diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/system_utils.cpp b/code/nel/src/misc/system_utils.cpp
index 4b59817e0..de23db001 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/system_utils.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/misc/system_utils.cpp
@@ -231,11 +231,11 @@ bool CSystemUtils::supportUnicode()
 	{
 		init = true;
 #ifdef NL_OS_WINDOWS
-		OSVERSIONINFO osvi;
+		OSVERSIONINFOA osvi;
 		osvi.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFO);
 
 		// get Windows version
-		if (GetVersionEx(&osvi))
+		if (GetVersionExA(&osvi))
 		{
 			if (osvi.dwPlatformId == VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT)
 			{
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ bool CSystemUtils::setRegKey(const string &ValueName, const string &Value)
 	HKEY hkey;
 	DWORD dwDisp;
 
-	if (RegCreateKeyExW(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, utf8ToWide(RootKey), 0, L"", REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, NULL, &hkey, &dwDisp) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+	if (RegCreateKeyExW(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, utf8ToWide(RootKey), 0, NULL, REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, NULL, &hkey, &dwDisp) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
 	{
 		ucstring utf16Value = ucstring::makeFromUtf8(Value);
 
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.cpp b/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.cpp
index 99f425f8a..229b1440b 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/client_cfg.cpp
@@ -2212,9 +2212,11 @@ bool CClientConfig::getDefaultConfigLocation(std::string& p_name) const
 	defaultConfigPath = Args.getProgramPath();
 #endif
 
+	std::string currentPath = CPath::standardizePath(CPath::getCurrentPath());
+
 	// look in the current working directory first
-	if (CFile::isExists(defaultConfigFileName))
-		p_name = defaultConfigFileName;
+	if (CFile::isExists(currentPath + defaultConfigFileName))
+		p_name = currentPath + defaultConfigFileName;
 
 	// look in startup directory
 	else if (CFile::isExists(Args.getStartupPath() + defaultConfigFileName))
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/login_patch.cpp b/code/ryzom/client/src/login_patch.cpp
index 35dc39496..0d0209427 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/login_patch.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/login_patch.cpp
@@ -1029,12 +1029,20 @@ void CPatchManager::executeBatchFile()
 	arguments += "\"" + RyzomFilename + "\" \"" + ClientPatchPath + "\" " + ClientRootPath + "\"";
 #endif
 
-	// append login and password
-	arguments += " " + LoginLogin + " " + LoginPassword;
-
-	if (!r2Mode)
+	// append login, password and shard 
+	if (!LoginLogin.empty())
 	{
-		arguments += " " + toString(LoginShardId);
+		arguments += " " + LoginLogin;
+	
+		if (!LoginPassword.empty())
+		{
+			arguments += " " + LoginPassword;
+
+			if (!r2Mode)
+			{
+				arguments += " " + toString(LoginShardId);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (!launchProgram(batchFilename, arguments, false))
diff --git a/code/ryzom/common/src/game_share/http_client.cpp b/code/ryzom/common/src/game_share/http_client.cpp
index 9abc5929c..d9add4692 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/common/src/game_share/http_client.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/common/src/game_share/http_client.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ bool CHttpClient::send(const std::string& buffer, bool verbose)
 
 	if(verbose)
 	{
-		nldebug("Sending '%s' to '%s'", buffer.c_str(), _Sock.remoteAddr().asString().c_str());
+		nldebug("Sending '%s' to '%s'", trim(buffer).c_str(), _Sock.remoteAddr().asString().c_str());
 	}
 
 	uint32 size = (uint32)buffer.size();