diff --git a/fteqtv/qtv.h b/fteqtv/qtv.h
index fe9e9dd24..1f5e27bc7 100644
--- a/fteqtv/qtv.h
+++ b/fteqtv/qtv.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 	#define qerrno WSAGetLastError()
 	#define EWOULDBLOCK WSAEWOULDBLOCK
 	#define EINPROGRESS WSAEINPROGRESS
+	#define ENOTCONN WSAENOTCONN
 
 	#ifdef _MSC_VER
 		//okay, so warnings are here to help... they're ugly though.
diff --git a/fteqtv/qw.c b/fteqtv/qw.c
index 2039c36f5..0f2497e99 100644
--- a/fteqtv/qw.c
+++ b/fteqtv/qw.c
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ void UpdateStats(sv_t *qtv, viewer_t *v)
 
 	if (qtv && qtv->controller == v)
 		stats = qtv->players[qtv->thisplayer].stats;
-	else if (v->trackplayer < 0 || !qtv)
+	else if (v->trackplayer != -1 || !qtv)
 		stats = nullstats;
 	else
 		stats = qtv->players[v->trackplayer].stats;
diff --git a/fteqtv/source.c b/fteqtv/source.c
index e4dea16a4..741da8bfa 100644
--- a/fteqtv/source.c
+++ b/fteqtv/source.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ qboolean Net_ConnectToTCPServer(sv_t *qtv, char *ip)
 
 	if (connect(qtv->sourcesock, (struct sockaddr *)&qtv->serveraddress, sizeof(qtv->serveraddress)) == INVALID_SOCKET)
 	{
-		if (qerrno != EINPROGRESS)
+		if (qerrno != EINPROGRESS && qerrno != EWOULDBLOCK)	//bsd sockets are meant to return EINPROGRESS, but some winsock drivers use EWOULDBLOCK instead. *sigh*...
 		{
 			closesocket(qtv->sourcesock);
 			qtv->sourcesock = INVALID_SOCKET;
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ qboolean Net_ReadStream(sv_t *qtv)
 	int maxreadable;
 	int read;
 	char *buffer;
+	int err;
 
 	maxreadable = MAX_PROXY_BUFFER - qtv->buffersize;
 	if (!maxreadable)
@@ -733,7 +734,8 @@ qboolean Net_ReadStream(sv_t *qtv)
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		if (read == 0 || qerrno != EWOULDBLOCK)
+		err = qerrno;
+		if (read == 0 || (err != EWOULDBLOCK && err != ENOTCONN))	//ENOTCONN can be returned whilst waiting for a connect to finish.
 		{
 			if (qtv->sourcesock != INVALID_SOCKET)
 			{