diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 886fdae51d..acdf000053 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -3279,11 +3279,11 @@ David  6 Apr 2007
         sim.C,h
 
 David  6 Apr 2007
-	- core client: sanity check on work request size
-		(from John McLeod)
+    - core client: sanity check on work request size
+        (from John McLeod)
 
-	client/
-		work_fetch.C
+    client/
+        work_fetch.C
 
 David  8 Apr 2007
     - updater:
@@ -3313,3 +3313,11 @@ David  8 Apr 2007
         util.C,h
     tools/
         updater.C
+
+David  9 Apr 2007
+    - win compile fixes
+
+    client/
+        auto_update.C
+    lib/
+        util.C
diff --git a/client/auto_update.C b/client/auto_update.C
index eafb9caffb..086136cb21 100644
--- a/client/auto_update.C
+++ b/client/auto_update.C
@@ -174,7 +174,12 @@ void AUTO_UPDATE::install() {
     char version_dir[1024];
     char cwd[256];
     char* argv[10];
-    int retval, argc, pid;
+    int retval, argc;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    HANDLE pid;
+#else
+    int pid;
+#endif
 
     msg_printf(NULL, MSG_INFO, "Installing new version of BOINC: %d.%d.%d",
         version.major, version.minor, version.release
diff --git a/lib/util.C b/lib/util.C
index 86ccdf4d8e..c9cf83a5af 100755
--- a/lib/util.C
+++ b/lib/util.C
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ int run_program(
     PROCESS_INFORMATION process_info;
     STARTUPINFO startup_info;
     char cmdline[1024], path[1024];
+    unsigned long status;
 
     memset(&process_info, 0, sizeof(process_info));
     memset(&startup_info, 0, sizeof(startup_info));
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@ int run_program(
     if (retval) return retval;
     if (nsecs) {
         boinc_sleep(nsecs);
-        if (GetExitCodeProcess(pid_handle, &status)) {
+        if (GetExitCodeProcess(process_info.hProcess, &status)) {
             if (status != STILL_ACTIVE) {
                 return -1;
             }
@@ -479,7 +480,7 @@ int run_program(
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 void kill_program(HANDLE pid) {
-    TerminateProcess(pid);
+    TerminateProcess(pid, 0);
 }
 #else
 void kill_program(int pid) {
@@ -498,6 +499,7 @@ int get_exit_status(HANDLE pid_handle) {
         }
     }
     return (int) status;
+}
 #else
 int get_exit_status(int pid) {
     int status;