diff --git a/src/include/switch_channel.h b/src/include/switch_channel.h
index 417edfe979..bae9adc42b 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_channel.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_channel.h
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status) switch_channel_queue_dtmf(switch_channel *channel,
   \param len max size in bytes of the buffer
   \return number of bytes read into the buffer
 */
-SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_channel_dequeue_dtmf(switch_channel *channel, char *dtmf, switch_size_t len);
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_size_t) switch_channel_dequeue_dtmf(switch_channel *channel, char *dtmf, switch_size_t len);
 
 /*!
   \brief Render the name of the provided state enum
diff --git a/src/include/switch_module_interfaces.h b/src/include/switch_module_interfaces.h
index e3827175dc..27343871e5 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_module_interfaces.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_module_interfaces.h
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ struct switch_codec_implementation {
 	/*! max number of frames to send in one network packet */
 	int max_frames_per_packet;
 	/*! function to initialize a codec handle using this implementation */
-	switch_status (*init)(switch_codec *, uint32_t, const switch_codec_settings *codec_settings);
+	switch_status (*init)(switch_codec *, switch_codec_flag, const switch_codec_settings *codec_settings);
 	/*! function to encode raw data into encoded data */
 	switch_status (*encode)(switch_codec *codec,
 						 switch_codec *other_codec,
diff --git a/src/include/switch_platform.h b/src/include/switch_platform.h
index 4f62832be8..b83ff4f6c9 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_platform.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_platform.h
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ extern "C" {
  * C4200: Non standard extension C zero sized array
  * C4204: nonstandard extension used : non-constant aggregate initializer 
  * C4706: assignment within conditional expression
+ * C4055: type cast from data pointer to function pointer (apr carries function pointers as data pointers)
  */
-#pragma warning(disable:4152 4054 4100 4142 4200 4204 4706)
+#pragma warning(disable:4152 4054 4100 4142 4200 4204 4706 4055)
 
 #if (_MSC_VER >= 1400) // VC8+
 #ifndef _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
diff --git a/src/mod/languages/mod_perl/switch_swig.c b/src/mod/languages/mod_perl/switch_swig.c
index 2d46c54631..a6d8fc7daa 100644
--- a/src/mod/languages/mod_perl/switch_swig.c
+++ b/src/mod/languages/mod_perl/switch_swig.c
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ void fs_channel_set_state(struct switch_core_session *session, char *state)
 
 int fs_ivr_play_file(struct switch_core_session *session, char *file, char *timer_name) 
 {
+	switch_status status;
 	if (switch_strlen_zero(timer_name)) {
 		timer_name = NULL;
 	}
 	
-	switch_status status = switch_ivr_play_file(session, NULL, file, timer_name, NULL, NULL, 0);
+	status = switch_ivr_play_file(session, NULL, file, timer_name, NULL, NULL, 0);
 	return status == SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/switch_channel.c b/src/switch_channel.c
index 6b2190aa05..c5fd717876 100644
--- a/src/switch_channel.c
+++ b/src/switch_channel.c
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status) switch_channel_queue_dtmf(switch_channel *channel,
 }
 
 
-SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_channel_dequeue_dtmf(switch_channel *channel, char *dtmf, switch_size_t len)
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_size_t) switch_channel_dequeue_dtmf(switch_channel *channel, char *dtmf, switch_size_t len)
 {
-	int bytes;
+	switch_size_t bytes;
 	switch_event *event;
 
 	assert(channel != NULL);
diff --git a/src/switch_ivr.c b/src/switch_ivr.c
index 85cce5e728..2c07c7667f 100644
--- a/src/switch_ivr.c
+++ b/src/switch_ivr.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status) switch_ivr_speak_text(switch_core_session *session
 
 	switch_status status = SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 	switch_speech_handle sh;
-	uint32_t flags = SWITCH_SPEECH_FLAG_TTS;
+	switch_speech_flag flags = SWITCH_SPEECH_FLAG_TTS;
 
 
 	memset(&sh, 0, sizeof(sh));
@@ -691,11 +691,12 @@ static void *audio_bridge_thread(switch_thread *thread, void *obj)
 	switch_dtmf_callback_function dtmf_callback;
 	void *user_data;
 
-	assert(!thread || thread);
 	switch_channel *chan_a, *chan_b;
 	switch_frame *read_frame;
 	switch_core_session *session_a, *session_b;
 
+	assert(!thread || thread);
+
 	session_a = data->objs[0];
 	session_b = data->objs[1];
 
diff --git a/src/switch_loadable_module.c b/src/switch_loadable_module.c
index 5830b482b7..7b78977dd4 100644
--- a/src/switch_loadable_module.c
+++ b/src/switch_loadable_module.c
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ static struct switch_loadable_module_container loadable_modules;
 static void *switch_loadable_module_exec(switch_thread *thread, void *obj)
 {
 
-	assert(thread != NULL);
 
 	switch_status status = SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 	switch_core_thread_session *ts = obj;
 	switch_loadable_module *module = ts->objs[0];
 	int restarts;
 
+	assert(thread != NULL);
 	assert(module != NULL);
 
 	for (restarts = 0; status != SWITCH_STATUS_TERM; restarts++) {
diff --git a/w32/vsnet/FreeSwitchCore.vcproj b/w32/vsnet/FreeSwitchCore.vcproj
index 6f8bea4ef1..d868aacfc9 100644
--- a/w32/vsnet/FreeSwitchCore.vcproj
+++ b/w32/vsnet/FreeSwitchCore.vcproj
@@ -231,10 +231,6 @@
 				RelativePath="..\..\src\switch_loadable_module.c"
 				>
 			</File>
-			<File
-				RelativePath="..\..\src\switch_mutex.c"
-				>
-			</File>
 			<File
 				RelativePath="..\..\src\switch_resample.c"
 				>
@@ -301,10 +297,6 @@
 				RelativePath="..\..\src\include\switch_module_interfaces.h"
 				>
 			</File>
-			<File
-				RelativePath="..\..\src\include\switch_mutex.h"
-				>
-			</File>
 			<File
 				RelativePath="..\..\src\include\switch_platform.h"
 				>