diff --git a/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/CMakeLists.txt b/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 0513a563..f1c3ae3a 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if (APPLE)
 endif()
 
 if  (WIN32)
-    set(VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET x64-mingw-static)
+    set(VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET x64-windows)
 endif()
 set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE "$ENV{VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" CACHE STRING "toolchain")
 
diff --git a/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/EventStreamWorker.h b/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/EventStreamWorker.h
index cd3e4939..293dceb1 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/EventStreamWorker.h
+++ b/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/EventStreamWorker.h
@@ -42,10 +42,7 @@ public slots:
     void run() override; ///< Run the reader.
 
 signals:
-#pragma clang diagnostic push
-#pragma ide diagnostic ignored "NotImplementedFunctions"
     void eventReceived(QString eventString); ///< signal for events.
-#pragma clang diagnostic pop
 };
 
 
diff --git a/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/Pch.h b/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/Pch.h
index d18a9fb3..a6f1bfcc 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/Pch.h
+++ b/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/Pch.h
@@ -27,4 +27,11 @@
 #include <AppController.h>
 
 
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN32) && defined(ERROR)
+// The folks at Microsoft have decided that it was OK to `#define ERROR 0` in wingdi.h. It is not OK, because
+// any occurrence of ERROR, even scoped, will be substituted. For instance Log::Level::ERROR (case imposed by gRPC).
+#undef ERROR
+#endif
+
+
 #endif // BRIDGE_GUI_PCH_H