--- src/tag_file.cpp
+++ src/tag_file.cpp
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@
     strcpy(sTempFile, filename.c_str());
     strcat(sTempFile, sTmpSuffix.c_str());
 
-#if ((defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 3  ) || !defined(HAVE_MKSTEMP))
-    // This section is for Windows folk && gcc 3.x folk
+#if !defined(HAVE_MKSTEMP)
+    // This section is for Windows folk
     fstream tmpOut;
     createFile(sTempFile, tmpOut);
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
       tmpOut.write((char *)tmpBuffer, nBytes);
     }
 
-#else //((defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 3  ) || !defined(HAVE_MKSTEMP))
+#else //!defined(HAVE_MKSTEMP)
 
     // else we gotta make a temp file, copy the tag into it, copy the
     // rest of the old file after the tag, delete the old file, rename
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
       //ID3_THROW_DESC(ID3E_NoFile, "couldn't open temp file");
     }
 
-    ofstream tmpOut(fd);
+    ofstream tmpOut(sTempFile);
     if (!tmpOut)
     {
       tmpOut.close();
@@ -285,14 +285,14 @@
     uchar tmpBuffer[BUFSIZ];
     while (file)
     {
-      file.read(tmpBuffer, BUFSIZ);
+      file.read((char *)tmpBuffer, BUFSIZ);
       size_t nBytes = file.gcount();
-      tmpOut.write(tmpBuffer, nBytes);
+      tmpOut.write((char *)tmpBuffer, nBytes);
     }
 
     close(fd); //closes the file
 
-#endif ////((defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 3  ) || !defined(HAVE_MKSTEMP))
+#endif ////!defined(HAVE_MKSTEMP)
 
     tmpOut.close();
     file.close();