diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/report.cpp b/code/nel/src/misc/report.cpp
index 261ef4d5d..f997be6e0 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/report.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/misc/report.cpp
@@ -82,9 +82,10 @@ TReportResult report(const std::string &title, const std::string &subject, const
 	{
 		std::string reportFile = getLogDirectory() + NLMISC::toString("nel_report_%u.log", (uint)time(NULL));
 		reportPath = CFile::findNewFile(reportFile);
-		std::ofstream f;
-		f.open(reportPath.c_str());
-		if (!f.good())
+
+		FILE *f = nlfopen(reportPath, "wb"); // write as binary so \n are preserved
+
+		if (!f)
 		{
 #if NL_DEBUG_REPORT
 			if (INelContext::isContextInitialised())
@@ -94,8 +95,14 @@ TReportResult report(const std::string &title, const std::string &subject, const
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			f << body;
-			f.close();
+			size_t written = fwrite(body.c_str(), 1, body.length(), f);
+
+			if (written != body.length())
+			{
+				nlwarning("Unable to write %u bytes to %s, only %u written", (uint)body.length(), reportPath.c_str(), (uint)written);
+			}
+
+			fclose(f);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/cdb_synchronised.cpp b/code/ryzom/client/src/cdb_synchronised.cpp
index fff0a4bae..d5239ce0d 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/cdb_synchronised.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/cdb_synchronised.cpp
@@ -104,29 +104,31 @@ void CCDBSynchronised::read( const string &fileName )
 	int linecount=1;
 #endif
 
-	if( _Database == 0 )
+	if (_Database == NULL)
 	{
 		throw CCDBSynchronised::EDBNotInit();
 	}
 
-	ifstream f(fileName.c_str(), ios::in);
-	if( !f.is_open() )
+	CIFile f;
+
+	if (!f.open(fileName, true))
 	{
 		nlerror("can't open file : %s\n", fileName.c_str());
 	}
 
-	while( !f.eof() )
+	while(!f.eof())
 	{
-		string line;
-		getline(f,line,'\n');
+		char line[1024];
+		f.getline(line, 1024);
+
 #ifdef _DEBUG
-	nlinfo("%s:%i",fileName.c_str(),linecount);
-	linecount++;
+		nlinfo("%s:%i", fileName.c_str(), linecount);
+		linecount++;
 #endif
 
 		char * token;
-		char * buffer = new char[line.size()+1];
-		strcpy(buffer,line.c_str());
+		char * buffer = new char[strlen(line)+1];
+		strcpy(buffer, line);
 
 		// value
 		token = strtok(buffer," \t");
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/sound_manager.cpp b/code/ryzom/client/src/sound_manager.cpp
index 4a981366d..0374a0e1a 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/sound_manager.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/sound_manager.cpp
@@ -1028,10 +1028,11 @@ void CSoundManager::loadProperties(const string &soundName, USource *source)
 
 	// Search for the file.
 	string filePath = CPath::lookup(soundName+".sdf");
-	ifstream file(filePath.c_str(), ios::in);
+
+	CIFile file;
 
 	// Try to open the file.
-	if(file.is_open())
+	if (file.open(filePath))
 	{
 		char tmpBuff[260];
 		char delimiterBox[] = "\t ";