diff --git a/include/memory.hpp b/include/memory.hpp
index d822931..c8b3efc 100644
--- a/include/memory.hpp
+++ b/include/memory.hpp
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ namespace Memory
     uint8_t* wchar_Scan(void* module, const wchar_t* value);
     uint8_t* u32_Scan(void* module, uint32_t value);
     uint8_t* u64_Scan(void* module, uint64_t value);
+#if !defined(WINXP)
     std::string GetVersionString();
     std::vector<int> string_to_ints(const std::string& s, char delimiter);
     std::wstring GetVersionProductName();
+#endif
 }
diff --git a/source/CrysisWarhead.Patches/CMakeLists.txt b/source/CrysisWarhead.Patches/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ba6873..7e4dfb2 100644
--- a/source/CrysisWarhead.Patches/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/CrysisWarhead.Patches/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ string(REPLACE " " "_" ProjectId ${PROJECT_NAME})
 project(${PROJECT_NAME})
 include(win32)
 
+ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DWINXP)
+
 file(GLOB SOURCES 
                   "*.cpp"
                   "*.h"
@@ -11,6 +13,13 @@ file(GLOB SOURCES
                   "../../include/*.hpp")
 add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${SOURCES})
 
+# static link c runtime for
+# hopefully compatibility with nt 5.2 x64
+set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME}
+                    PROPERTY
+                    MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY
+                    "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
+
 include(win32_install)
 
 install(
diff --git a/source/Shared/helper.cpp b/source/Shared/helper.cpp
index 055141f..28f045e 100644
--- a/source/Shared/helper.cpp
+++ b/source/Shared/helper.cpp
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ void SendInputWrapper(WORD inputKey)
 #define str(s) #s
 #define xstr(s) str(s)
 
+#if !defined(WINXP)
+
 static void CooldownDefault(const wchar_t* inifile)
 {
     HANDLE fd = CreateFile(inifile, GENERIC_WRITE, 0, nullptr, CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, nullptr);
@@ -470,3 +472,4 @@ void CheckScriptFile()
         }
     }
 }
+#endif
diff --git a/source/Shared/memory.cpp b/source/Shared/memory.cpp
index 716cf69..3782691 100644
--- a/source/Shared/memory.cpp
+++ b/source/Shared/memory.cpp
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ namespace Memory
         return nullptr;
     }
 
+#if !defined(WINXP)
     std::string GetVersionString()
     {
         auto hInst = GetModuleHandle(NULL);
@@ -462,4 +463,5 @@ namespace Memory
         VerQueryValue(buffer.data(), query, (LPVOID*)&p, &n_chars);
         return std::wstring(p, p + n_chars);
     }
+#endif
 }