diff --git a/apps/apps.c b/apps/apps.c
index d501eebd767cf6f33bfdd6f59d63d50809f4160c..c49c1c3bb70b05b640b8bfe4f4048256b476bcd0 100644
--- a/apps/apps.c
+++ b/apps/apps.c
@@ -3114,7 +3114,7 @@ double app_tminterval(int stop,int usertime)
 
 	if (proc==NULL)
 		{
-		if (GetVersion() < 0x80000000)
+		if (check_winnt())
 			proc = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION,FALSE,
 						GetCurrentProcessId());
 		if (proc==NULL) proc = (HANDLE)-1;
diff --git a/crypto/bio/bss_log.c b/crypto/bio/bss_log.c
index b7dce5c1a27b18ad49a38eca6d5160ffe6a8b93b..2227b2b52d475509af4401d24870884cab5268ac 100644
--- a/crypto/bio/bss_log.c
+++ b/crypto/bio/bss_log.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static int MS_CALLBACK slg_puts(BIO *bp, const char *str)
 
 static void xopenlog(BIO* bp, char* name, int level)
 {
-	if (GetVersion() < 0x80000000)
+	if (check_winnt())
 		bp->ptr = RegisterEventSourceA(NULL,name);
 	else
 		bp->ptr = NULL;
diff --git a/crypto/cryptlib.c b/crypto/cryptlib.c
index 8d16a9e0c86aa26f53b62c43d8a32d063a0ca4ca..be61a9da3f55b45c8bc372de908a1c14b1305565 100644
--- a/crypto/cryptlib.c
+++ b/crypto/cryptlib.c
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ void OPENSSL_showfatal (const char *fmta,...)
 
 #if defined(_WIN32_WINNT) && _WIN32_WINNT>=0x0333
     /* this -------------v--- guards NT-specific calls */
-    if (GetVersion() < 0x80000000 && OPENSSL_isservice() > 0)
+    if (check_winnt() && OPENSSL_isservice() > 0)
     {	HANDLE h = RegisterEventSource(0,_T("OPENSSL"));
 	const TCHAR *pmsg=buf;
 	ReportEvent(h,EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,0,0,0,1,0,&pmsg,0);
diff --git a/crypto/rand/rand_win.c b/crypto/rand/rand_win.c
index 5d134e186bb03025b8b6ad718d74ff8dff2e6b7e..34ffcd23f9a0979176a8293d95a64a353b040a74 100644
--- a/crypto/rand/rand_win.c
+++ b/crypto/rand/rand_win.c
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ static void readscreen(void)
   int		y;		/* y-coordinate of screen lines to grab */
   int		n = 16;		/* number of screen lines to grab at a time */
 
-  if (GetVersion() < 0x80000000 && OPENSSL_isservice()>0)
+  if (check_winnt() && OPENSSL_isservice()>0)
     return;
 
   /* Create a screen DC and a memory DC compatible to screen DC */
diff --git a/e_os.h b/e_os.h
index 3688c4e0f9e2ce64fea57ec712b477db4fcb9991..a1e77e7488c70666fe34c600c2c075ad04ffdbef 100644
--- a/e_os.h
+++ b/e_os.h
@@ -371,6 +371,13 @@ static unsigned int _strlen31(const char *str)
 #    define DEFAULT_HOME  "C:"
 #  endif
 
+/* Avoid Windows 8 SDK GetVersion deprecated problems */
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER>=1800
+#  define check_winnt() (1)
+#else
+#  define check_winnt() (GetVersion() < 0x80000000)
+#endif 
+
 #else /* The non-microsoft world */
 
 #  ifdef OPENSSL_SYS_VMS