &sz,0,0);
     if (wsaRet == SOCKET_ERROR) {
         int err = WSAGetLastError();
-        if (err == WSAEMSGSIZE) {
-            // it is ok the buffer was to small if bytesRead is larger than
-            // maxLength (win 9x) then assume bytes read is really maxLenth
-            ret = qint64(bytesRead) > maxLength ? maxLength : qint64(bytesRead);
-        } else {
-            WS_ERROR_DEBUG(err);
-            setError(QAbstractSocket::NetworkError, ReceiveDatagramErrorString);
-            ret = -1;
-        }
+        WS_ERROR_DEBUG(err);
+        setError(QAbstractSocket::NetworkError, ReceiveDatagramErrorString);
+        ret = -1;
     } else {
         ret = qint64(bytesRead);
     }
@@ -955,36 +949,32 @@ qint64 QNativeSocketEnginePrivate::nativeSendDatagram(const char *data, qint64 l
 
     qt_socket_setPortAndAddress(socketDescriptor, &sockAddrIPv4, &sockAddrIPv6, port, address, &sockAddrPtr, &sockAddrSize);
 
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based && len > qint64(qt_socket_getMaxMsgSize(socketDescriptor))) {
-        // WSAEMSGSIZE is not reliable enough (win 9x) so we check max size our self.
-        setError(QAbstractSocket::DatagramTooLargeError, DatagramTooLargeErrorString);
-    } else {
-        WSABUF buf;
+    WSABUF buf;
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        buf.buf = len ? (char*)data : 0;
+    buf.buf = len ? (char*)data : 0;
 #else
-        char tmp;
-        buf.buf = len ? (char*)data : &tmp;
+    char tmp;
+    buf.buf = len ? (char*)data : &tmp;
 #endif
-        buf.len = len;
-        DWORD flags = 0;
-        DWORD bytesSent = 0;
-        if (::WSASendTo(socketDescriptor, &buf, 1, &bytesSent, flags, sockAddrPtr, sockAddrSize, 0,0) ==  SOCKET_ERROR) {
-            int err = WSAGetLastError();
-            WS_ERROR_DEBUG(err);
-            switch (err) {
-            case WSAEMSGSIZE:
-                setError(QAbstractSocket::DatagramTooLargeError, DatagramTooLargeErrorString);
-                break;
-            default:
-                setError(QAbstractSocket::NetworkError, SendDatagramErrorString);
-                break;
-            }
-            ret = -1;
-        } else {
-            ret = qint64(bytesSent);
+    buf.len = len;
+    DWORD flags = 0;
+    DWORD bytesSent = 0;
+    if (::WSASendTo(socketDescriptor, &buf, 1, &bytesSent, flags, sockAddrPtr, sockAddrSize, 0,0) ==  SOCKET_ERROR) {
+        int err = WSAGetLastError();
+        WS_ERROR_DEBUG(err);
+        switch (err) {
+        case WSAEMSGSIZE:
+            setError(QAbstractSocket::DatagramTooLargeError, DatagramTooLargeErrorString);
+            break;
+        default:
+            setError(QAbstractSocket::NetworkError, SendDatagramErrorString);
+            break;
         }
+        ret = -1;
+    } else {
+        ret = qint64(bytesSent);
     }
+
 #if defined (QNATIVESOCKETENGINE_DEBUG)
     qDebug("QNativeSocketEnginePrivate::nativeSendDatagram(%p \"%s\", %li, \"%s\", %i) == %li", data,
            qt_prettyDebug(data, qMin<qint64>(len, 16), len).data(), 0, address.toString().toLatin1().constData(),
diff --git a/src/opengl/qgl_win.cpp b/src/opengl/qgl_win.cpp
index 40b0ce7..86dd1d8 100644
--- a/src/opengl/qgl_win.cpp
+++ b/src/opengl/qgl_win.cpp
@@ -642,14 +642,10 @@ public:
         QString windowClassName = qt_getRegisteredWndClass();
         if (parent && !parent->internalWinId())
             parent = parent->nativeParentWidget();
-        QT_WA({
-            const TCHAR *cname = (TCHAR*)windowClassName.utf16();
-            dmy_id = CreateWindow(cname, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1,
-                                  parent ? parent->winId() : 0, 0, qWinAppInst(), 0);
-        } , {
-            dmy_id = CreateWindowA(windowClassName.toLatin1(), 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1,
-                                   parent ? parent->winId() : 0, 0, qWinAppInst(), 0);
-        });
+
+        dmy_id = CreateWindow((const wchar_t *)windowClassName.utf16(),
+                              0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1,
+                              parent ? parent->winId() : 0, 0, qWinAppInst(), 0);
 
         dmy_pdc = GetDC(dmy_id);
         PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR dmy_pfd;
diff --git a/src/qt3support/dialogs/q3filedialog.cpp b/src/qt3support/dialogs/q3filedialog.cpp
index 031170e..a285fd8 100644
--- a/src/qt3support/dialogs/q3filedialog.cpp
+++ b/src/qt3support/dialogs/q3filedialog.cpp
@@ -507,45 +507,7 @@ static void updateLastSize(Q3FileDialog *that)
     lastHeight = that->height() - extHeight;
 }
 
-// Don't remove the lines below!
-//
-// resolving the W methods manually is needed, because Windows 95 doesn't include
-// these methods in Shell32.lib (not even stubs!), so you'd get an unresolved symbol
-// when Qt calls getEsistingDirectory(), etc.
 #if defined(Q_WS_WIN)
-
-typedef UINT (WINAPI *PtrExtractIconEx)(LPCTSTR,int,HICON*,HICON*,UINT);
-static PtrExtractIconEx ptrExtractIconEx = 0;
-
-static void resolveLibs()
-{
-#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-    static bool triedResolve = false;
-
-    if (!triedResolve) {
-#ifndef QT_NO_THREAD
-        // protect initialization
-        QMutexLocker locker(QMutexPool::globalInstanceGet(&triedResolve));
-        // check triedResolve again, since another thread may have already
-        // done the initialization
-        if (triedResolve) {
-            // another thread did initialize the security function pointers,
-            // so we shouldn't do it again.
-            return;
-        }
-#endif
-        triedResolve = true;
-        if (qt_winUnicode()) {
-            QLibrary lib(QLatin1String("shell32"));
-            ptrExtractIconEx = (PtrExtractIconEx) lib.resolve("ExtractIconExW");
-        }
-    }
-#endif
-}
-#ifdef Q_OS_WINCE
-#define PtrExtractIconEx ExtractIconEx
-#endif
-
 class QWindowsIconProvider : public Q3FileIconProvider
 {
 public:
@@ -2566,11 +2528,7 @@ void Q3FileDialog::init()
     d->modeButtons->insert(d->previewInfo);
 
     d->previewContents = new QToolButton(this, "preview info view");
-#if defined(Q_WS_WIN) && !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    if ((qWinVersion() & Qt::WV_NT_based) > Qt::WV_NT)
-#else
     if (!qstrcmp(style()->className(), "QWindowsStyle"))
-#endif
     {
         d->goBack->setAutoRaise(true);
         d->cdToParent->setAutoRaise(true);
@@ -4878,33 +4836,20 @@ Q3FileIconProvider * Q3FileDialog::iconProvider()
 static QString getWindowsRegString(HKEY key, const QString &subKey)
 {
     QString s;
-    QT_WA({
-        char buf[1024];
-        DWORD bsz = sizeof(buf);
-        int r = RegQueryValueEx(key, (TCHAR*)subKey.ucs2(), 0, 0, (LPBYTE)buf, &bsz);
-        if (r == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
-            s = QString::fromUcs2((unsigned short *)buf);
-        } else if (r == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
-            char *ptr = new char[bsz+1];
-            r = RegQueryValueEx(key, (TCHAR*)subKey.ucs2(), 0, 0, (LPBYTE)ptr, &bsz);
-            if (r == ERROR_SUCCESS)
-                s = QLatin1String(ptr);
-            delete [] ptr;
-        }
-    } , {
-        char buf[512];
-        DWORD bsz = sizeof(buf);
-        int r = RegQueryValueExA(key, subKey.local8Bit(), 0, 0, (LPBYTE)buf, &bsz);
-        if (r == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
-            s = QLatin1String(buf);
-        } else if (r == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
-            char *ptr = new char[bsz+1];
-            r = RegQueryValueExA(key, subKey.local8Bit(), 0, 0, (LPBYTE)ptr, &bsz);
-            if (r == ERROR_SUCCESS)
-                s = QLatin1String(ptr);
-            delete [] ptr;
-        }
-    });
+
+    wchar_t buf[1024];
+    DWORD bsz = sizeof(buf) / sizeof(wchar_t);
+    int r = RegQueryValueEx(key, (wchar_t*)subKey.utf16(), 0, 0, (LPBYTE)buf, &bsz);
+    if (r == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+        s = QString::fromWCharArray(buf);
+    } else if (r == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
+        char *ptr = new char[bsz+1];
+        r = RegQueryValueEx(key, (wchar_t*)subKey.utf16(), 0, 0, (LPBYTE)ptr, &bsz);
+        if (r == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+            s = QLatin1String(ptr);
+        delete [] ptr;
+    }
+
     return s;
 }
 
@@ -4925,22 +4870,13 @@ QWindowsIconProvider::QWindowsIconProvider(QObject *parent, const char *name)
 
     HKEY k;
     HICON si;
-    int r;
     QString s;
     UINT res = 0;
 
     // ---------- get default folder pixmap
     const wchar_t iconFolder[] = L"folder\\DefaultIcon"; // workaround for Borland
-    QT_WA({
-        r = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,
-                           iconFolder,
-                           0, KEY_READ, &k);
-    } , {
-        r = RegOpenKeyExA(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,
-                           "folder\\DefaultIcon",
-                           0, KEY_READ, &k);
-    });
-    resolveLibs();
+    int r = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, iconFolder, 0, KEY_READ, &k);
+
     if (r == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
         s = getWindowsRegString(k, QString());
         RegCloseKey(k);
@@ -4948,21 +4884,7 @@ QWindowsIconProvider::QWindowsIconProvider(QObject *parent, const char *name)
         QStringList lst = QStringList::split(QLatin1String(","), s);
 
         if (lst.count() >= 2) { // don't just assume that lst has two entries
-#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-            QT_WA({
-                res = ptrExtractIconEx((TCHAR*)lst[0].simplifyWhiteSpace().ucs2(),
-                                       lst[1].simplifyWhiteSpace().toInt(),
-                                       0, &si, 1);
-            } , {
-                res = ExtractIconExA(lst[0].simplifyWhiteSpace().local8Bit(),
-                                     lst[1].simplifyWhiteSpace().toInt(),
-                                     0, &si, 1);
-            });
-#else
-            res = (UINT)ExtractIconEx((TCHAR*)lst[0].simplifyWhiteSpace().ucs2(),
-                                        lst[1].simplifyWhiteSpace().toInt(),
-                                        0, &si, 1);
-#endif
+            res = ExtractIconEx((wchar_t*)lst[0].simplifyWhiteSpace().utf16(), lst[1].simplifyWhiteSpace().toInt(), 0, &si, 1);
         }
 
         if (res) {
@@ -4978,18 +4900,7 @@ QWindowsIconProvider::QWindowsIconProvider(QObject *parent, const char *name)
     }
 
     //------------------------------- get default file pixmap
-#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-    QT_WA({
-        res = ptrExtractIconEx(L"shell32.dll",
-                                 0, 0, &si, 1);
-    } , {
-        res = ExtractIconExA("shell32.dll",
-                                 0, 0, &si, 1);
-    });
-#else
-        res = (UINT)ExtractIconEx(L"shell32.dll",
-                                    0, 0, &si, 1);
-#endif
+    res = ExtractIconEx(L"shell32.dll", 0, 0, &si, 1);
 
     if (res) {
         defaultFile  = fromHICON(si);
@@ -5002,16 +4913,9 @@ QWindowsIconProvider::QWindowsIconProvider(QObject *parent, const char *name)
 
     //------------------------------- get default exe pixmap
 #ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-    QT_WA({
-        res = ptrExtractIconEx(L"shell32.dll",
-                              2, 0, &si, 1);
-    } , {
-        res = ExtractIconExA("shell32.dll",
-                          2, 0, &si, 1);
-    });
+    res = ExtractIconEx(L"shell32.dll", 2, 0, &si, 1);
 #else
-        res = (UINT)ExtractIconEx(L"ceshell.dll",
-                                    10, 0, &si, 1);
+    res = ExtractIconEx(L"ceshell.dll", 10, 0, &si, 1);
 #endif
 
     if (res) {
@@ -5050,14 +4954,7 @@ const QPixmap * QWindowsIconProvider::pixmap(const QFileInfo &fi)
             return &(*it);
 
         HKEY k, k2;
-        int r;
-        QT_WA({
-            r = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, (TCHAR*)ext.ucs2(),
-                              0, KEY_READ, &k);
-        } , {
-            r = RegOpenKeyExA(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, ext.local8Bit(),
-                               0, KEY_READ, &k);
-        });
+        int r = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, (wchar_t*)ext.utf16(), 0, KEY_READ, &k);
         QString s;
         if (r == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
             s = getWindowsRegString(k, QString());
@@ -5068,13 +4965,8 @@ const QPixmap * QWindowsIconProvider::pixmap(const QFileInfo &fi)
         }
         RegCloseKey(k);
 
-        QT_WA({
-            r = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, (TCHAR*)QString(s + QLatin1String("\\DefaultIcon")).ucs2(),
-                               0, KEY_READ, &k2);
-        } , {
-            r = RegOpenKeyExA(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, QString(s + QLatin1String("\\DefaultIcon")).local8Bit() ,
-                               0, KEY_READ, &k2);
-        });
+        r = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, (wchar_t*)QString(s + QLatin1String("\\DefaultIcon")).utf16(),
+                         0, KEY_READ, &k2);
         if (r == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
             s = getWindowsRegString(k2, QString());
         } else {
@@ -5104,19 +4996,7 @@ const QPixmap * QWindowsIconProvider::pixmap(const QFileInfo &fi)
                 if (filepath[0] == QLatin1Char('"') && filepath[(int)filepath.length()-1] == QLatin1Char('"'))
                     filepath = filepath.mid(1, filepath.length()-2);
 
-                resolveLibs();
-#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-                QT_WA({
-                    res = ptrExtractIconEx((TCHAR*)filepath.ucs2(), lst[1].stripWhiteSpace().toInt(),
-                        0, &si, 1);
-                } , {
-                    res = ExtractIconExA(filepath.local8Bit(), lst[1].stripWhiteSpace().toInt(),
-                        0, &si, 1);
-                });
-#else
-                res = (UINT)ExtractIconEx((TCHAR*)filepath.ucs2(), lst[1].stripWhiteSpace().toInt(),
-                    0, &si, 1);
-#endif
+                res = ExtractIconEx((wchar_t*)filepath.utf16(), lst[1].stripWhiteSpace().toInt(), 0, &si, 1);
             }
         }
         if (res) {
@@ -5133,32 +5013,9 @@ const QPixmap * QWindowsIconProvider::pixmap(const QFileInfo &fi)
         HICON si;
         UINT res = 0;
         if (!fi.absFilePath().isEmpty()) {
-#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-            QT_WA({
-                res = ptrExtractIconEx((TCHAR*)fi.absFilePath().ucs2(), -1,
-                                      0, 0, 1);
-            } , {
-                res = ExtractIconExA(fi.absFilePath().local8Bit(), -1,
-                                      0, 0, 1);
-            });
-
-            if (res) {
-                QT_WA({
-                    res = ptrExtractIconEx((TCHAR*)fi.absFilePath().ucs2(), res - 1,
-                                          0, &si, 1);
-                } , {
-                    res = ExtractIconExA(fi.absFilePath().local8Bit(), res - 1,
-                                          0, &si, 1);
-                });
-            }
-#else
-                res = (UINT)ExtractIconEx((TCHAR*)fi.absFilePath().ucs2(), -1,
-                                            0, 0, 1);
-                if (res)
-                    res = (UINT)ExtractIconEx((TCHAR*)fi.absFilePath().ucs2(), res - 1,
-                                                0, &si, 1);
-#endif
-
+            res = ExtractIconEx((wchar_t*)fi.absFilePath().utf16(), -1, 0, 0, 1);
+            if (res)
+                res = ExtractIconEx((wchar_t*)fi.absFilePath().utf16(), res - 1, 0, &si, 1);
         }
 
         if (res) {
@@ -5760,13 +5617,8 @@ void Q3FileDialog::insertEntry(const Q3ValueList<QUrlInfo> &lst, Q3NetworkOperat
                 if (!file.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
                     file.append(QLatin1Char('/'));
                 file += inf.name();
-                QT_WA({
-                    if (GetFileAttributesW((TCHAR*)file.ucs2()) & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN)
-                        continue;
-                } , {
-                    if (GetFileAttributesA(file.local8Bit()) & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN)
-                        continue;
-                });
+                if (GetFileAttributes((wchar_t*)file.utf16()) & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN)
+                    continue;
             } else {
                 if (inf.name() != QLatin1String("..") && inf.name()[0] == QLatin1Char('.'))
                     continue;
diff --git a/src/qt3support/dialogs/q3filedialog_win.cpp b/src/qt3support/dialogs/q3filedialog_win.cpp
index ed86fa2..487097a 100644
--- a/src/qt3support/dialogs/q3filedialog_win.cpp
+++ b/src/qt3support/dialogs/q3filedialog_win.cpp
@@ -64,49 +64,6 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-// Don't remove the lines below!
-//
-// resolving the W methods manually is needed, because Windows 95 doesn't include
-// these methods in Shell32.lib (not even stubs!), so you'd get an unresolved symbol
-// when Qt calls getEsistingDirectory(), etc.
-typedef LPITEMIDLIST (WINAPI *PtrSHBrowseForFolder)(BROWSEINFO*);
-static PtrSHBrowseForFolder ptrSHBrowseForFolder = 0;
-typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrSHGetPathFromIDList)(LPITEMIDLIST,LPWSTR);
-static PtrSHGetPathFromIDList ptrSHGetPathFromIDList = 0;
-
-static void resolveLibs()
-{
-#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-    static bool triedResolve = false;
-
-    if (!triedResolve) {
-#ifndef QT_NO_THREAD
-        // protect initialization
-        QMutexLocker locker(QMutexPool::globalInstanceGet(&triedResolve));
-        // check triedResolve again, since another thread may have already
-        // done the initialization
-        if (triedResolve) {
-            // another thread did initialize the security function pointers,
-            // so we shouldn't do it again.
-            return;
-        }
-#endif
-
-        triedResolve = true;
-        if (qt_winUnicode()) {
-            QLibrary lib(QLatin1String("shell32"));
-            ptrSHBrowseForFolder = (PtrSHBrowseForFolder) lib.resolve("SHBrowseForFolderW");
-            ptrSHGetPathFromIDList = (PtrSHGetPathFromIDList) lib.resolve("SHGetPathFromIDListW");
-        }
-    }
-#endif
-}
-#ifdef Q_OS_WINCE
-#define PtrSHBrowseForFolder SHBrowseForFolder ;
-#define PtrSHGetPathFromIDList SHGetPathFromIDList;
-#endif
-
-
 extern const char qt3_file_dialog_filter_reg_exp[]; // defined in qfiledialog.cpp
 
 const int maxNameLen = 1023;
@@ -168,80 +125,8 @@ static QString selFilter(const QString& filter, DWORD idx)
     return filterLst[(int)idx - 1];
 }
 
-#ifndef Q_OS_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 makeOFN (below) too
-static
-OPENFILENAMEA* makeOFNA(QWidget* parent,
-                         const QString& initialSelection,
-                         const QString& initialDirectory,
-                         const QString& title,
-                         const QString& filters,
-                         Q3FileDialog::Mode mode)
-{
-    if (parent)
-        parent = parent->window();
-    else
-        parent = qApp->activeWindow();
-
-    aTitle = title.local8Bit();
-    aInitDir = QDir::toNativeSeparators(initialDirectory).local8Bit();
-    if (initialSelection.isEmpty())
-        aInitSel = "";
-    else
-        aInitSel = QDir::toNativeSeparators(initialSelection).local8Bit();
-    int maxLen = mode == Q3FileDialog::ExistingFiles ? maxMultiLen : maxNameLen;
-    aInitSel.resize(maxLen + 1);                // make room for return value
-    aFilter = filters.local8Bit();
-
-    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
-    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);
-
-    if (mode == Q3FileDialog::ExistingFile ||
-         mode == Q3FileDialog::ExistingFiles)
-        ofn->Flags |= (OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST | OFN_PATHMUSTEXIST);
-    if (mode == Q3FileDialog::ExistingFiles)
-        ofn->Flags |= (OFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT | OFN_EXPLORER);
-
-    return ofn;
-}
-
-static void cleanUpOFNA(OPENFILENAMEA** ofn)
-{
-    delete *ofn;
-    *ofn = 0;
-}
-#endif
-
 static QString tFilters, tTitle, tInitDir;
 
-#ifdef UNICODE
-// If you change this, then make sure you change makeOFNA (above) too
 static
 OPENFILENAME* makeOFN(QWidget* parent,
                        const QString& initialSelection,
@@ -261,33 +146,23 @@ OPENFILENAME* makeOFN(QWidget* parent,
     QString initSel = QDir::toNativeSeparators(initialSelection);
 
     int maxLen = mode == Q3FileDialog::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.ucs2(), (initSel.length()+1)*sizeof(QChar));
+        memcpy(tInitSel, initSel.utf16(), (initSel.length() + 1) * sizeof(wchar_t));
     else
         tInitSel[0] = 0;
 
     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
-    ofn->hwndOwner        = parent ? parent->winId() : 0;
-    ofn->lpstrFilter        = (TCHAR *)tFilters.ucs2();
-    ofn->lpstrFile        = tInitSel;
+    ofn->lStructSize     = sizeof(OPENFILENAME);
+    ofn->hwndOwner       = parent ? parent->winId() : 0;
+    ofn->lpstrFilter     = (wchar_t*)tFilters.utf16();
+    ofn->lpstrFile       = tInitSel;
     ofn->nMaxFile        = maxLen;
-    ofn->lpstrInitialDir = (TCHAR *)tInitDir.ucs2();
-    ofn->lpstrTitle        = (TCHAR *)tTitle.ucs2();
-    ofn->Flags                = (OFN_NOCHANGEDIR | OFN_HIDEREADONLY);
+    ofn->lpstrInitialDir = (wchar_t*)tInitDir.utf16();
+    ofn->lpstrTitle      = (wchar_t*)tTitle.utf16();
+    ofn->Flags           = (OFN_NOCHANGEDIR | OFN_HIDEREADONLY);
 
     if (mode == Q3FileDialog::ExistingFile ||
          mode == Q3FileDialog::ExistingFiles)
@@ -298,7 +173,6 @@ OPENFILENAME* makeOFN(QWidget* parent,
     return ofn;
 }
 
-
 static void cleanUpOFN(OPENFILENAME** ofn)
 {
     delete (*ofn)->lpstrFile;
@@ -306,8 +180,6 @@ static void cleanUpOFN(OPENFILENAME** ofn)
     *ofn = 0;
 }
 
-#endif // UNICODE
-
 QString Q3FileDialog::winGetOpenFileName(const QString &initialSelection,
                                          const QString &filter,
                                          QString* initialDirectory,
@@ -349,31 +221,18 @@ QString Q3FileDialog::winGetOpenFileName(const QString &initialSelection,
         QApplication::sendEvent(parent, &e);
         QApplicationPrivate::enterModal(parent);
     }
-    QT_WA({
-        // Use Unicode strings and API
-        OPENFILENAME* ofn = makeOFN(parent, isel,
-                                     *initialDirectory, title,
-                                     winFilter(filter), ExistingFile);
-        if (idx)
-            ofn->nFilterIndex = idx + 1;
-        if (GetOpenFileName(ofn)) {
-            result = QString::fromUcs2((ushort*)ofn->lpstrFile);
-            selFilIdx = ofn->nFilterIndex;
-        }
-        cleanUpOFN(&ofn);
-    } , {
-        // Use ANSI strings and API
-        OPENFILENAMEA* ofn = makeOFNA(parent, isel,
-                                       *initialDirectory, title,
-                                       winFilter(filter), ExistingFile);
-        if (idx)
-            ofn->nFilterIndex = idx + 1;
-        if (GetOpenFileNameA(ofn)) {
-            result = QString::fromLocal8Bit(ofn->lpstrFile);
-            selFilIdx = ofn->nFilterIndex;
-        }
-        cleanUpOFNA(&ofn);
-    });
+
+    OPENFILENAME* ofn = makeOFN(parent, isel,
+                                *initialDirectory, title,
+                                winFilter(filter), ExistingFile);
+    if (idx)
+        ofn->nFilterIndex = idx + 1;
+    if (GetOpenFileName(ofn)) {
+        result = QString::fromWCharArray(ofn->lpstrFile);
+        selFilIdx = ofn->nFilterIndex;
+    }
+    cleanUpOFN(&ofn);
+
     if (parent) {
         QApplicationPrivate::leaveModal(parent);
         QEvent e(QEvent::WindowUnblocked);
@@ -433,31 +292,18 @@ QString Q3FileDialog::winGetSaveFileName(const QString &initialSelection,
         QApplication::sendEvent(parent, &e);
         QApplicationPrivate::enterModal(parent);
     }
-    QT_WA({
-        // Use Unicode strings and API
-        OPENFILENAME* ofn = makeOFN(parent, isel,
-                                     *initialDirectory, title,
-                                     winFilter(filter), AnyFile);
-        if (idx)
-            ofn->nFilterIndex = idx + 1;
-        if (GetSaveFileName(ofn)) {
-            result = QString::fromUcs2((ushort*)ofn->lpstrFile);
-            selFilIdx = ofn->nFilterIndex;
-        }
-        cleanUpOFN(&ofn);
-    } , {
-        // Use ANSI strings and API
-        OPENFILENAMEA* ofn = makeOFNA(parent, isel,
-                                       *initialDirectory, title,
-                                       winFilter(filter), AnyFile);
-        if (idx)
-            ofn->nFilterIndex = idx + 1;
-        if (GetSaveFileNameA(ofn)) {
-            result = QString::fromLocal8Bit(ofn->lpstrFile);
-            selFilIdx = ofn->nFilterIndex;
-        }
-        cleanUpOFNA(&ofn);
-    });
+
+    OPENFILENAME* ofn = makeOFN(parent, isel,
+                                 *initialDirectory, title,
+                                 winFilter(filter), AnyFile);
+    if (idx)
+        ofn->nFilterIndex = idx + 1;
+    if (GetSaveFileName(ofn)) {
+        result = QString::fromWCharArray(ofn->lpstrFile);
+        selFilIdx = ofn->nFilterIndex;
+    }
+    cleanUpOFN(&ofn);
+
     if (parent) {
         QApplicationPrivate::leaveModal(parent);
         QEvent e(QEvent::WindowUnblocked);
@@ -519,69 +365,38 @@ QStringList Q3FileDialog::winGetOpenFileNames(const QString &filter,
         QApplication::sendEvent(parent, &e);
         QApplicationPrivate::enterModal(parent);
     }
-    QT_WA({
-        OPENFILENAME* ofn = makeOFN(parent, isel,
-                                     *initialDirectory, title,
-                                     winFilter(filter), ExistingFiles);
-        if (idx)
-            ofn->nFilterIndex = idx + 1;
-        if (GetOpenFileName(ofn)) {
-            QString fileOrDir = QString::fromUcs2((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.absFilePath();
-                if (!res.isEmpty())
-                    result.append(res);
-            }
-            else {
-                // Several files selected; first string is path
-                dir.setPath(fileOrDir);
-                QString f;
-                while(!(f = QString::fromUcs2((ushort*)ofn->lpstrFile+offset)).isEmpty()) {
-                    fi.setFile(dir, f);
-                    QString res = fi.absFilePath();
-                    if (!res.isEmpty())
-                        result.append(res);
-                    offset += f.length() + 1;
-                }
-            }
+
+    OPENFILENAME* ofn = makeOFN(parent, isel,
+                                 *initialDirectory, title,
+                                 winFilter(filter), ExistingFiles);
+    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.absFilePath();
+            if (!res.isEmpty())
+                result.append(res);
         }
-        cleanUpOFN(&ofn);
-    } , {
-        OPENFILENAMEA* ofn = makeOFNA(parent, isel,
-                                       *initialDirectory, title,
-                                       winFilter(filter), ExistingFiles);
-        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.absFilePath();
                 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.absFilePath();
-                    if (!res.isEmpty())
-                        result.append(res);
-                    offset += f.length() + 1;
-                }
-            }
-            cleanUpOFNA(&ofn);
         }
-    });
+    }
+    cleanUpOFN(&ofn);
+
     if (parent) {
         QApplicationPrivate::leaveModal(parent);
         QEvent e(QEvent::WindowUnblocked);
@@ -607,34 +422,17 @@ 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, Q_ULONG(initDir->ucs2()));
-            } , {
-                SendMessageA(hwnd, BFFM_SETSELECTION, TRUE, Q_ULONG(initDir->ucs2()));
-            });
+            SendMessage(hwnd, BFFM_SETSELECTION, TRUE, Q_ULONG(initDir->utf16()));
         }
     } else if (uMsg == BFFM_SELCHANGED) {
-        QT_WA({
-            resolveLibs();
-            TCHAR path[MAX_PATH];
-            ptrSHGetPathFromIDList(LPITEMIDLIST(lParam), path);
-            QString tmpStr = QString::fromUcs2((ushort*)path);
-            if (!tmpStr.isEmpty())
-                SendMessage(hwnd, BFFM_ENABLEOK, 1, 1);
-            else
-                SendMessage(hwnd, BFFM_ENABLEOK, 0, 0);
-            SendMessage(hwnd, BFFM_SETSTATUSTEXT, 1, Q_ULONG(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, Q_ULONG(path));
-        });
+        wchar_t path[MAX_PATH];
+        SHGetPathFromIDList(LPITEMIDLIST(lParam), 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, Q_ULONG(path));
     }
 #endif
     return 0;
@@ -666,76 +464,42 @@ QString Q3FileDialog::winGetExistingDirectory(const QString& initialDirectory,
         QApplication::sendEvent(parent, &e);
         QApplicationPrivate::enterModal(parent);
     }
-    QT_WA({
-        resolveLibs();
-        QString initDir = QDir::toNativeSeparators(initialDirectory);
-        TCHAR path[MAX_PATH];
-        TCHAR initPath[MAX_PATH];
-        initPath[0] = 0;
-        path[0] = 0;
-        tTitle = title;
-        BROWSEINFO bi;
-        bi.hwndOwner = (parent ? parent->winId() : 0);
-        bi.pidlRoot = NULL;
-        bi.lpszTitle = (TCHAR*)tTitle.ucs2();
-        bi.pszDisplayName = initPath;
-        bi.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS | BIF_STATUSTEXT | BIF_NEWDIALOGSTYLE;
-        bi.lpfn = winGetExistDirCallbackProc;
-        bi.lParam = Q_ULONG(&initDir);
-        LPITEMIDLIST pItemIDList = ptrSHBrowseForFolder(&bi);
-        if (pItemIDList) {
-            ptrSHGetPathFromIDList(pItemIDList, path);
-            IMalloc *pMalloc;
-            if (SHGetMalloc(&pMalloc) != NOERROR)
-                result.clear();
-            else {
-                pMalloc->Free(pItemIDList);
-                pMalloc->Release();
-                result = QString::fromUcs2((ushort*)path);
-            }
-        } else
-            result.clear();
-        tTitle.clear();
-    } , {
-        QString initDir = QDir::toNativeSeparators(initialDirectory);
-        char path[MAX_PATH];
-        char initPath[MAX_PATH];
-        QByteArray ctitle = title.toLocal8Bit();
-        initPath[0]=0;
-        path[0]=0;
-        BROWSEINFOA bi;
-        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 = Q_ULONG(&initDir);
-        LPITEMIDLIST pItemIDList = SHBrowseForFolderA(&bi);
-        if (pItemIDList) {
-            SHGetPathFromIDListA(pItemIDList, path);
-            IMalloc *pMalloc;
-            if (SHGetMalloc(&pMalloc) != NOERROR)
-                result.clear();
-            else {
-                pMalloc->Free(pItemIDList);
-                pMalloc->Release();
-                result = QString::fromLocal8Bit(path);
-            }
-        } else
+
+    QString initDir = QDir::toNativeSeparators(initialDirectory);
+    wchar_t path[MAX_PATH];
+    wchar_t initPath[MAX_PATH];
+    initPath[0] = 0;
+    path[0] = 0;
+    tTitle = title;
+    BROWSEINFO bi;
+    bi.hwndOwner = (parent ? parent->winId() : 0);
+    bi.pidlRoot = NULL;
+    bi.lpszTitle = (wchar_t*)tTitle.utf16();
+    bi.pszDisplayName = initPath;
+    bi.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS | BIF_STATUSTEXT | BIF_NEWDIALOGSTYLE;
+    bi.lpfn = winGetExistDirCallbackProc;
+    bi.lParam = Q_ULONG(&initDir);
+    LPITEMIDLIST pItemIDList = SHBrowseForFolder(&bi);
+    if (pItemIDList) {
+        SHGetPathFromIDList(pItemIDList, path);
+        IMalloc *pMalloc;
+        if (SHGetMalloc(&pMalloc) != NOERROR)
             result.clear();
-    });
+        else {
+            pMalloc->Free(pItemIDList);
+            pMalloc->Release();
+            result = QString::fromWCharArray(path);
+        }
+    } else
+        result.clear();
+    tTitle.clear();
+
     if (parent) {
         QApplicationPrivate::leaveModal(parent);
         QEvent e(QEvent::WindowUnblocked);
         QApplication::sendEvent(parent, &e);
     }
 
-    // Due to a bug on Windows Me, we need to reset the current
-    // directory
-    if ((qWinVersion() == Qt::WV_98 || qWinVersion() == Qt::WV_Me) && QDir::currentDirPath() != currentDir)
-        QDir::setCurrent(currentDir);
-
     if (!result.isEmpty())
         result.replace(QLatin1Char('\\'), QLatin1Char('/'));
     return result;
diff --git a/src/qt3support/network/q3dns.cpp b/src/qt3support/network/q3dns.cpp
index b80b76b..6d514c1 100644
--- a/src/qt3support/network/q3dns.cpp
+++ b/src/qt3support/network/q3dns.cpp
@@ -2242,53 +2242,31 @@ typedef struct {
 typedef DWORD (WINAPI *GNP)( PFIXED_INFO, PULONG );
 
 // ### FIXME: this code is duplicated in qfiledialog.cpp
-static QString getWindowsRegString( HKEY key, const QString &subKey )
+static QString getWindowsRegString(HKEY key, const QString &subKey)
 {
     QString s;
-    QT_WA( {
-	char buf[1024];
-	DWORD bsz = sizeof(buf);
-	int r = RegQueryValueEx( key, (TCHAR*)subKey.ucs2(), 0, 0, (LPBYTE)buf, &bsz );
-	if ( r == ERROR_SUCCESS ) {
-	    s = QString::fromUcs2( (unsigned short *)buf );
-	} else if ( r == ERROR_MORE_DATA ) {
-	    char *ptr = new char[bsz+1];
-	    r = RegQueryValueEx( key, (TCHAR*)subKey.ucs2(), 0, 0, (LPBYTE)ptr, &bsz );
-	    if ( r == ERROR_SUCCESS )
-		s = QLatin1String(ptr);
-	    delete [] ptr;
-	}
-    } , {
-	char buf[512];
-	DWORD bsz = sizeof(buf);
-	int r = RegQueryValueExA( key, subKey.local8Bit(), 0, 0, (LPBYTE)buf, &bsz );
-	if ( r == ERROR_SUCCESS ) {
-	    s = QLatin1String(buf);
-	} else if ( r == ERROR_MORE_DATA ) {
-	    char *ptr = new char[bsz+1];
-	    r = RegQueryValueExA( key, subKey.local8Bit(), 0, 0, (LPBYTE)ptr, &bsz );
-	    if ( r == ERROR_SUCCESS )
-		s = QLatin1String(ptr);
-	    delete [] ptr;
-	}
-    } );
+
+    wchar_t buf[1024];
+    DWORD bsz = sizeof(buf) / sizeof(wchar_t);
+    int r = RegQueryValueEx(key, (wchar_t*)subKey.utf16(), 0, 0, (LPBYTE)buf, &bsz);
+    if (r == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+        s = QString::fromWCharArray(buf);
+    } else if (r == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
+        char *ptr = new char[bsz+1];
+        r = RegQueryValueEx(key, (wchar_t*)subKey.utf16(), 0, 0, (LPBYTE)ptr, &bsz);
+        if (r == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+            s = QLatin1String(ptr);
+        delete [] ptr;
+    }
+
     return s;
 }
 
 static bool getDnsParamsFromRegistry( const QString &path,
-	QString *domainName, QString *nameServer, QString *searchList )
+    QString *domainName, QString *nameServer, QString *searchList )
 {
     HKEY k;
-    int r;
-    QT_WA( {
-	r = RegOpenKeyEx( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
-			  (TCHAR*)path.ucs2(),
-			  0, KEY_READ, &k );
-    } , {
-	r = RegOpenKeyExA( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
-			   path.latin1(),
-			   0, KEY_READ, &k );
-    } );
+    int r = RegOpenKeyEx( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, (wchar_t*)path.utf16(), 0, KEY_READ, &k );
 
     if ( r == ERROR_SUCCESS ) {
 	*domainName = getWindowsRegString( k, QLatin1String("DhcpDomain") );
@@ -2321,14 +2299,10 @@ void Q3Dns::doResInit()
     bool gotNetworkParams = false;
     // try the API call GetNetworkParams() first and use registry lookup only
     // as a fallback
-#ifdef Q_OS_WINCE
-    HINSTANCE hinstLib = LoadLibraryW( L"iphlpapi" );
-#else
-    HINSTANCE hinstLib = LoadLibraryA( "iphlpapi" );
-#endif
+    HINSTANCE hinstLib = LoadLibrary( L"iphlpapi" );
     if ( hinstLib != 0 ) {
 #ifdef Q_OS_WINCE
-	GNP getNetworkParams = (GNP) GetProcAddressW( hinstLib, L"GetNetworkParams" );
+	GNP getNetworkParams = (GNP) GetProcAddress( hinstLib, L"GetNetworkParams" );
 #else
 	GNP getNetworkParams = (GNP) GetProcAddress( hinstLib, "GetNetworkParams" );
 #endif
@@ -2362,13 +2336,7 @@ void Q3Dns::doResInit()
 	if ( getDnsParamsFromRegistry(
 	    QLatin1String("System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\Tcpip\\Parameters"),
 		    &domainName, &nameServer, &searchList )) {
-	    // for NT
 	    separator = ' ';
-	} else if ( getDnsParamsFromRegistry(
-	    QLatin1String("System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\VxD\\MSTCP"),
-		    &domainName, &nameServer, &searchList )) {
-	    // for Windows 98
-	    separator = ',';
 	} else {
 	    // Could not access the TCP/IP parameters
 	    domainName = QLatin1String("");
diff --git a/src/qt3support/other/q3dragobject.cpp b/src/qt3support/other/q3dragobject.cpp
index 0c17e0c..93a6079 100644
--- a/src/qt3support/other/q3dragobject.cpp
+++ b/src/qt3support/other/q3dragobject.cpp
@@ -191,8 +191,7 @@ Q3DragObject::~Q3DragObject()
     Set the pixmap, \a pm, to display while dragging the object. The
     platform-specific implementation will use this where it can - so
     provide a small masked pixmap, and do not assume that the user
-    will actually see it. For example, cursors on Windows 95 are of
-    limited size.
+    will actually see it.
 
     The \a hotspot is the point on (or off) the pixmap that should be
     under the cursor as it is dragged. It is relative to the top-left
@@ -553,10 +552,6 @@ QTextCodec* qt_findcharset(const QByteArray& mimetype)
         i = cs.indexOf(';');
         if (i >= 0)
             cs = cs.left(i);
-        // win98 often has charset=utf16, and we need to get the correct codec for
-        // it to be able to get Unicode text drops.
-        if (cs == "utf16")
-            cs = "ISO-10646-UCS-2";
         // May return 0 if unknown charset
         return QTextCodec::codecForName(cs);
     }
diff --git a/src/qt3support/other/q3process_win.cpp b/src/qt3support/other/q3process_win.cpp
index 352e497..0952663 100644
--- a/src/qt3support/other/q3process_win.cpp
+++ b/src/qt3support/other/q3process_win.cpp
@@ -308,108 +308,60 @@ bool Q3Process::start( QStringList *env )
     // CreateProcess()
     bool success;
     d->newPid();
-#ifdef UNICODE
-    if (!(QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based)) {
-	STARTUPINFOW startupInfo = {
-	    sizeof( STARTUPINFO ), 0, 0, 0,
-	    (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT,
-	    0, 0, 0,
-	    STARTF_USESTDHANDLES,
-	    0, 0, 0,
-	    d->pipeStdin[0], d->pipeStdout[1], d->pipeStderr[1]
-	};
-	TCHAR *applicationName;
-	if ( appName.isNull() )
-	    applicationName = 0;
-	else
-	    applicationName = _wcsdup( (TCHAR*)appName.ucs2() );
-	TCHAR *commandLine = _wcsdup( (TCHAR*)args.ucs2() );
-	QByteArray envlist;
-	if ( env != 0 ) {
-	    int pos = 0;
-	    // add PATH if necessary (for DLL loading)
-	    QByteArray path = qgetenv( "PATH" );
-	    if ( env->grep( QRegExp(QLatin1String("^PATH="),FALSE) ).empty() && !path.isNull() ) {
-        QString tmp = QString::fromLatin1("PATH=%1").arg(QLatin1String(path.constData()));
-		uint tmpSize = sizeof(TCHAR) * (tmp.length()+1);
-		envlist.resize( envlist.size() + tmpSize );
-		memcpy( envlist.data()+pos, tmp.ucs2(), tmpSize );
-		pos += tmpSize;
-	    }
-	    // add the user environment
-	    for ( QStringList::Iterator it = env->begin(); it != env->end(); it++ ) {
-		QString tmp = *it;
-		uint tmpSize = sizeof(TCHAR) * (tmp.length()+1);
-		envlist.resize( envlist.size() + tmpSize );
-		memcpy( envlist.data()+pos, tmp.ucs2(), tmpSize );
-		pos += tmpSize;
-	    }
-	    // add the 2 terminating 0 (actually 4, just to be on the safe side)
-	    envlist.resize( envlist.size()+4 );
-	    envlist[pos++] = 0;
-	    envlist[pos++] = 0;
-	    envlist[pos++] = 0;
-	    envlist[pos++] = 0;
-	}
-	success = CreateProcessW( applicationName, commandLine,
-		0, 0, TRUE, ( comms==0 ? CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE : CREATE_NO_WINDOW )
+
+    STARTUPINFOW startupInfo = {
+        sizeof( STARTUPINFO ), 0, 0, 0,
+        (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT,
+        0, 0, 0,
+        STARTF_USESTDHANDLES,
+        0, 0, 0,
+        d->pipeStdin[0], d->pipeStdout[1], d->pipeStderr[1]
+    };
+    wchar_t *applicationName;
+    if ( appName.isNull() )
+        applicationName = 0;
+    else
+        applicationName = _wcsdup( (wchar_t*)appName.utf16() );
+    wchar_t *commandLine = _wcsdup( (wchar_t*)args.utf16() );
+    QByteArray envlist;
+    if ( env != 0 ) {
+        int pos = 0;
+        // add PATH if necessary (for DLL loading)
+        QByteArray path = qgetenv( "PATH" );
+        if ( env->grep( QRegExp(QLatin1String("^PATH="),FALSE) ).empty() && !path.isNull() ) {
+            QString tmp = QString::fromLatin1("PATH=%1").arg(QLatin1String(path.constData()));
+            uint tmpSize = sizeof(wchar_t) * (tmp.length() + 1);
+            envlist.resize( envlist.size() + tmpSize );
+            memcpy( envlist.data() + pos, tmp.utf16(), tmpSize );
+            pos += tmpSize;
+        }
+        // add the user environment
+        for ( QStringList::Iterator it = env->begin(); it != env->end(); it++ ) {
+            QString tmp = *it;
+            uint tmpSize = sizeof(wchar_t) * (tmp.length() + 1);
+            envlist.resize( envlist.size() + tmpSize );
+            memcpy( envlist.data() + pos, tmp.utf16(), tmpSize );
+            pos += tmpSize;
+        }
+        // add the 2 terminating 0 (actually 4, just to be on the safe side)
+        envlist.resize( envlist.size()+4 );
+        envlist[pos++] = 0;
+        envlist[pos++] = 0;
+        envlist[pos++] = 0;
+        envlist[pos++] = 0;
+    }
+    success = CreateProcess( applicationName, commandLine,
+                            0, 0, TRUE, ( comms == 0 ? CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE : CREATE_NO_WINDOW )
 #ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-		| CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT
+                            | CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT
 #endif
-		, env==0 ? 0 : envlist.data(),
-                (TCHAR*)QDir::toNativeSeparators(workingDir.absPath()).ucs2(),
-		&startupInfo, d->pid );
-	free( applicationName );
-	free( commandLine );
-    } else
-#endif // UNICODE
-    {
-#ifndef Q_OS_WINCE
-	STARTUPINFOA startupInfo = { sizeof( STARTUPINFOA ), 0, 0, 0,
-	    (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT, (ulong)CW_USEDEFAULT,
-	    0, 0, 0,
-	    STARTF_USESTDHANDLES,
-	    0, 0, 0,
-	    d->pipeStdin[0], d->pipeStdout[1], d->pipeStderr[1]
-	};
-	QByteArray envlist;
-	if ( env != 0 ) {
-	    int pos = 0;
-	    // add PATH if necessary (for DLL loading)
-	    QByteArray path = qgetenv( "PATH" );
-	    if ( env->grep( QRegExp(QLatin1String("^PATH="),FALSE) ).empty() && !path.isNull() ) {
-            Q3CString tmp = QString::fromLatin1("PATH=%1").arg(QString::fromLatin1(path.constData())).local8Bit();
-		uint tmpSize = tmp.length() + 1;
-		envlist.resize( envlist.size() + tmpSize );
-		memcpy( envlist.data()+pos, tmp.data(), tmpSize );
-		pos += tmpSize;
-	    }
-	    // add the user environment
-	    for ( QStringList::Iterator it = env->begin(); it != env->end(); it++ ) {
-		Q3CString tmp = (*it).local8Bit();
-		uint tmpSize = tmp.length() + 1;
-		envlist.resize( envlist.size() + tmpSize );
-		memcpy( envlist.data()+pos, tmp.data(), tmpSize );
-		pos += tmpSize;
-	    }
-	    // add the terminating 0 (actually 2, just to be on the safe side)
-	    envlist.resize( envlist.size()+2 );
-	    envlist[pos++] = 0;
-	    envlist[pos++] = 0;
-	}
-	char *applicationName;
-	if ( appName.isNull() )
-	    applicationName = 0;
-	else
-	    applicationName = const_cast<char *>(appName.toLocal8Bit().data());
-	success = CreateProcessA( applicationName,
-		const_cast<char *>(args.toLocal8Bit().data()),
-		0, 0, TRUE, comms==0 ? CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE : DETACHED_PROCESS,
-		env==0 ? 0 : envlist.data(),
-                (const char*)QDir::toNativeSeparators(workingDir.absPath()).local8Bit(),
-		&startupInfo, d->pid );
-#endif // Q_OS_WINCE
-    }
+                            , env == 0 ? 0 : envlist.data(),
+                            (wchar_t*)QDir::toNativeSeparators(workingDir.absPath()).utf16(),
+                            &startupInfo, d->pid );
+
+    free( applicationName );
+    free( commandLine );
+
     if  ( !success ) {
 	d->deletePid();
 	return false;
diff --git a/src/qt3support/widgets/q3datetimeedit.cpp b/src/qt3support/widgets/q3datetimeedit.cpp
index b6e303c..4872642 100644
--- a/src/qt3support/widgets/q3datetimeedit.cpp
+++ b/src/qt3support/widgets/q3datetimeedit.cpp
@@ -114,39 +114,21 @@ static void readLocaleSettings()
     lTimeSep = new QString();
 
 #if defined(Q_WS_WIN)
-    QT_WA({
-        TCHAR data[10];
-        GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SDATE, data, 10);
-        *lDateSep = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)data);
-        GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_STIME, data, 10);
-        *lTimeSep = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)data);
-        GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_ITIME, data, 10);
-        lAMPM = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)data).toInt()==0;
-        GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_S1159, data, 10);
-        QString am = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)data);
-        if (!am.isEmpty())
-            lAM = new QString(am);
-        GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_S2359, data, 10);
-        QString pm = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)data);
-        if (!pm.isEmpty() )
-            lPM = new QString(pm);
-    } , {
-        char data[10];
-        GetLocaleInfoA(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SDATE, (char*)&data, 10);
-        *lDateSep = QString::fromLocal8Bit(data);
-        GetLocaleInfoA(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_STIME, (char*)&data, 10);
-        *lTimeSep = QString::fromLocal8Bit(data);
-        GetLocaleInfoA(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_ITIME, (char*)&data, 10);
-        lAMPM = QString::fromLocal8Bit(data).toInt()==0;
-        GetLocaleInfoA(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_S1159, (char*)&data, 10);
-        QString am = QString::fromLocal8Bit(data);
-        if (!am.isEmpty())
-            lAM = new QString(am);
-        GetLocaleInfoA(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_S2359, (char*)&data, 10);
-        QString pm = QString::fromLocal8Bit(data);
-        if (!pm.isEmpty())
-            lPM = new QString(pm);
-    });
+    wchar_t data[10];
+    GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SDATE, data, 10);
+    *lDateSep = QString::fromWCharArray(data);
+    GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_STIME, data, 10);
+    *lTimeSep = QString::fromWCharArray(data);
+    GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_ITIME, data, 10);
+    lAMPM = QString::fromWCharArray(data).toInt() == 0;
+    GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_S1159, data, 10);
+    QString am = QString::fromWCharArray(data);
+    if (!am.isEmpty())
+        lAM = new QString(am);
+    GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_S2359, data, 10);
+    QString pm = QString::fromWCharArray(data);
+    if (!pm.isEmpty() )
+        lPM = new QString(pm);
 #else
     *lDateSep = QLatin1Char('-');
     *lTimeSep = QLatin1Char(':');
diff --git a/src/qt3support/widgets/q3titlebar.cpp b/src/qt3support/widgets/q3titlebar.cpp
index a05e4e5..ee3decf 100644
--- a/src/qt3support/widgets/q3titlebar.cpp
+++ b/src/qt3support/widgets/q3titlebar.cpp
@@ -173,35 +173,20 @@ void Q3TitleBarPrivate::readColors()
     bool colorsInitialized = false;
 
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN // ask system properties on windows
-#ifndef SPI_GETGRADIENTCAPTIONS
-#define SPI_GETGRADIENTCAPTIONS 0x1008
-#endif
-#ifndef COLOR_GRADIENTACTIVECAPTION
-#define COLOR_GRADIENTACTIVECAPTION 27
-#endif
-#ifndef COLOR_GRADIENTINACTIVECAPTION
-#define COLOR_GRADIENTINACTIVECAPTION 28
-#endif
     if (QApplication::desktopSettingsAware()) {
         pal.setColor(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Highlight, colorref2qrgb(GetSysColor(COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION)));
         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
diff --git a/src/sql/drivers/db2/qsql_db2.cpp b/src/sql/drivers/db2/qsql_db2.cpp
index 1a82377..e4f564a 100644
--- a/src/sql/drivers/db2/qsql_db2.cpp
+++ b/src/sql/drivers/db2/qsql_db2.cpp
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@
 #include <qvector.h>
 #include <QDebug>
 
-#ifndef UNICODE
-#define UNICODE
-#endif
-
 #if defined(Q_CC_BOR)
 // DB2's sqlsystm.h (included through sqlcli1.h) defines the SQL_BIGINT_TYPE
 // and SQL_BIGUINT_TYPE to wrong the types for Borland; so do the defines to
@@ -111,22 +107,14 @@ public:
 
 static QString qFromTChar(SQLTCHAR* str)
 {
-#ifdef UNICODE
     return QString::fromUtf16(str);
-#else
-    return QString::fromLocal8Bit((const char*) str);
-#endif
 }
 
 // dangerous!! (but fast). Don't use in functions that
 // require out parameters!
 static SQLTCHAR* qToTChar(const QString& str)
 {
-#ifdef UNICODE
     return (SQLTCHAR*)str.utf16();
-#else
-    return (unsigned char*) str.ascii();
-#endif
 }
 
 static QString qWarnDB2Handle(int handleType, SQLHANDLE handle)
@@ -347,12 +335,8 @@ static QString qGetStringData(SQLHANDLE hStmt, int column, int colSize, bool& is
 
     while (true) {
         r = SQLGetData(hStmt,
-                        column+1,
-#ifdef UNICODE
+                        column + 1,
                         SQL_C_WCHAR,
-#else
-                        SQL_C_CHAR,
-#endif
                         (SQLPOINTER)buf,
                         colSize * sizeof(SQLTCHAR),
                         &lengthIndicator);
@@ -740,7 +724,6 @@ bool QDB2Result::exec()
                                       ind);
                 break; }
             case QVariant::String:
-#ifdef UNICODE
             {
                 QString str(values.at(i).toString());
                 if (*ind != SQL_NULL_DATA)
@@ -774,8 +757,6 @@ bool QDB2Result::exec()
                 }
                 break;
             }
-#endif
-            // fall through
             default: {
                 QByteArray ba = values.at(i).toString().toAscii();
                 int len = ba.length() + 1;
@@ -849,12 +830,9 @@ bool QDB2Result::exec()
             case QVariant::ByteArray:
                 break;
             case QVariant::String:
-#ifdef UNICODE
                 if (bindValueType(i) & QSql::Out)
                     values[i] = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)tmpStorage.takeFirst().constData());
                 break;
-#endif
-                // fall through
             default: {
                 values[i] = QString::fromAscii(tmpStorage.takeFirst().constData());
                 break; }
@@ -1542,13 +1520,7 @@ bool QDB2Driver::hasFeature(DriverFeature f) const
         case FinishQuery:
             return true;
         case Unicode:
-        // this is the query that shows the codepage for the types:
-        // select typename, codepage from syscat.datatypes
-#ifdef UNICODE
             return true;
-#else
-            return false;
-#endif
     }
     return false;
 }
diff --git a/src/sql/drivers/odbc/qsql_odbc.cpp b/src/sql/drivers/odbc/qsql_odbc.cpp
index af0c297..c48c7cd 100644
--- a/src/sql/drivers/odbc/qsql_odbc.cpp
+++ b/src/sql/drivers/odbc/qsql_odbc.cpp
@@ -1843,14 +1843,7 @@ void QODBCDriverPrivate::checkUnicode()
     unicode = false;
     return;
 #endif
-#if defined(Q_WS_WIN)
-    QT_WA(
-    {},
-    {
-        unicode = false;
-        return;
-    })
-#endif
+
     SQLRETURN   r;
     SQLUINTEGER fFunc;
 
diff --git a/src/testlib/qplaintestlogger.cpp b/src/testlib/qplaintestlogger.cpp
index 3047326..071b55e 100644
--- a/src/testlib/qplaintestlogger.cpp
+++ b/src/testlib/qplaintestlogger.cpp
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ namespace QTest {
         int length = strlen(str);
         for (int pos = 0; pos < length; pos +=255) {
             QString uniText = QString::fromLatin1(str + pos, 255);
-            OutputDebugStringW((const LPCWSTR) uniText.utf16());
+            OutputDebugString((wchar_t*)uniText.utf16());
         }
         if (QTestLog::outputFileName())
 #elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
diff --git a/src/tools/idc/main.cpp b/src/tools/idc/main.cpp
index 48ce9cc..8fe8a70 100644
--- a/src/tools/idc/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/idc/main.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 ****************************************************************************/
 
 #include <QFile>
-#include <QSysInfo>
 #include <QProcess>
 #include <QLibraryInfo>
 #include <qt_windows.h>
@@ -87,37 +86,19 @@ static bool runWithQtInEnvironment(const QString &cmd)
 
 static bool attachTypeLibrary(const QString &applicationName, int resource, const QByteArray &data, QString *errorMessage)
 {
-    HANDLE hExe = 0;
-    QT_WA({
-        TCHAR *resourceName = MAKEINTRESOURCEW(resource);
-        hExe = BeginUpdateResourceW((TCHAR*)applicationName.utf16(), false);
-        if (hExe == 0) {
-            if (errorMessage)
-                *errorMessage = QString::fromLatin1("Failed to attach type library to binary %1 - could not open file.").arg(applicationName);
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (!UpdateResourceW(hExe,L"TYPELIB",resourceName,0,(void*)data.data(),data.count())) {
-            EndUpdateResource(hExe, true);
-            if (errorMessage)
-                *errorMessage = QString::fromLatin1("Failed to attach type library to binary %1 - could not update file.").arg(applicationName);
-            return false;
-        }
-    }, {
-        char *resourceName = MAKEINTRESOURCEA(resource);
-        hExe = BeginUpdateResourceA(applicationName.toLocal8Bit(), false);
-        if (hExe == 0) {
-            if (errorMessage)
-                *errorMessage = QString::fromLatin1("Failed to attach type library to binary %1 - could not open file.").arg(applicationName);
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (!UpdateResourceA(hExe,"TYPELIB",resourceName,0,(void*)data.data(),data.count())) {
-            EndUpdateResource(hExe, true);
-            if (errorMessage)
-                *errorMessage = QString::fromLatin1("Failed to attach type library to binary %1 - could not update file.").arg(applicationName);
-            return false;
-        }
-    });
-    
+    HANDLE hExe = BeginUpdateResource((const wchar_t *)applicationName.utf16(), false);
+    if (hExe == 0) {
+        if (errorMessage)
+            *errorMessage = QString::fromLatin1("Failed to attach type library to binary %1 - could not open file.").arg(applicationName);
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (!UpdateResource(hExe, L"TYPELIB", MAKEINTRESOURCE(resource), 0, (void*)data.data(), data.count())) {
+        EndUpdateResource(hExe, true);
+        if (errorMessage)
+            *errorMessage = QString::fromLatin1("Failed to attach type library to binary %1 - could not update file.").arg(applicationName);
+        return false;
+    }
+
     if (!EndUpdateResource(hExe,false)) {
         if (errorMessage)
             *errorMessage = QString::fromLatin1("Failed to attach type library to binary %1 - could not write file.").arg(applicationName);
@@ -135,12 +116,7 @@ static bool registerServer(const QString &input)
     if (input.endsWith(QLatin1String(".exe"))) {
         ok = runWithQtInEnvironment(quotePath(input) + QLatin1String(" -regserver"));
     } else {
-        HMODULE hdll = 0;
-        QT_WA({
-            hdll = LoadLibraryW((TCHAR*)input.utf16());
-        }, {
-            hdll = LoadLibraryA(input.toLocal8Bit());
-        });
+        HMODULE hdll = LoadLibrary((const wchar_t *)input.utf16());
         if (!hdll) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't load library file %s\n", (const char*)input.toLocal8Bit().data());
             return false;
@@ -162,12 +138,7 @@ static bool unregisterServer(const QString &input)
     if (input.endsWith(QLatin1String(".exe"))) {        
         ok = runWithQtInEnvironment(quotePath(input) + QLatin1String(" -unregserver"));
     } else {
-        HMODULE hdll = 0;
-        QT_WA({
-            hdll = LoadLibraryW((TCHAR*)input.utf16());
-        }, {
-            hdll = LoadLibraryA(input.toLocal8Bit());
-        });
+        HMODULE hdll = LoadLibrary((const wchar_t *)input.utf16());
         if (!hdll) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't load library file %s\n", (const char*)input.toLocal8Bit().data());
             return false;
@@ -191,12 +162,7 @@ static HRESULT dumpIdl(const QString &input, const QString &idlfile, const QStri
         if (runWithQtInEnvironment(quotePath(input) + QLatin1String(" -dumpidl ") + idlfile + QLatin1String(" -version ") + version))
             res = S_OK;
     } else {
-        HMODULE hdll = 0;
-        QT_WA({
-            hdll = LoadLibraryW((TCHAR*)input.utf16());
-        }, {
-            hdll = LoadLibraryA(input.toLocal8Bit());
-        });
+        HMODULE hdll = LoadLibrary((const wchar_t *)input.utf16());
         if (!hdll) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't load library file %s\n", (const char*)input.toLocal8Bit().data());
             return 3;
@@ -254,9 +220,6 @@ int runIdc(int argc, char **argv)
             else
                 version = QLatin1String(argv[i]);
         } else if (p == QLatin1String("/tlb") || p == QLatin1String("-tlb")) {
-            if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based)
-                fprintf(stderr, "IDC requires Windows NT/2000/XP!\n");
-            
             ++i;
             if (i > argc) {
                 error = QLatin1String("Missing name for type library file!");
diff --git a/src/winmain/qtmain_win.cpp b/src/winmain/qtmain_win.cpp
index c266cbf..5f929d6 100644
--- a/src/winmain/qtmain_win.cpp
+++ b/src/winmain/qtmain_win.cpp
@@ -89,18 +89,12 @@ extern "C"
 int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE instance, HINSTANCE prevInstance, LPSTR /*cmdParamarg*/, int cmdShow)
 #endif
 {
-    QByteArray cmdParam;
-    QT_WA({
-        LPTSTR cmdline = GetCommandLineW();
-        cmdParam = QString::fromUtf16((const unsigned short *)cmdline).toLocal8Bit();
-    }, {
-        cmdParam = GetCommandLineA();
-    });
+    QByteArray cmdParam = QString::fromWCharArray(GetCommandLine()).toLocal8Bit();
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    TCHAR appName[256];
-    GetModuleFileName(0, appName, 255);
-    cmdParam.prepend(QString::fromLatin1("\"%1\" ").arg(QString::fromUtf16((const unsigned short *)appName)).toLocal8Bit());
+    wchar_t appName[MAX_PATH];
+    GetModuleFileName(0, appName, MAX_PATH);
+    cmdParam.prepend(QString(QLatin1String("\"%1\" ")).arg(QString::fromWCharArray(appName)).toLocal8Bit());
 #endif
 
     int argc = 0;
@@ -108,9 +102,9 @@ int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE instance, HINSTANCE prevInstance, LPSTR /*cmdPara
     qWinMain(instance, prevInstance, cmdParam.data(), cmdShow, argc, argv);
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    TCHAR uniqueAppID[256];
-    GetModuleFileName(0, uniqueAppID, 255);
-    QString uid = QString::fromUtf16((const unsigned short *)uniqueAppID).toLower().replace(QLatin1Char('\\'), QLatin1Char('_'));
+    wchar_t uniqueAppID[MAX_PATH];
+    GetModuleFileName(0, uniqueAppID, MAX_PATH);
+    QString uid = QString::fromWCharArray(uniqueAppID).toLower().replace(QLatin1String("\\"), QLatin1String("_"));
 
     // If there exists an other instance of this application
     // it will be the owner of a mutex with the unique ID.
diff --git a/tests/auto/qaccessibility/tst_qaccessibility.cpp b/tests/auto/qaccessibility/tst_qaccessibility.cpp
index a87d02f..8a88b59 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qaccessibility/tst_qaccessibility.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qaccessibility/tst_qaccessibility.cpp
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@
 #include "QtTest/qtestaccessible.h"
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-extern "C" bool SystemParametersInfoW(UINT uiAction, UINT uiParam, PVOID pvParam, UINT fWinIni);
+extern "C" bool SystemParametersInfo(UINT uiAction, UINT uiParam, PVOID pvParam, UINT fWinIni);
 #define SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE 257
 inline bool IsValidCEPlatform() {
     wchar_t tszPlatform[64];
-    if (SystemParametersInfoW(SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE, sizeof(tszPlatform)/sizeof(*tszPlatform),tszPlatform,0)) {
-        QString platform = QString::fromUtf16(tszPlatform);
+    if (SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE, sizeof(tszPlatform) / sizeof(*tszPlatform), tszPlatform, 0)) {
+        QString platform = QString::fromWCharArray(tszPlatform);
         if ((platform == QLatin1String("PocketPC")) || (platform == QLatin1String("Smartphone")))
             return false;
     }
diff --git a/tests/auto/qapplication/tst_qapplication.cpp b/tests/auto/qapplication/tst_qapplication.cpp
index 2fa7584..85494af 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qapplication/tst_qapplication.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qapplication/tst_qapplication.cpp
@@ -755,9 +755,9 @@ void tst_QApplication::libraryPaths()
         // current Path. Therefore we need to identify it ourselves
         // here for the test.
         QFileInfo filePath;
-        wchar_t module_name[256];
-        GetModuleFileNameW(0, module_name, sizeof(module_name) / sizeof(wchar_t));
-        filePath = QString::fromUtf16((ushort *)module_name);
+        wchar_t module_name[MAX_PATH];
+        GetModuleFileName(0, module_name, MAX_PATH);
+        filePath = QString::fromWCharArray(module_name);
         QString testDir = filePath.path() + "/test";
 #endif
         QApplication::setLibraryPaths(QStringList() << testDir);
diff --git a/tests/auto/qdatetimeedit/tst_qdatetimeedit.cpp b/tests/auto/qdatetimeedit/tst_qdatetimeedit.cpp
index 6c73fd6..ab98d1d 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qdatetimeedit/tst_qdatetimeedit.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qdatetimeedit/tst_qdatetimeedit.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QList<int>);
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
 bool qt_wince_is_platform(const QString &platformString) {
-    TCHAR tszPlatform[64];
+    wchar_t tszPlatform[64];
     if (SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE,
                              sizeof(tszPlatform)/sizeof(*tszPlatform),tszPlatform,0))
       if (0 == _tcsicmp(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (platformString.utf16()), tszPlatform))
diff --git a/tests/auto/qfile/tst_qfile.cpp b/tests/auto/qfile/tst_qfile.cpp
index d7e9dff..8d9c2be 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qfile/tst_qfile.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qfile/tst_qfile.cpp
@@ -994,57 +994,32 @@ static QString getWorkingDirectoryForLink(const QString &linkFileName)
 {
     bool neededCoInit = false;
     QString ret;
-    QT_WA({
-        IShellLink *psl;
-        HRESULT hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (void **)&psl);
-        if (hres == CO_E_NOTINITIALIZED) { // COM was not initialized
-            neededCoInit = true;
-            CoInitialize(NULL);
-            hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (void **)&psl);
-        }
 
-        if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {    // Get pointer to the IPersistFile interface.
-            IPersistFile *ppf;
-            hres = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (LPVOID *)&ppf);
-            if (SUCCEEDED(hres))  {
-                hres = ppf->Load((LPOLESTR)linkFileName.utf16(), STGM_READ);
-                //The original path of the link is retrieved. If the file/folder
-                //was moved, the return value still have the old path.
-                if(SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
-                    wchar_t szGotPath[MAX_PATH];
-                    if (psl->GetWorkingDirectory(szGotPath, MAX_PATH) == NOERROR)
-                        ret = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)szGotPath);
-                }
-                ppf->Release();
-            }
-            psl->Release();
-        }
-    },{
-        IShellLinkA *psl;
-        HRESULT hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (void **)&psl);
-        if (hres == CO_E_NOTINITIALIZED) { // COM was not initialized
-            neededCoInit = true;
-            CoInitialize(NULL);
-            hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (void **)&psl);
-        }
+    IShellLink *psl;
+    HRESULT hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (void **)&psl);
+    if (hres == CO_E_NOTINITIALIZED) { // COM was not initialized
+        neededCoInit = true;
+        CoInitialize(NULL);
+        hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (void **)&psl);
+    }
 
-        if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {    // Get pointer to the IPersistFile interface.
-            IPersistFile *ppf;
-            hres = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (LPVOID *)&ppf);
-            if (SUCCEEDED(hres))  {
-                hres = ppf->Load((LPOLESTR)linkFileName.utf16(), STGM_READ);
-                //The original path of the link is retrieved. If the file/folder
-                //was moved, the return value still have the old path.
-                if(SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
-                    char szGotPath[MAX_PATH];
-                    if (psl->GetWorkingDirectory(szGotPath, MAX_PATH) == NOERROR)
-                        ret = QString::fromLocal8Bit(szGotPath);
-                }
-                ppf->Release();
+    if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {    // Get pointer to the IPersistFile interface.
+        IPersistFile *ppf;
+        hres = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (LPVOID *)&ppf);
+        if (SUCCEEDED(hres))  {
+            hres = ppf->Load((LPOLESTR)linkFileName.utf16(), STGM_READ);
+            //The original path of the link is retrieved. If the file/folder
+            //was moved, the return value still have the old path.
+            if(SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
+                wchar_t szGotPath[MAX_PATH];
+                if (psl->GetWorkingDirectory(szGotPath, MAX_PATH) == NOERROR)
+                    ret = QString::fromWCharArray(szGotPath);
             }
-            psl->Release();
+            ppf->Release();
         }
-    });
+        psl->Release();
+    }
+
     if (neededCoInit) {
         CoUninitialize();
     }
@@ -1538,13 +1513,8 @@ void tst_QFile::largeFileSupport()
     qlonglong freespace = qlonglong(0);
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
     _ULARGE_INTEGER free;
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_NT_based) {
-        if (::GetDiskFreeSpaceExW((wchar_t *)QDir::currentPath().utf16(), &free, 0, 0))
-            freespace = free.QuadPart;
-    } else {
-        if (::GetDiskFreeSpaceExA(QDir::currentPath().local8Bit(), &free, 0, 0))
-            freespace = free.QuadPart;
-    }
+    if (::GetDiskFreeSpaceEx((wchar_t*)QDir::currentPath().utf16(), &free, 0, 0))
+        freespace = free.QuadPart;
     if (freespace != 0) {
 #elif defined(Q_OS_IRIX)
     struct statfs info;
@@ -1662,16 +1632,9 @@ void tst_QFile::longFileName()
     }
     {
         QFile file(fileName);
-#if defined(Q_WS_WIN)
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        QT_WA({ if (false) ; }, {
-            QEXPECT_FAIL("244 chars", "Full pathname must be less than 260 chars", Abort);
-            QEXPECT_FAIL("244 chars to absolutepath", "Full pathname must be less than 260 chars", Abort);
-        });
-#else
-            QEXPECT_FAIL("244 chars", "Full pathname must be less than 260 chars", Abort);
-            QEXPECT_FAIL("244 chars to absolutepath", "Full pathname must be less than 260 chars", Abort);
-#endif
+#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+        QEXPECT_FAIL("244 chars", "Full pathname must be less than 260 chars", Abort);
+        QEXPECT_FAIL("244 chars to absolutepath", "Full pathname must be less than 260 chars", Abort);
 #endif
         QVERIFY(file.open(QFile::WriteOnly | QFile::Text));
         QTextStream ts(&file);
diff --git a/tests/auto/qfileinfo/tst_qfileinfo.cpp b/tests/auto/qfileinfo/tst_qfileinfo.cpp
index 1a73948..48dc357 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qfileinfo/tst_qfileinfo.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qfileinfo/tst_qfileinfo.cpp
@@ -862,11 +862,6 @@ void tst_QFileInfo::fileTimes()
 #if !defined(Q_OS_UNIX) && !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
     QVERIFY(fileInfo.created() < beforeWrite);
 #endif
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based) {
-        QVERIFY(fileInfo.lastRead().addDays(1) > beforeRead);
-    } else
-#endif
     //In Vista the last-access timestamp is not updated when the file is accessed/touched (by default).
     //To enable this the HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate
     //is set to 0, in the test machine.
@@ -897,26 +892,14 @@ void tst_QFileInfo::fileTimes_oldFile()
     // WriteOnly can create files, ReadOnly cannot.
     DWORD creationDisp = OPEN_ALWAYS;
 
-    HANDLE fileHandle;
-
     // Create the file handle.
-    QT_WA({
-        fileHandle = CreateFileW(L"oldfile.txt",
-            accessRights,
-            shareMode,
-            &securityAtts,
-            creationDisp,
-            flagsAndAtts,
-            NULL);
-    }, {
-        fileHandle = CreateFileA("oldfile.txt",
-            accessRights,
-            shareMode,
-            &securityAtts,
-            creationDisp,
-            flagsAndAtts,
-            NULL);
-    });
+    HANDLE fileHandle = CreateFile(L"oldfile.txt",
+        accessRights,
+        shareMode,
+        &securityAtts,
+        creationDisp,
+        flagsAndAtts,
+        NULL);
 
     // Set file times back to 1601.
     FILETIME ctime;
diff --git a/tests/auto/qitemview/tst_qitemview.cpp b/tests/auto/qitemview/tst_qitemview.cpp
index 6bfd1e8..73c08d1 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qitemview/tst_qitemview.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qitemview/tst_qitemview.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
 bool qt_wince_is_platform(const QString &platformString) {
-    TCHAR tszPlatform[64];
+    wchar_t tszPlatform[64];
     if (SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE,
                              sizeof(tszPlatform)/sizeof(*tszPlatform),tszPlatform,0))
       if (0 == _tcsicmp(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (platformString.utf16()), tszPlatform))
diff --git a/tests/auto/qlocale/tst_qlocale.cpp b/tests/auto/qlocale/tst_qlocale.cpp
index 8ac6ef0..9ef7f1d 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qlocale/tst_qlocale.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qlocale/tst_qlocale.cpp
@@ -1093,12 +1093,7 @@ void tst_QLocale::macDefaultLocale()
 static QString getWinLocaleInfo(LCTYPE type)
 {
     LCID id = GetThreadLocale();
-    int cnt = 0;
-    QT_WA({
-        cnt = GetLocaleInfoW(id, type, 0, 0)*2;
-    } , {
-        cnt = GetLocaleInfoA(id, type, 0, 0);
-    });
+    int cnt = GetLocaleInfo(id, type, 0, 0) * 2;
 
     if (cnt == 0) {
         qWarning("QLocale: empty windows locale info (%d)", type);
@@ -1107,38 +1102,20 @@ static QString getWinLocaleInfo(LCTYPE type)
 
     QByteArray buff(cnt, 0);
 
-    QT_WA({
-        cnt = GetLocaleInfoW(id, type,
-                                reinterpret_cast<wchar_t*>(buff.data()),
-                                buff.size()/2);
-    } , {
-        cnt = GetLocaleInfoA(id, type,
-                                buff.data(), buff.size());
-    });
+    cnt = GetLocaleInfo(id, type, reinterpret_cast<wchar_t*>(buff.data()), buff.size() / 2);
 
     if (cnt == 0) {
         qWarning("QLocale: empty windows locale info (%d)", type);
         return QString();
     }
 
-    QString result;
-    QT_WA({
-        result = QString::fromUtf16(reinterpret_cast<ushort*>(buff.data()));
-    } , {
-        result = QString::fromLocal8Bit(buff.data());
-    });
-    return result;
+    return QString::fromWCharArray(reinterpret_cast<wchar_t*>(buff.data()));
 }
 
 static void setWinLocaleInfo(LCTYPE type, const QString &value)
 {
     LCID id = GetThreadLocale();
-
-    QT_WA({
-        SetLocaleInfoW(id, type, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t*>(value.utf16()));
-    } , {
-        SetLocaleInfoA(id, type, value.toLocal8Bit());
-    });
+    SetLocaleInfo(id, type, reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t*>(value.utf16()));
 }
 
 class RestoreLocaleHelper {
diff --git a/tests/auto/qpixmap/tst_qpixmap.cpp b/tests/auto/qpixmap/tst_qpixmap.cpp
index f52d44e..b3736ab 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qpixmap/tst_qpixmap.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qpixmap/tst_qpixmap.cpp
@@ -854,12 +854,7 @@ void tst_QPixmap::toWinHBITMAP()
     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);
     QVERIFY(res);
 
     QCOMPARE(100, (int) bitmap_info.bmWidth);
diff --git a/tests/auto/qsettings/tst_qsettings.cpp b/tests/auto/qsettings/tst_qsettings.cpp
index f682d37..f0f446d 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qsettings/tst_qsettings.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qsettings/tst_qsettings.cpp
@@ -3010,12 +3010,6 @@ void tst_QSettings::oldWriteEntry_QString_QString()
 	QSettings readSettings("software.org", "KillerAPP");
 	QFETCH( QString, s );
 	bool ok = FALSE;
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-	if (qWinVersion() & Qt::WV_DOS_based) {
-	    QEXPECT_FAIL("data2", "Windows 9x does not support unicode characters in the registry", Abort);
-	    QEXPECT_FAIL("data5", "Windows 9x does not support unicode characters in the registry", Abort);
-	}
-#endif
 	QCOMPARE( readSettings.readEntry( "/Trolltech/QSettingsTesting/String", QString::null, &ok ), s );
 	QVERIFY( ok );
     }
diff --git a/tests/auto/qsharedmemory/src/qsystemlock_win.cpp b/tests/auto/qsharedmemory/src/qsystemlock_win.cpp
index 94d90ce..a50b77b 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qsharedmemory/src/qsystemlock_win.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qsharedmemory/src/qsystemlock_win.cpp
@@ -75,32 +75,24 @@ HANDLE QSystemLockPrivate::handle()
     // Create it if it doesn't already exists.
     if (semaphore == 0) {
         QString safeName = makeKeyFileName();
-        QT_WA({
-            semaphore = CreateSemaphoreW(0, MAX_LOCKS, MAX_LOCKS, (TCHAR*)safeName.utf16());
-        }, {
-            semaphore = CreateSemaphoreA(0, MAX_LOCKS, MAX_LOCKS, safeName.toLocal8Bit().constData());
-        });
+        semaphore = CreateSemaphore(0, MAX_LOCKS, MAX_LOCKS, (wchar_t*)safeName.utf16());
 
         if (semaphore == 0) {
             setErrorString(QLatin1String("QSystemLockPrivate::handle"));
-	    return 0;
-	}
+            return 0;
+        }
     }
 
     if (semaphoreLock == 0) {
-	QString safeLockName = QSharedMemoryPrivate::makePlatformSafeKey(key + QLatin1String("lock"), QLatin1String("qipc_systemlock_"));
-        QT_WA({
-            semaphoreLock = CreateSemaphoreW(0,
-                 1, 1, (TCHAR*)safeLockName.utf16());
-        }, {
-            semaphoreLock = CreateSemaphoreA(0,
-                 1, 1, safeLockName.toLocal8Bit().constData());
-        });
+        QString safeLockName = QSharedMemoryPrivate::makePlatformSafeKey(key + QLatin1String("lock"), QLatin1String("qipc_systemlock_"));
+        semaphoreLock = CreateSemaphore(0, 1, 1, (wchar_t*)safeLockName.utf16());
+
         if (semaphoreLock == 0) {
             setErrorString(QLatin1String("QSystemLockPrivate::handle"));
-	    return 0;
-	}
+            return 0;
+        }
     }
+
     return semaphore;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp b/tests/auto/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
index e172c33..85dbda0 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
@@ -3997,15 +3997,15 @@ void tst_QString::localeAwareCompare()
 #  if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
     DWORD oldLcid = GetUserDefaultLCID();
     SetUserDefaultLCID(locale);
-    if (locale != GetUserDefaultLCID()) {
+
+    QCOMPARE(locale, GetUserDefaultLCID());
 #  else
     DWORD oldLcid = GetThreadLocale();
     SetThreadLocale(locale);
 
-    if (locale != GetThreadLocale()) {
+    QCOMPARE(locale, GetThreadLocale());
 #  endif
-        QSKIP("SetThreadLocale() not supported on Win9x", SkipSingle);
-    }
+
 #elif defined (Q_WS_MAC)
     QSKIP("Setting the locale is not supported on OS X (you can set the C locale, but that won't affect CFStringCompare which is used to compare strings)", SkipAll);
 #else
diff --git a/tests/auto/qstyle/tst_qstyle.cpp b/tests/auto/qstyle/tst_qstyle.cpp
index 4009e66..2cb5080 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qstyle/tst_qstyle.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qstyle/tst_qstyle.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 
 static bool qt_wince_is_smartphone() {
-    TCHAR tszPlatform[64];
+    wchar_t tszPlatform[64];
     if (SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE,
                              sizeof(tszPlatform)/sizeof(*tszPlatform),tszPlatform,0))
       if (0 == _tcsicmp(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (QString::fromLatin1("Smartphone").utf16()), tszPlatform))
diff --git a/tests/auto/qtcpserver/tst_qtcpserver.cpp b/tests/auto/qtcpserver/tst_qtcpserver.cpp
index a06c871..5c82cbb 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qtcpserver/tst_qtcpserver.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qtcpserver/tst_qtcpserver.cpp
@@ -274,42 +274,35 @@ void tst_QTcpServer::ipv4LoopbackPerformanceTest()
     QTcpSocket *clientB = server.nextPendingConnection();
     QVERIFY(clientB);
 
-#if defined(Q_WS_WIN)
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based) {
-        QSKIP("Dont run performance tests on QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based systems, overloads the system", SkipAll);
-    } else
-#endif
-    {
-        QByteArray buffer(16384, '@');
-        QTime stopWatch;
-        stopWatch.start();
-        qlonglong totalWritten = 0;
-        while (stopWatch.elapsed() < 5000) {
-            QVERIFY(clientA.write(buffer.data(), buffer.size()) > 0);
-            clientA.flush();
-            totalWritten += buffer.size();
-            while (clientB->waitForReadyRead(100)) {
-                if (clientB->bytesAvailable() == 16384)
-                    break;
-            }
-            clientB->read(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
-            clientB->write(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
-            clientB->flush();
-            totalWritten += buffer.size();
-            while (clientA.waitForReadyRead(100)) {
-                if (clientA.bytesAvailable() == 16384)
-                    break;
-            }
-            clientA.read(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
+    QByteArray buffer(16384, '@');
+    QTime stopWatch;
+    stopWatch.start();
+    qlonglong totalWritten = 0;
+    while (stopWatch.elapsed() < 5000) {
+        QVERIFY(clientA.write(buffer.data(), buffer.size()) > 0);
+        clientA.flush();
+        totalWritten += buffer.size();
+        while (clientB->waitForReadyRead(100)) {
+            if (clientB->bytesAvailable() == 16384)
+                break;
         }
+        clientB->read(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
+        clientB->write(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
+        clientB->flush();
+        totalWritten += buffer.size();
+        while (clientA.waitForReadyRead(100)) {
+            if (clientA.bytesAvailable() == 16384)
+                break;
+        }
+        clientA.read(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
+    }
 
-        qDebug("\t\t%s: %.1fMB/%.1fs: %.1fMB/s",
-               server.serverAddress().toString().toLatin1().constData(),
-               totalWritten / (1024.0 * 1024.0),
-               stopWatch.elapsed() / 1000.0,
-               (totalWritten / (stopWatch.elapsed() / 1000.0)) / (1024 * 1024));
+    qDebug("\t\t%s: %.1fMB/%.1fs: %.1fMB/s",
+           server.serverAddress().toString().toLatin1().constData(),
+           totalWritten / (1024.0 * 1024.0),
+           stopWatch.elapsed() / 1000.0,
+           (totalWritten / (stopWatch.elapsed() / 1000.0)) / (1024 * 1024));
 
-    }
     delete clientB;
 }
 
@@ -378,42 +371,35 @@ void tst_QTcpServer::ipv4PerformanceTest()
     QTcpSocket *clientB = server.nextPendingConnection();
     QVERIFY(clientB);
 
-#if defined(Q_WS_WIN)
-    if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based) {
-        QSKIP("Dont run performance tests on QSysInfo::WV_DOS_based systems, overloads the system", SkipAll);
-    } else
-#endif
-    {
-
-        QByteArray buffer(16384, '@');
-        QTime stopWatch;
-        stopWatch.start();
-        qlonglong totalWritten = 0;
-        while (stopWatch.elapsed() < 5000) {
-            qlonglong writtenA = clientA.write(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
-            clientA.flush();
-            totalWritten += buffer.size();
-            while (clientB->waitForReadyRead(100)) {
-                if (clientB->bytesAvailable() == writtenA)
-                    break;
-            }
-            clientB->read(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
-            qlonglong writtenB = clientB->write(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
-            clientB->flush();
-            totalWritten += buffer.size();
-            while (clientA.waitForReadyRead(100)) {
-                if (clientA.bytesAvailable() == writtenB)
-                   break;
-            }
-            clientA.read(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
+    QByteArray buffer(16384, '@');
+    QTime stopWatch;
+    stopWatch.start();
+    qlonglong totalWritten = 0;
+    while (stopWatch.elapsed() < 5000) {
+        qlonglong writtenA = clientA.write(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
+        clientA.flush();
+        totalWritten += buffer.size();
+        while (clientB->waitForReadyRead(100)) {
+            if (clientB->bytesAvailable() == writtenA)
+                break;
         }
-
-        qDebug("\t\t%s: %.1fMB/%.1fs: %.1fMB/s",
-               probeSocket.localAddress().toString().toLatin1().constData(),
-               totalWritten / (1024.0 * 1024.0),
-               stopWatch.elapsed() / 1000.0,
-               (totalWritten / (stopWatch.elapsed() / 1000.0)) / (1024 * 1024));
+        clientB->read(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
+        qlonglong writtenB = clientB->write(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
+        clientB->flush();
+        totalWritten += buffer.size();
+        while (clientA.waitForReadyRead(100)) {
+            if (clientA.bytesAvailable() == writtenB)
+               break;
+        }
+        clientA.read(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
     }
+
+    qDebug("\t\t%s: %.1fMB/%.1fs: %.1fMB/s",
+           probeSocket.localAddress().toString().toLatin1().constData(),
+           totalWritten / (1024.0 * 1024.0),
+           stopWatch.elapsed() / 1000.0,
+           (totalWritten / (stopWatch.elapsed() / 1000.0)) / (1024 * 1024));
+
     delete clientB;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/qtimer/tst_qtimer.cpp b/tests/auto/qtimer/tst_qtimer.cpp
index 5fb62a5..43b7553 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qtimer/tst_qtimer.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qtimer/tst_qtimer.cpp
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ void tst_QTimer::livelock()
     QEXPECT_FAIL("non-zero timer", "", Continue);
 #elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
 	if (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion < QSysInfo::WV_XP)
-		QEXPECT_FAIL("non-zero timer", "Multimedia timers are not available on Win2K/9x", Continue);
+		QEXPECT_FAIL("non-zero timer", "Multimedia timers are not available on Windows 2000", Continue);
 #endif
     QVERIFY(tester.postEventAtRightTime);
 }
diff --git a/tests/auto/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp b/tests/auto/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
index 1430146..04ec77d 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qwidget/tst_qwidget.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 // taken from qguifunctions_wce.cpp
 #define SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE 257
 bool qt_wince_is_platform(const QString &platformString) {
-    TCHAR tszPlatform[64];
+    wchar_t tszPlatform[64];
     if (SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE,
                              sizeof(tszPlatform)/sizeof(*tszPlatform),tszPlatform,0))
       if (0 == _tcsicmp(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (platformString.utf16()), tszPlatform))
@@ -3433,9 +3433,9 @@ static QString visibleWindowTitle(QWidget *window, Qt::WindowState state = Qt::W
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
     Q_UNUSED(state);
     const size_t maxTitleLength = 256;
-    WCHAR title[maxTitleLength];
-    GetWindowTextW(window->winId(), title, maxTitleLength);
-    vTitle = QString::fromUtf16((ushort *)title);
+    wchar_t title[maxTitleLength];
+    GetWindowText(window->winId(), title, maxTitleLength);
+    vTitle = QString::fromWCharArray(title);
 #elif defined(Q_WS_X11)
     /*
       We can't check what the window manager displays, but we can
diff --git a/tests/auto/qwineventnotifier/tst_qwineventnotifier.cpp b/tests/auto/qwineventnotifier/tst_qwineventnotifier.cpp
index 24d28c5..4b00773 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qwineventnotifier/tst_qwineventnotifier.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qwineventnotifier/tst_qwineventnotifier.cpp
@@ -110,12 +110,9 @@ void tst_QWinEventNotifier::simple_timerSet()
 
 void tst_QWinEventNotifier::simple()
 {
-    QT_WA({
-	simpleHEvent = CreateEventW(0, TRUE, FALSE, 0);
-    }, {
-	simpleHEvent = CreateEventA(0, TRUE, FALSE, 0);
-    });
+    simpleHEvent = CreateEvent(0, TRUE, FALSE, 0);
     QVERIFY(simpleHEvent);
+
     QWinEventNotifier n(simpleHEvent);
     QObject::connect(&n, SIGNAL(activated(HANDLE)), this, SLOT(simple_activated()));
     simpleActivated = false;
diff --git a/tests/auto/windowsmobile/test/tst_windowsmobile.cpp b/tests/auto/windowsmobile/test/tst_windowsmobile.cpp
index 8c7c021..654e19f 100644
--- a/tests/auto/windowsmobile/test/tst_windowsmobile.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/windowsmobile/test/tst_windowsmobile.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public:
 #ifdef Q_OS_WINCE_WM
 
 bool qt_wince_is_platform(const QString &platformString) {
-    TCHAR tszPlatform[64];
+    wchar_t tszPlatform[64];
     if (SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE,
                              sizeof(tszPlatform)/sizeof(*tszPlatform),tszPlatform,0))
       if (0 == _tcsicmp(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *> (platformString.utf16()), tszPlatform))
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/qdiriterator/main.cpp b/tests/benchmarks/qdiriterator/main.cpp
index 13128f7..1a5ffbb 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/qdiriterator/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/qdiriterator/main.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int posix_helper(const wchar_t *dirpath)
     wchar_t appendedPath[MAX_PATH];
     wcscpy(appendedPath, dirpath);
     wcscat(appendedPath, L"\\*");
-    hSearch = FindFirstFileW(appendedPath, &fd);
+    hSearch = FindFirstFile(appendedPath, &fd);
     appendedPath[origDirPathLength] = 0;
 
     if (hSearch == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/qdiriterator/qfilesystemiterator.cpp b/tests/benchmarks/qdiriterator/qfilesystemiterator.cpp
index 1ef600b..47720f1 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/qdiriterator/qfilesystemiterator.cpp
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/qdiriterator/qfilesystemiterator.cpp
@@ -108,17 +108,6 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-inline QString convertString(TCHAR* sz)
-{
-#ifdef UNICODE
-    return QString::fromUtf16(sz);
-#else
-    return QString::fromLocal8Bit(sz);
-#endif
-}
-#endif
-
 class QFileSystemIteratorPrivate
 {
 public:
@@ -202,7 +191,7 @@ QFileSystemIteratorPrivate::~QFileSystemIteratorPrivate()
 }
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-static bool isDotOrDotDot(const TCHAR* name)
+static bool isDotOrDotDot(const wchar_t* name)
 {
     if (name[0] == L'.' && name[1] == 0)
         return true;
@@ -339,7 +328,7 @@ bool QFileSystemIteratorPrivate::advanceHelper()
     if (m_entry->dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) {
         QByteArray ba = m_dirPaths.top();
         ba += '\\';
-        ba += convertString(m_entry->cFileName);
+        ba += QString::fromWCharArray(m_entry->cFileName);
         pushSubDirectory(ba);
     }
 #else
@@ -634,7 +623,7 @@ QString QFileSystemIterator::fileName() const
     if (d->m_currentDirShown == QFileSystemIteratorPrivate::ShowDotDotDir)
         return QLatin1String("@@");
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-    return convertString(d->m_entry->cFileName);
+    return QString::fromWCharArray(d->m_entry->cFileName);
 #else
     return QString::fromLocal8Bit(d->m_entry->d_name);
 #endif
@@ -659,7 +648,7 @@ QString QFileSystemIterator::filePath() const
     else if (d->m_entry) {
         ba += '/';
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-        ba += convertString(d->m_entry->cFileName);
+        ba += QString::fromWCharArray(d->m_entry->cFileName);
 #else
         ba += d->m_entry->d_name;
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/qfile/main.cpp b/tests/benchmarks/qfile/main.cpp
index 2fa425d..5360eb5 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/qfile/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/qfile/main.cpp
@@ -275,11 +275,11 @@ void tst_qfile::readBigFile()
             HANDLE hndl;
 
             // ensure we don't account string conversion
-            TCHAR* cfilename = (TCHAR*)filename.utf16();
+            wchar_t* cfilename = (wchar_t*)filename.utf16();
 
             hndl = CreateFile(cfilename, GENERIC_READ, 0, 0, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0);
             Q_ASSERT(hndl);
-            TCHAR* nativeBuffer = new TCHAR[BUFSIZE];
+            wchar_t* nativeBuffer = new wchar_t[BUFSIZE];
             DWORD numberOfBytesRead;
 
             QBENCHMARK {
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ void tst_qfile::seek()
             HANDLE hndl;
 
             // ensure we don't account string conversion
-            TCHAR* cfilename = (TCHAR*)filename.utf16();
+            wchar_t* cfilename = (wchar_t*)filename.utf16();
 
             hndl = CreateFile(cfilename, GENERIC_READ, 0, 0, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0);
             Q_ASSERT(hndl);
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ void tst_qfile::open()
             HANDLE hndl;
 
             // ensure we don't account string conversion
-            TCHAR* cfilename = (TCHAR*)filename.utf16();
+            wchar_t* cfilename = (wchar_t*)filename.utf16();
 
             QBENCHMARK {
                 hndl = CreateFile(cfilename, GENERIC_READ, 0, 0, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0);
@@ -620,11 +620,11 @@ void tst_qfile::readSmallFiles()
             HANDLE hndl;
 
             // ensure we don't account string conversion
-            TCHAR* cfilename = (TCHAR*)filename.utf16();
+            wchar_t* cfilename = (wchar_t*)filename.utf16();
 
             hndl = CreateFile(cfilename, GENERIC_READ, 0, 0, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0);
             Q_ASSERT(hndl);
-            TCHAR* nativeBuffer = new TCHAR[BUFSIZE];
+            wchar_t* nativeBuffer = new wchar_t[BUFSIZE];
             DWORD numberOfBytesRead;
             QBENCHMARK {
                 do {
diff --git a/tools/activeqt/dumpcpp/main.cpp b/tools/activeqt/dumpcpp/main.cpp
index 0a4aa06..de3ec57 100644
--- a/tools/activeqt/dumpcpp/main.cpp
+++ b/tools/activeqt/dumpcpp/main.cpp
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ bool generateTypeLibrary(const QByteArray &typeLib, const QByteArray &outname, O
     QString libName;
     BSTR nameString;
     typelib->GetDocumentation(-1, &nameString, 0, 0, 0);
-    libName = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)nameString);
+    libName = QString::fromWCharArray(nameString);
     SysFreeString(nameString);
     if (!nameSpace.isEmpty())
         libName = QString(nameSpace);
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ bool generateTypeLibrary(const QByteArray &typeLib, const QByteArray &outname, O
                         BSTR bstr;
                         if (S_OK != typeinfo->GetDocumentation(-1, &bstr, 0, 0, 0))
                             break;
-                        className = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)bstr).toLatin1();
+                        className = QString::fromWCharArray(bstr).toLatin1();
                         SysFreeString(bstr);
                         switch (typekind) {
                         case TKIND_RECORD:
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ bool generateTypeLibrary(const QByteArray &typeLib, const QByteArray &outname, O
                 BSTR bstr;
                 if (S_OK != typeinfo->GetDocumentation(-1, &bstr, 0, 0, 0))
                     break;
-                className = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort *)bstr).toLatin1();
+                className = QString::fromWCharArray(bstr).toLatin1();
                 SysFreeString(bstr);
 
                 declOut << "// stub for vtable-only interface" << endl;
diff --git a/tools/configure/configure.pro b/tools/configure/configure.pro
index 1ce9a1b..fdeab29 100644
--- a/tools/configure/configure.pro
+++ b/tools/configure/configure.pro
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DESTDIR   = ../..
 
 CONFIG   += console flat
 CONFIG   -= moc qt
-DEFINES  = QT_NODLL QT_NO_CODECS QT_NO_TEXTCODEC QT_NO_UNICODETABLES QT_LITE_COMPONENT QT_NO_STL QT_NO_COMPRESS QT_BUILD_QMAKE QT_NO_THREAD QT_NO_QOBJECT _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
+DEFINES  = UNICODE QT_NODLL QT_NO_CODECS QT_NO_TEXTCODEC QT_NO_UNICODETABLES QT_LITE_COMPONENT QT_NO_STL QT_NO_COMPRESS QT_BUILD_QMAKE QT_NO_THREAD QT_NO_QOBJECT _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
 
 
 win32 : LIBS += -lole32 -ladvapi32
diff --git a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
index 597cd0e..509444b 100644
--- a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
+++ b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
@@ -116,16 +116,9 @@ Configure::Configure( int& argc, char** argv )
 
 
     // Get the path to the executable
-    QFileInfo sourcePathInfo;
-    QT_WA({
-        unsigned short module_name[256];
-        GetModuleFileNameW(0, reinterpret_cast<wchar_t *>(module_name), sizeof(module_name));
-        sourcePathInfo = QString::fromUtf16(module_name);
-    }, {
-        char module_name[256];
-        GetModuleFileNameA(0, module_name, sizeof(module_name));
-        sourcePathInfo = QString::fromLocal8Bit(module_name);
-    });
+    wchar_t module_name[MAX_PATH];
+    GetModuleFileName(0, module_name, sizeof(module_name) / sizeof(wchar_t));
+    QFileInfo sourcePathInfo = QString::fromWCharArray(module_name);
     sourcePath = sourcePathInfo.absolutePath();
     sourceDir = sourcePathInfo.dir();
     buildPath = QDir::currentPath();
@@ -2733,7 +2726,7 @@ void Configure::generateConfigfiles()
         tmpFile.flush();
 
         // Replace old qconfig.h with new one
-        ::SetFileAttributesA(outName.toLocal8Bit(), FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL);
+        ::SetFileAttributes((wchar_t*)outName.utf16(), FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL);
         QFile::remove(outName);
         tmpFile.copy(outName);
         tmpFile.close();
@@ -2769,7 +2762,7 @@ void Configure::generateConfigfiles()
     }
 
     outName = defSpec + "/qmake.conf";
-    ::SetFileAttributesA(outName.toLocal8Bit(), FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL );
+    ::SetFileAttributes((wchar_t*)outName.utf16(), FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL );
     QFile qmakeConfFile(outName);
     if (qmakeConfFile.open(QFile::Append | QFile::WriteOnly | QFile::Text)) {
         QTextStream qmakeConfStream;
@@ -2837,7 +2830,7 @@ void Configure::generateConfigfiles()
         tmpFile2.flush();
 
         // Replace old qconfig.cpp with new one
-        ::SetFileAttributesA(outName.toLocal8Bit(), FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL );
+        ::SetFileAttributes((wchar_t*)outName.utf16(), FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL );
         QFile::remove( outName );
         tmpFile2.copy(outName);
         tmpFile2.close();
diff --git a/tools/configure/environment.cpp b/tools/configure/environment.cpp
index 6dc8940..b4c61f8 100644
--- a/tools/configure/environment.cpp
+++ b/tools/configure/environment.cpp
@@ -146,26 +146,14 @@ QString Environment::readRegistryKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubkey)
     QString rSubkeyPath = keyPath(rSubkey);
 
     HKEY handle = 0;
-    LONG res;
-    QT_WA( {
-        res = RegOpenKeyExW(parentHandle, (WCHAR*)rSubkeyPath.utf16(),
-                            0, KEY_READ, &handle);
-    } , {
-        res = RegOpenKeyExA(parentHandle, rSubkeyPath.toLocal8Bit(),
-                            0, KEY_READ, &handle);
-    } );
-
+    LONG res = RegOpenKeyEx(parentHandle, (wchar_t*)rSubkeyPath.utf16(), 0, KEY_READ, &handle);
     if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS)
         return QString();
 
     // get the size and type of the value
     DWORD dataType;
     DWORD dataSize;
-    QT_WA( {
-        res = RegQueryValueExW(handle, (WCHAR*)rSubkeyName.utf16(), 0, &dataType, 0, &dataSize);
-    }, {
-        res = RegQueryValueExA(handle, rSubkeyName.toLocal8Bit(), 0, &dataType, 0, &dataSize);
-    } );
+    res = RegQueryValueEx(handle, (wchar_t*)rSubkeyName.utf16(), 0, &dataType, 0, &dataSize);
     if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
         RegCloseKey(handle);
         return QString();
@@ -173,13 +161,8 @@ QString Environment::readRegistryKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubkey)
 
     // get the value
     QByteArray data(dataSize, 0);
-    QT_WA( {
-        res = RegQueryValueExW(handle, (WCHAR*)rSubkeyName.utf16(), 0, 0,
-                               reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(data.data()), &dataSize);
-    }, {
-        res = RegQueryValueExA(handle, rSubkeyName.toLocal8Bit(), 0, 0,
-                               reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(data.data()), &dataSize);
-    } );
+    res = RegQueryValueEx(handle, (wchar_t*)rSubkeyName.utf16(), 0, 0,
+                           reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(data.data()), &dataSize);
     if (res != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
         RegCloseKey(handle);
         return QString();
@@ -189,11 +172,7 @@ QString Environment::readRegistryKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubkey)
     switch (dataType) {
         case REG_EXPAND_SZ:
         case REG_SZ: {
-            QT_WA( {
-                result = QString::fromUtf16(((const ushort*)data.constData()));
-            }, {
-                result = QString::fromLatin1(data.constData());
-            } );
+            result = QString::fromWCharArray(((const wchar_t *)data.constData()));
             break;
         }
 
@@ -201,29 +180,20 @@ QString Environment::readRegistryKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubkey)
             QStringList l;
             int i = 0;
             for (;;) {
-                QString s;
-                QT_WA( {
-                    s = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*)data.constData() + i);
-                }, {
-                    s = QString::fromLatin1(data.constData() + i);
-                } );
+                QString s = QString::fromWCharArray((const wchar_t *)data.constData() + i);
                 i += s.length() + 1;
 
                 if (s.isEmpty())
                     break;
                 l.append(s);
             }
-	    result = l.join(", ");
+            result = l.join(", ");
             break;
         }
 
         case REG_NONE:
         case REG_BINARY: {
-            QT_WA( {
-                result = QString::fromUtf16((const ushort*)data.constData(), data.size()/2);
-            }, {
-                result = QString::fromLatin1(data.constData(), data.size());
-            } );
+            result = QString::fromWCharArray((const wchar_t *)data.constData(), data.size() / 2);
             break;
         }
 
@@ -232,7 +202,7 @@ QString Environment::readRegistryKey(HKEY parentHandle, const QString &rSubkey)
             Q_ASSERT(data.size() == sizeof(int));
             int i;
             memcpy((char*)&i, data.constData(), sizeof(int));
-	    result = QString::number(i);
+            result = QString::number(i);
             break;
         }
 
@@ -350,29 +320,14 @@ bool Environment::detectExecutable(const QString &executable)
     PROCESS_INFORMATION procInfo;
     memset(&procInfo, 0, sizeof(procInfo));
 
-    bool couldExecute;
-    QT_WA({
-        // Unicode version
-        STARTUPINFOW startInfo;
-        memset(&startInfo, 0, sizeof(startInfo));
-        startInfo.cb = sizeof(startInfo);
-
-        couldExecute = CreateProcessW(0, (WCHAR*)executable.utf16(),
-                                      0, 0, false,
-                                      CREATE_NO_WINDOW | CREATE_SUSPENDED,
-                                      0, 0, &startInfo, &procInfo);
-
-    }, {
-        // Ansi version
-        STARTUPINFOA startInfo;
-        memset(&startInfo, 0, sizeof(startInfo));
-        startInfo.cb = sizeof(startInfo);
+    STARTUPINFO startInfo;
+    memset(&startInfo, 0, sizeof(startInfo));
+    startInfo.cb = sizeof(startInfo);
 
-        couldExecute = CreateProcessA(0, executable.toLocal8Bit().data(),
+    bool couldExecute = CreateProcess(0, (wchar_t*)executable.utf16(),
                                       0, 0, false,
                                       CREATE_NO_WINDOW | CREATE_SUSPENDED,
                                       0, 0, &startInfo, &procInfo);
-    })
 
     if (couldExecute) {
         CloseHandle(procInfo.hThread);
@@ -421,61 +376,38 @@ static QString qt_create_commandline(const QString &program, const QStringList &
 }
 
 /*!
-    Creates a QByteArray of the \a environment in either UNICODE or
-    ansi representation.
+    Creates a QByteArray of the \a environment.
 */
 static QByteArray qt_create_environment(const QStringList &environment)
 {
     QByteArray envlist;
-    if (!environment.isEmpty()) {
-	int pos = 0;
-	// add PATH if necessary (for DLL loading)
-	QByteArray path = qgetenv("PATH");
-        QT_WA({
-	    if (environment.filter(QRegExp("^PATH=",Qt::CaseInsensitive)).isEmpty()
-                && !path.isNull()) {
-                QString tmp = QString(QLatin1String("PATH=%1")).arg(QString::fromLocal8Bit(path));
-                uint tmpSize = sizeof(TCHAR) * (tmp.length()+1);
-                envlist.resize(envlist.size() + tmpSize );
-                memcpy(envlist.data()+pos, tmp.utf16(), tmpSize);
-                pos += tmpSize;
-	    }
-	    // add the user environment
-	    for (QStringList::ConstIterator it = environment.begin(); it != environment.end(); it++ ) {
-                QString tmp = *it;
-                uint tmpSize = sizeof(TCHAR) * (tmp.length()+1);
-                envlist.resize(envlist.size() + tmpSize);
-                memcpy(envlist.data()+pos, tmp.utf16(), tmpSize);
-                pos += tmpSize;
-	    }
-	    // add the 2 terminating 0 (actually 4, just to be on the safe side)
-	    envlist.resize( envlist.size()+4 );
-	    envlist[pos++] = 0;
-	    envlist[pos++] = 0;
-	    envlist[pos++] = 0;
-	    envlist[pos++] = 0;
-        }, {
-            if (environment.filter(QRegExp("^PATH=",Qt::CaseInsensitive)).isEmpty() && !path.isNull()) {
-                QByteArray tmp = QString("PATH=%1").arg(QString::fromLocal8Bit(path)).toLocal8Bit();
-                uint tmpSize = tmp.length() + 1;
-                envlist.resize(envlist.size() + tmpSize);
-                memcpy(envlist.data()+pos, tmp.data(), tmpSize);
-                pos += tmpSize;
-            }
-            // add the user environment
-            for (QStringList::ConstIterator it = environment.begin(); it != environment.end(); it++) {
-                QByteArray tmp = (*it).toLocal8Bit();
-                uint tmpSize = tmp.length() + 1;
-                envlist.resize(envlist.size() + tmpSize);
-                memcpy(envlist.data()+pos, tmp.data(), tmpSize);
-                pos += tmpSize;
-            }
-            // add the terminating 0 (actually 2, just to be on the safe side)
-            envlist.resize(envlist.size()+2);
-            envlist[pos++] = 0;
-            envlist[pos++] = 0;
-        })
+    if (environment.isEmpty())
+        return envlist;
+
+    int pos = 0;
+    // add PATH if necessary (for DLL loading)
+    QByteArray path = qgetenv("PATH");
+    if (environment.filter(QRegExp("^PATH=",Qt::CaseInsensitive)).isEmpty() && !path.isNull()) {
+            QString tmp = QString(QLatin1String("PATH=%1")).arg(QString::fromLocal8Bit(path));
+            uint tmpSize = sizeof(wchar_t) * (tmp.length() + 1);
+            envlist.resize(envlist.size() + tmpSize);
+            memcpy(envlist.data() + pos, tmp.utf16(), tmpSize);
+            pos += tmpSize;
     }
+    // add the user environment
+    for (QStringList::ConstIterator it = environment.begin(); it != environment.end(); it++ ) {
+            QString tmp = *it;
+            uint tmpSize = sizeof(wchar_t) * (tmp.length() + 1);
+            envlist.resize(envlist.size() + tmpSize);
+            memcpy(envlist.data() + pos, tmp.utf16(), tmpSize);
+            pos += tmpSize;
+    }
+    // add the 2 terminating 0 (actually 4, just to be on the safe side)
+    envlist.resize(envlist.size() + 4);
+    envlist[pos++] = 0;
+    envlist[pos++] = 0;
+    envlist[pos++] = 0;
+    envlist[pos++] = 0;
 
     return envlist;
 }
@@ -501,46 +433,24 @@ int Environment::execute(QStringList arguments, const QStringList &additionalEnv
     qDebug() << "   " << additionalEnv;
     qDebug() << "   " << removeEnv;
 #endif
-// GetEnvironmentStrings is defined to GetEnvironmentStringsW when
-// UNICODE is defined. We cannot use that, since we need to
-// destinguish between unicode and ansi versions of the functions.
-#if defined(UNICODE) && defined(GetEnvironmentStrings)
-#undef GetEnvironmentStrings
-#endif
-
     // Create the full environment from the current environment and
     // the additionalEnv strings, then remove all variables defined
     // in removeEnv
     QMap<QString, QString> fullEnvMap;
-    QT_WA({
-        LPWSTR envStrings = GetEnvironmentStringsW();
-        if (envStrings) {
-            int strLen = 0;
-            for (LPWSTR envString = envStrings; *(envString); envString += strLen + 1) {
-                strLen = wcslen(envString);
-                QString str = QString((const QChar*)envString, strLen);
-                if (!str.startsWith("=")) { // These are added by the system
-                    int sepIndex = str.indexOf('=');
-                    fullEnvMap.insert(str.left(sepIndex).toUpper(), str.mid(sepIndex +1));
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        FreeEnvironmentStringsW(envStrings);
-    }, {
-        LPSTR envStrings = GetEnvironmentStrings();
-        if (envStrings) {
-            int strLen = 0;
-            for (LPSTR envString = envStrings; *(envString); envString += strLen + 1) {
-                strLen = strlen(envString);
-                QString str = QLatin1String(envString);
-                if (!str.startsWith("=")) { // These are added by the system
-                    int sepIndex = str.indexOf('=');
-                    fullEnvMap.insert(str.left(sepIndex).toUpper(), str.mid(sepIndex +1));
-                }
+    LPWSTR envStrings = GetEnvironmentStrings();
+    if (envStrings) {
+        int strLen = 0;
+        for (LPWSTR envString = envStrings; *(envString); envString += strLen + 1) {
+            strLen = wcslen(envString);
+            QString str = QString((const QChar*)envString, strLen);
+            if (!str.startsWith("=")) { // These are added by the system
+                int sepIndex = str.indexOf('=');
+                fullEnvMap.insert(str.left(sepIndex).toUpper(), str.mid(sepIndex +1));
             }
         }
-        FreeEnvironmentStringsA(envStrings);
-    })
+    }
+    FreeEnvironmentStrings(envStrings);
+
     // Add additionalEnv variables
     for (int i = 0; i < additionalEnv.count(); ++i) {
         const QString &str = additionalEnv.at(i);
@@ -569,28 +479,14 @@ int Environment::execute(QStringList arguments, const QStringList &additionalEnv
     PROCESS_INFORMATION procInfo;
     memset(&procInfo, 0, sizeof(procInfo));
 
-    bool couldExecute;
-    QT_WA({
-        // Unicode version
-        STARTUPINFOW startInfo;
-        memset(&startInfo, 0, sizeof(startInfo));
-        startInfo.cb = sizeof(startInfo);
+    STARTUPINFO startInfo;
+    memset(&startInfo, 0, sizeof(startInfo));
+    startInfo.cb = sizeof(startInfo);
 
-        couldExecute = CreateProcessW(0, (WCHAR*)args.utf16(),
+    bool couldExecute = CreateProcess(0, (wchar_t*)args.utf16(),
                                       0, 0, true, CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT,
                                       envlist.isEmpty() ? 0 : envlist.data(),
                                       0, &startInfo, &procInfo);
-    }, {
-        // Ansi version
-        STARTUPINFOA startInfo;
-        memset(&startInfo, 0, sizeof(startInfo));
-        startInfo.cb = sizeof(startInfo);
-
-        couldExecute = CreateProcessA(0, args.toLocal8Bit().data(),
-                                      0, 0, true, 0,
-                                      envlist.isEmpty() ? 0 : envlist.data(),
-                                      0, &startInfo, &procInfo);
-    })
 
     if (couldExecute) {
         WaitForSingleObject(procInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
@@ -654,7 +550,7 @@ bool Environment::cpdir(const QString &srcDir, const QString &destDir)
 #endif
 	    QFile::remove(destFile);
             intermediate = QFile::copy(entry.absoluteFilePath(), destFile);
-            SetFileAttributesA(destFile.toLocal8Bit(), FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL);
+            SetFileAttributes((wchar_t*)destFile.utf16(), FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL);
         }
 	if(!intermediate) {
 	    qDebug() << "cpdir: Failure for " << entry.fileName() << entry.isDir();
diff --git a/tools/configure/tools.cpp b/tools/configure/tools.cpp
index f60f72c..708a537 100644
--- a/tools/configure/tools.cpp
+++ b/tools/configure/tools.cpp
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ void Tools::checkLicense(QMap<QString,QString> &dictionary, QMap<QString,QString
     if (licenseFeatures == '5') //Floating
         dictionary["METERED LICENSE"] = "true";
 
-    if (!CopyFileA(QDir::toNativeSeparators(fromLicenseFile).toLocal8Bit(),
-        QDir::toNativeSeparators(toLicenseFile).toLocal8Bit(), FALSE)) {
+    if (!CopyFile((wchar_t*)QDir::toNativeSeparators(fromLicenseFile).utf16(),
+        (wchar_t*)QDir::toNativeSeparators(toLicenseFile).utf16(), FALSE)) {
         cout << "Failed to copy license file (" << fromLicenseFile << ")";
         dictionary["DONE"] = "error";
         return;
diff --git a/tools/designer/src/plugins/activeqt/qaxwidgettaskmenu.cpp b/tools/designer/src/plugins/activeqt/qaxwidgettaskmenu.cpp
index 1158e35..1cbf1c1 100644
--- a/tools/designer/src/plugins/activeqt/qaxwidgettaskmenu.cpp
+++ b/tools/designer/src/plugins/activeqt/qaxwidgettaskmenu.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ void QAxWidgetTaskMenu::setActiveXControl()
                                      tr("The control requires a design-time license"));
                 clsid = QUuid();
             } else {
-                key = QString::fromUtf16((ushort *)bKey);
+                key = QString::fromWCharArray(bKey);
             }
 
             cf2->Release();
diff --git a/tools/linguist/shared/profileevaluator.cpp b/tools/linguist/shared/profileevaluator.cpp
index ef59543..47c1ec2 100644
--- a/tools/linguist/shared/profileevaluator.cpp
+++ b/tools/linguist/shared/profileevaluator.cpp
@@ -1949,9 +1949,9 @@ QStringList ProFileEvaluator::Private::values(const QString &variableName,
             ret = QLatin1String("Windows");
         } else if (type == QLatin1String("name")) {
             DWORD name_length = 1024;
-            TCHAR name[1024];
+            wchar_t name[1024];
             if (GetComputerName(name, &name_length))
-                ret = QString::fromUtf16((ushort*)name, name_length);
+                ret = QString::fromWCharArray(name);
         } else if (type == QLatin1String("version") || type == QLatin1String("version_string")) {
             QSysInfo::WinVersion ver = QSysInfo::WindowsVersion;
             if (type == QLatin1String("version"))
diff --git a/tools/qdoc3/generator.cpp b/tools/qdoc3/generator.cpp
index 7e10f3e..00831d1 100644
--- a/tools/qdoc3/generator.cpp
+++ b/tools/qdoc3/generator.cpp
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ void Generator::generateBody(const Node *node, CodeMarker *marker)
                                 }
                             }
                         }
-                        if (needWarning)
+                        if (needWarning && !func->isReimp())
                             node->doc().location().warning(
                                 tr("Undocumented parameter '%1' in %2").arg(*a).arg(marker->plainFullName(node)));
                     }
diff --git a/tools/qtestlib/wince/cetest/activesyncconnection.cpp b/tools/qtestlib/wince/cetest/activesyncconnection.cpp
index f047b79..e8ca8f2 100644
--- a/tools/qtestlib/wince/cetest/activesyncconnection.cpp
+++ b/tools/qtestlib/wince/cetest/activesyncconnection.cpp
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ bool ActiveSyncConnection::copyDirectoryFromDevice(const QString &deviceSource,
     }
 
     do {
-        QString srcFile = deviceSource + "\\" + QString::fromUtf16(data.cFileName);
-        QString destFile = localDest + "\\" + QString::fromUtf16(data.cFileName);
+        QString srcFile = deviceSource + "\\" + QString::fromWCharArray(data.cFileName);
+        QString destFile = localDest + "\\" + QString::fromWCharArray(data.cFileName);
         if ((data.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)) {
             if (recursive && !copyDirectoryFromDevice(srcFile, destFile, recursive)) {
                 wprintf(L"Copy of subdirectory(%s) failed\n", srcFile.utf16());
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ bool ActiveSyncConnection::copyDirectory(const QString &srcDirectory, const QStr
     }
 
     do {
-        QString srcFile = srcDirectory + "\\" + QString::fromUtf16(data.cFileName);
-        QString destFile = destDirectory + "\\" + QString::fromUtf16(data.cFileName);
+        QString srcFile = srcDirectory + "\\" + QString::fromWCharArray(data.cFileName);
+        QString destFile = destDirectory + "\\" + QString::fromWCharArray(data.cFileName);
         if ((data.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)) {
             if (recursive && !copyDirectory(srcFile, destFile, recursive)) {
                 wprintf(L"Copy of subdirectory(%s) failed\n", srcFile.utf16());
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ bool ActiveSyncConnection::deleteDirectory(const QString &directory, bool recurs
         return false;
 
     do {
-        QString FileName = directory + "\\" + QString::fromUtf16(FindFileData.cFileName);
+        QString FileName = directory + "\\" + QString::fromWCharArray(FindFileData.cFileName);
         if((FindFileData.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)) {
             if (recursive)
                 if (!deleteDirectory(FileName, recursive, failIfContentExists))
diff --git a/tools/xmlpatterns/main.cpp b/tools/xmlpatterns/main.cpp
index a5c2c41..2405d5d 100644
--- a/tools/xmlpatterns/main.cpp
+++ b/tools/xmlpatterns/main.cpp
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ protected:
             /* If we don't open stdout in "binary" mode on Windows, it will translate
              * 0xA into 0xD 0xA. See Trolltech task 173619, for an example. */
             _setmode(_fileno(stdout), _O_BINARY);
-            m_stdout = QT_WA_INLINE(_wfdopen(_fileno(stdout), L"wb"),_fdopen(_fileno(stdout), "wb"));
+            m_stdout = _wfdopen(_fileno(stdout), L"wb");
             out->open(m_stdout, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
 #else
             out->open(stdout, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
author	Norwegian Rock Cat <qt-info@nokia.com>	2009-07-01 10:09:48 (GMT)
committer	Norwegian Rock Cat <qt-info@nokia.com>	2009-07-01 10:09:48 (GMT)
commit	6097501c9b324c08ae5b5c3dee3c64d385d3c5ac (patch)
tree	b3ccf51aed15f9e9a94a502947d91128160123eb
parent	3618227de7036a091ea8187a20434470c0c792dc (diff)
parent	a6e32ae1c84984041107a83db9307caffbda9849 (diff)
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