diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plEncryption/plChecksum.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plEncryption/plChecksum.cpp
index 6146694d..e9f94b23 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plEncryption/plChecksum.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plEncryption/plChecksum.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ You can contact Cyan Worlds, Inc. by email legal@cyan.com
 #include "plChecksum.h"
 #include "hsStream.h"
 
+#include <cstring>
 
 plChecksum::plChecksum(unsigned int bufsize, const char* buffer)
 {
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plFile/hsFiles.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plFile/hsFiles.cpp
index 54e20c67..647678e3 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plFile/hsFiles.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plFile/hsFiles.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ hsBool hsFolderIterator::NextFileSuffix(const char suffix[])
 {
     while (this->NextFile())
     {   const char* fileSuffix = ::strrchr(this->GetFileName(), '.');
-        if (fileSuffix != nil && ::_stricmp(fileSuffix, suffix) == 0)
+        if (fileSuffix != nil && stricmp(fileSuffix, suffix) == 0)
             return true;
     }
     return false;
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plFile/plEncryptedStream.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plFile/plEncryptedStream.cpp
index 81db5b03..e1e3e052 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plFile/plEncryptedStream.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plFile/plEncryptedStream.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ hsBool plEncryptedStream::Open(const wchar* name, const wchar* mode)
 {
     if (wcscmp(mode, L"rb") == 0)
     {
-        fRef = _wfopen(name, mode);
+        fRef = hsWFopen(name, mode);
         fPosition = 0;
 
         if (!fRef)
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ bool plEncryptedStream::IsEncryptedFile(const char* fileName)
 
 bool plEncryptedStream::IsEncryptedFile(const wchar* fileName)
 {
-    FILE* fp = _wfopen(fileName, L"rb");
+    FILE* fp = hsWFopen(fileName, L"rb");
     if (!fp)
         return false;
 
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plFile/plFileUtils.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plFile/plFileUtils.cpp
index efa6f60b..f46fd36b 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plFile/plFileUtils.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plFile/plFileUtils.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ bool plFileUtils::FileMove(const wchar* existingFile, const wchar* newFile)
 
 bool plFileUtils::FileExists(const wchar* file)
 {
-    FILE* fp = _wfopen(file, L"rb");
+    FILE* fp = hsWFopen(file, L"rb");
     bool retVal = (fp != nil);
     if (fp)
         fclose(fp);
@@ -502,4 +502,4 @@ bool plFileUtils::GetSecureEncryptionKey(const wchar* filename, UInt32* key, uns
 
         return false;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetCommon/plNetServerSessionInfo.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetCommon/plNetServerSessionInfo.cpp
index 9317fc09..8c0bf9dd 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetCommon/plNetServerSessionInfo.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetCommon/plNetServerSessionInfo.cpp
@@ -692,11 +692,11 @@ bool plNetServerSessionInfo::IsEqualTo(const plNetServerSessionInfo * other) con
     if (match && IsFlagSet(kHasServerGuid) && other->IsFlagSet(kHasServerGuid))
         match = match && fServerGuid.IsEqualTo(other->GetServerGuid());
     if (match && IsFlagSet(kHasServerName) && other->IsFlagSet(kHasServerName))
-        match = match && (_stricmp(fServerName.c_str(),other->fServerName.c_str())==0);
+        match = match && (stricmp(fServerName.c_str(),other->fServerName.c_str())==0);
     if (match && IsFlagSet(kHasServerType) && other->IsFlagSet(kHasServerType))
         match = match && fServerType==other->fServerType;
     if (match && IsFlagSet(kHasServerAddr) && other->IsFlagSet(kHasServerAddr))
-        match = match && (_stricmp(fServerAddr.c_str(),other->fServerAddr.c_str())==0);
+        match = match && (stricmp(fServerAddr.c_str(),other->fServerAddr.c_str())==0);
     if (match && IsFlagSet(kHasServerPort) && other->IsFlagSet(kHasServerPort))
         match = match && fServerPort==other->fServerPort;
     return match;
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plKeyFinder.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plKeyFinder.cpp
index b1d6347a..c03fd39b 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plKeyFinder.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plKeyFinder.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ hsBool NameMatches(const char* obName, const char* pKName, hsBool subString)
 
     if (!subString)
     {
-        if (!_stricmp(o, p))
+        if (!stricmp(o, p))
             return true;            // FOUND IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     }
     else
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plResManager.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plResManager.cpp
index 9f6d9ad5..32ed6c62 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plResManager.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plResManager.cpp
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ hsBool plResManager::ReadObject(plKeyImp* key)
     // it will just inc/dec the open/close count during its read, and not actually 
     // close the stream, so we don't lose our place, lose our file handle, and thrash.
 
-    kResMgrLog(4, ILog(4, "   ...Opening page data stream for location 0x%x...", key->GetUoid().GetLocation()));
+    char locstr[64];
+    kResMgrLog(4, ILog(4, "   ...Opening page data stream for location %s...", key->GetUoid().GetLocation().StringIze(locstr)));
     plRegistryPageNode *pageNode = FindPage(key->GetUoid().GetLocation());
     if (!pageNode)
     {
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plResManager.h b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plResManager.h
index 12fc6d64..76003ddc 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plResManager.h
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plResManager.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ You can contact Cyan Worlds, Inc. by email legal@cyan.com
 #include <set>
 #include <map>
 #include <vector>
+#include <string>
 
 class plRegistryPageNode;
 class plRegistryKeyIterator;
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plVersion.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plVersion.cpp
index 7e0d1d24..e92f5228 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plVersion.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plVersion.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ You can contact Cyan Worlds, Inc. by email legal@cyan.com
 #include "plVersion.h"
 #include "pnFactory/plFactory.h"
 #include <vector>
+#include <cstring>
 
 #include "plCreatableIndex.h"
 #define ChangedCreatable(ver, creatable) if (minorVersion == ver) creatables.push_back(CLASS_INDEX_SCOPED(creatable));
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plSDL/plSDLMgr.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plSDL/plSDLMgr.cpp
index f5ef53b6..5a0e1d6c 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plSDL/plSDLMgr.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plSDL/plSDLMgr.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ plStateDescriptor* plSDLMgr::FindDescriptor(const char* name, int version, const
     int highestFound = -1;
     for(it=(*dl).begin(); it!= (*dl).end(); it++)
     {
-        if (!_stricmp((*it)->GetName(), name) )
+        if (!stricmp((*it)->GetName(), name) )
         {
             if ( (*it)->GetVersion()==version )
             {
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plUnifiedTime/plUnifiedTime.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plUnifiedTime/plUnifiedTime.cpp
index dcdc3227..e6decaeb 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plUnifiedTime/plUnifiedTime.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plUnifiedTime/plUnifiedTime.cpp
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ namespace pvt_strptime
     
 #define match_char(ch1, ch2) if (ch1 != ch2) return NULL
 #define match_string(cs1, s2) \
-    (_strnicmp((cs1), (s2), strlen (cs1)) ? 0 : ((s2) += strlen (cs1), 1))
+    (strnicmp((cs1), (s2), strlen (cs1)) ? 0 : ((s2) += strlen (cs1), 1))
 #define get_number(from, to, n) \
     do {                                          \
     int __n = n;                                  \