diff --git a/include/Profile/tau_types.h b/include/Profile/tau_types.h
index 7d8c2e5c2..d34e63014 100644
--- a/include/Profile/tau_types.h
+++ b/include/Profile/tau_types.h
@@ -19,7 +19,18 @@
 #define _TAU_TYPES_H_
 
 #ifdef TAU_WINDOWS
-//#include <inttypes.h>
+#ifdef TAU_MINGW
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+typedef int16_t x_int16;
+typedef int32_t x_int32;
+typedef int64_t x_int64;
+
+typedef uint16_t x_uint16;
+typedef uint32_t x_uint32;
+typedef uint64_t x_uint64;
+
+#else
 typedef char x_int8;
 typedef short x_int16;
 typedef int x_int32;
@@ -29,6 +40,7 @@ typedef unsigned char x_uint8;
 typedef unsigned short x_uint16;
 typedef unsigned int x_uint32;
 typedef unsigned __int64 x_uint64;
+#endif
 #else /* TAU_WINDOWS */
 
 /* everything except windows */
diff --git a/src/Profile/Makefile b/src/Profile/Makefile
index 706081251..cea1afa27 100644
--- a/src/Profile/Makefile
+++ b/src/Profile/Makefile
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ STATIC_OBJS   = Comp_gnu.o $(PGIACC_STATIC_O)
 SHARED_OBJS   = $(PGIACC_O)
 #SICORTEX#SHARED_OBJS = Comp_gnu.o #ENDIF#
 #TAU_BFDSHAREDLINK#SHARED_OBJS = Comp_gnu.o #ENDIF#
-#TAU_BFDSHAREDLINK#SHARED_LIBS = $(BFDLINK) -lbfd -liberty #ENDIF#
+#TAU_BFDSHAREDLINK#SHARED_LIBS = $(BFDLINK) $(BFDLIBS) -liberty #ENDIF#
 
 #CUPTI#SHARED_LIBS = -lcuda -L$(TAU_CUPTI_INC)/../lib -lcupti #ENDIF#
 
diff --git a/src/Profile/Profiler.cpp b/src/Profile/Profiler.cpp
index 604a0a750..e76c8b43b 100644
--- a/src/Profile/Profiler.cpp
+++ b/src/Profile/Profiler.cpp
@@ -1260,7 +1260,11 @@ int TauProfiler_writeData(int tid, const char *prefix, bool increment, const cha
 
       } else {
 	int flags = O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY;
+#ifdef TAU_DISABLE_SIGUSR
+	int mode = 0;
+#else
 	int mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH;
+#endif
 	int node = RtsLayer::myNode();
 	sprintf(dumpfile,"%s/%s%s.%d.%d.%d", profileLocation, selectivePrefix, prefix, 
 		node, RtsLayer::myContext(), tid);
diff --git a/src/Profile/RtsLayer.cpp b/src/Profile/RtsLayer.cpp
index fbf18fabe..4798926e8 100644
--- a/src/Profile/RtsLayer.cpp
+++ b/src/Profile/RtsLayer.cpp
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ using namespace std;
 
 #ifdef TAU_WINDOWS
 //include the header for windows time functions.
-#include <Windows.h>	//Various defines needed in Winbase.h.
-#include <Winbase.h>	//For QueryPerformanceCounter/Frequency function (down to microsecond
+#include <windows.h>	//Various defines needed in Winbase.h.
+#include <winbase.h>	//For QueryPerformanceCounter/Frequency function (down to microsecond
                         //resolution depending on the platform. 
 #include <sys/timeb.h>	//For _ftime function (millisecond resolution).
 //Map strncasecmp and strcasecmp to strnicmp and stricmp.
diff --git a/src/Profile/TauInit.cpp b/src/Profile/TauInit.cpp
index c3a406e49..f3be0094c 100644
--- a/src/Profile/TauInit.cpp
+++ b/src/Profile/TauInit.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ static void TauInitialize_kill_handlers() {
 }
 
 extern int tauPrintAddr(int i, char *token1, unsigned long addr);
+
+#ifndef TAU_DISABLE_SIGUSR
+
 //static void tauBacktraceHandler(int sig) {
 void tauBacktraceHandler(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *context) {
 
@@ -167,6 +170,7 @@ static void tauToggleInstrumentationHandler(int sig) {
   }
 }
 
+#endif //TAU_DISABLE_SIGUSR
 
 static int tau_initialized = 0;
 
@@ -198,6 +202,7 @@ int Tau_init_epilog(void) {
 }
 #endif /* TAU_EPILOG */
 
+#ifndef TAU_DISABLE_SIGUSR
 
 int Tau_add_signal(int alarmType) {
     int ret = 0;
@@ -244,6 +249,8 @@ int Tau_signal_initialization() {
   } /* TAU_TRACK_SIGNALS=1 */
 }
 
+#endif // TAU_DISABLE_SIGUSR
+
 extern "C" int Tau_init_initializeTAU() {
   static int initialized = 0;
 
@@ -310,7 +317,9 @@ extern "C" int Tau_init_initializeTAU() {
   /* initialize the metrics we will be counting */
   TauMetrics_init();
 
+#ifndef TAU_DISABLE_SIGUSR
   Tau_signal_initialization();
+#endif // TAU_DISABLE_SIGUSR
 
   /* TAU must me marked as initialized BEFORE Tau_compensate_initialize is called
      Otherwise re-entry to this function will take place and bad things will happen */
diff --git a/utils/Makefile b/utils/Makefile
index 6742334de..33a92480b 100644
--- a/utils/Makefile
+++ b/utils/Makefile
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@
 include ../include/Makefile
 ########### Automatically modified by the configure script ############
 CONFIG_ARCH=default
-CONFIG_CC=gcc
-CONFIG_CXX=g++
 PDT_CXX=
-USER_OPT=-g
 TAU_PREFIX_INSTALL_DIR=
 VTFDIR=
 OTFDIR=
@@ -162,7 +159,6 @@ INSTALL_OTF_TOOLS = $(INSTALL_EBS2OTF)
 #OPARI#INSTALLTAUOMPCHECK 	= $(INSTALLPDTOMPCHECK) #ENDIF#
 #DYNINST#INSTALLTAURUN 	= $(INSTALLDEST)/tau_run #ENDIF#
 #DYNINST#INSTALLTAURUN 	= $(INSTALLDEST)/tau_run #ENDIF#
-#TAU_LARGEFILE#LARGEFILEOPT = -DTAU_LARGEFILE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE #ENDIF#
 #SP1#LARGEFILEOPT = -DTAU_LARGEFILE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_LARGE_FILE_API #ENDIF#
 
 CFLAGS        = $(USER_OPT) -I../include $(CEXTRA) $(CWARNING) $(COMPSPECIFIC) $(COMPILEROPT) $(PKGOPT) $(LARGEFILEOPT) $(DEBUGOPT) $(GNUOPT)
diff --git a/utils/trace2profile/Makefile b/utils/trace2profile/Makefile
index f049791eb..49bd7355b 100644
--- a/utils/trace2profile/Makefile
+++ b/utils/trace2profile/Makefile
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ include ../../include/Makefile
 ########### Automatically modified by the configure script ############
 
 CONFIG_ARCH=default
-CONFIG_CC=gcc
-CONFIG_CXX=g++
 CXX=$(CONFIG_CXX) $(ABI) $(ISA)
 #CRAYXMT#CC = $(TAU_CC_FE) $(ABI) $(ISA) #ENDIF#
 #CRAYXMT#CXX = $(TAU_CXX_FE) $(ABI) $(ISA) #ENDIF#