diff -Nur PyMI-1.0.6.orig/MI/MI++.cpp PyMI-1.0.6/MI/MI++.cpp
--- PyMI-1.0.6.orig/MI/MI++.cpp	2020-05-20 11:59:25.000000000 +0000
+++ PyMI-1.0.6/MI/MI++.cpp	2023-04-03 17:35:16.838667100 +0000
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
             Instance instance((MI_Instance*)extError, false);
             if(IsInstanceOf(instance, L"MSFT_WmiError"))
             {
-                MI_Char* message = instance[L"Message"]->m_value.string;
+                const MI_Char* message = instance[L"Message"]->m_value.string;
                 message = message ? message : L"";
 
                 auto errorCode = instance[L"error_code"]->m_value.uint32;
diff -Nur PyMI-1.0.6.orig/MI/targetver.h PyMI-1.0.6/MI/targetver.h
--- PyMI-1.0.6.orig/MI/targetver.h	2020-05-20 11:59:25.000000000 +0000
+++ PyMI-1.0.6/MI/targetver.h	2023-04-03 17:39:44.483731200 +0000
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@
 // If you wish to build your application for a previous Windows platform, include WinSDKVer.h and
 // set the _WIN32_WINNT macro to the platform you wish to support before including SDKDDKVer.h.
 
+#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0a00
+
 #include <SDKDDKVer.h>
diff -Nur PyMI-1.0.6.orig/PyMI/Class.cpp PyMI-1.0.6/PyMI/Class.cpp
--- PyMI-1.0.6.orig/PyMI/Class.cpp	2020-05-20 11:59:25.000000000 +0000
+++ PyMI-1.0.6/PyMI/Class.cpp	2023-04-03 17:36:45.449775600 +0000
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 {
     try
     {
-        std::wstring& className = self->miClass->GetClassName();
+        std::wstring className = self->miClass->GetClassName();
         return PyUnicode_FromWideChar(className.c_str(), className.length());
     }
     catch (std::exception& ex)
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 {
     try
     {
-        std::wstring& nameSpace = self->miClass->GetNameSpace();
+        std::wstring nameSpace = self->miClass->GetNameSpace();
         return PyUnicode_FromWideChar(nameSpace.c_str(), nameSpace.length());
     }
     catch (std::exception& ex)
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 {
     try
     {
-        std::wstring& serverName = self->miClass->GetServerName();
+        std::wstring serverName = self->miClass->GetServerName();
         return PyUnicode_FromWideChar(serverName.c_str(), serverName.length());
     }
     catch (std::exception& ex)
diff -Nur PyMI-1.0.6.orig/PyMI/Instance.cpp PyMI-1.0.6/PyMI/Instance.cpp
--- PyMI-1.0.6.orig/PyMI/Instance.cpp	2020-05-20 11:59:25.000000000 +0000
+++ PyMI-1.0.6/PyMI/Instance.cpp	2023-04-03 17:37:12.355261900 +0000
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 {
     try
     {
-        std::wstring& className = self->instance->GetClassName();
+        std::wstring className = self->instance->GetClassName();
         return PyUnicode_FromWideChar(className.c_str(), className.length());
     }
     catch (std::exception& ex)
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 {
     try
     {
-        std::wstring& nameSpace = self->instance->GetNameSpace();
+        std::wstring nameSpace = self->instance->GetNameSpace();
         return PyUnicode_FromWideChar(nameSpace.c_str(), nameSpace.length());
     }
     catch (std::exception& ex)
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 {
     try
     {
-        std::wstring& serverName = self->instance->GetServerName();
+        std::wstring serverName = self->instance->GetServerName();
         return PyUnicode_FromWideChar(serverName.c_str(), serverName.length());
     }
     catch (std::exception& ex)
diff -Nur PyMI-1.0.6.orig/PyMI/targetver.h PyMI-1.0.6/PyMI/targetver.h
--- PyMI-1.0.6.orig/PyMI/targetver.h	2020-05-20 11:59:25.000000000 +0000
+++ PyMI-1.0.6/PyMI/targetver.h	2023-04-03 17:40:02.251730000 +0000
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@
 // If you wish to build your application for a previous Windows platform, include WinSDKVer.h and
 // set the _WIN32_WINNT macro to the platform you wish to support before including SDKDDKVer.h.
 
+#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0a00
+
 #include <SDKDDKVer.h>
diff -Nur PyMI-1.0.6.orig/PyMI/Utils.cpp PyMI-1.0.6/PyMI/Utils.cpp
--- PyMI-1.0.6.orig/PyMI/Utils.cpp	2020-05-20 11:59:25.000000000 +0000
+++ PyMI-1.0.6/PyMI/Utils.cpp	2023-04-03 17:44:27.883315600 +0000
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "Utils.h"
 #include "instance.h"
 #include <codecvt>
+#include <locale>
 
 #include <datetime.h>
 
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@
         throw MI::Exception(L"PyUnicode_AsWideChar failed");
     }
 
-    auto& value = std::wstring(w, len);
+    auto value = std::wstring(w, len);
     delete[] w;
     return value;
 }
@@ -167,9 +168,9 @@
     try
     {
 #ifdef IS_PY3K
-        auto& value = Py2WString(pyStrValue);
+        auto value = Py2WString(pyStrValue);
 #else
-        auto& value = std::string(PyString_AsString(pyStrValue));
+        auto value = std::string(PyString_AsString(pyStrValue));
 #endif
         Py_DECREF(pyStrValue);
         return MI::MIValue::FromString(value);
@@ -372,7 +373,7 @@
                 pyObj = PyList_GetItem(pyValue, i);
             }
 
-            auto& tmpValue = Py2MI(pyObj, itemType);
+            auto tmpValue = Py2MI(pyObj, itemType);
             value->SetArrayItem(*tmpValue, (unsigned)i);
         }
         return value;
diff -Nur PyMI-1.0.6.orig/setup.py PyMI-1.0.6/setup.py
--- PyMI-1.0.6.orig/setup.py	2020-05-25 12:11:25.000000000 +0000
+++ PyMI-1.0.6/setup.py	2023-04-03 17:21:10.626872900 +0000
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     return Compiler(None, dry_run, force)
 
 
-ccompiler.new_compiler = new_compiler
+#ccompiler.new_compiler = new_compiler
 
 
 # Setuptools requires relative paths