diff --git a/NT/elogd.vcxproj b/NT/elogd.vcxproj
index 3781422b..b0dff1a7 100644
--- a/NT/elogd.vcxproj
+++ b/NT/elogd.vcxproj
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
       <BrowseInformation Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">true</BrowseInformation>
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\mxml\mxml.c">
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">HAVE_STRLCPY;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\src\regex.c">
       <WarningLevel Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">TurnOffAllWarnings</WarningLevel>
diff --git a/src/elogd.c b/src/elogd.c
index af41029e..9205ac6c 100755
--- a/src/elogd.c
+++ b/src/elogd.c
@@ -28530,12 +28530,16 @@ void hup_handler(int sig)
       _hup = TRUE;
 }
 
+#ifndef OS_WINNT
+
 void alarm_handler(int sig)
 {
    if (sig)
       alarm(3);
 }
 
+#endif
+
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
@@ -28790,8 +28794,10 @@ void server_loop(void)
    alarm_handle.sa_flags = 0;
    sigaction(SIGALRM, &alarm_handle, NULL);
    
+#ifndef OS_WINNT
    alarm(3); // prevents blocking send() operations
-   
+#endif
+
    /* give up root privilege */
    if (geteuid() == 0) {
       if (!getcfg("global", "Grp", str, sizeof(str)) || setegroup(str) < 0) {