diff --git a/docs/rh-log.txt b/docs/rh-log.txt
index 2edf84519..588a3dc8a 100644
--- a/docs/rh-log.txt
+++ b/docs/rh-log.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 December 8, 2007
+- Fixed: When the game starts with the net pane open, the abort button
+  receives the input focus. When the pane is closed, the focus doesn't
+  return to any window, so even though the window is still active, it no
+  longer has the focus and does not receive input events.
+- Fixed: The network synch timer was still left running after the game
+  started. (Windows only)
+- Fixed: When a player leaves the game at the exact moment they are being
+  damaged, the game could crash because their actor still had a valid player
+  pointer, but the player's mo pointer had been NULLed.
 - Fixed: MAPINFO is parsed before the text colors are read, so the TextColor
   option for skills wouldn't work.
 - Changed the PowerTimeFreezer "blink" effect back to checking against
diff --git a/src/d_net.cpp b/src/d_net.cpp
index e215e7d85..f6ba0ba0c 100644
--- a/src/d_net.cpp
+++ b/src/d_net.cpp
@@ -630,6 +630,7 @@ void PlayerIsGone (int netnode, int netconsole)
 	if (players[netconsole].mo != NULL)
 	{
 		P_DisconnectEffect (players[netconsole].mo);
+		players[netconsole].mo->player = NULL;
 		players[netconsole].mo->Destroy ();
 		players[netconsole].mo = NULL;
 		players[netconsole].camera = NULL;
diff --git a/src/win32/hardware.cpp b/src/win32/hardware.cpp
index 20febd73a..ff67fd3c3 100644
--- a/src/win32/hardware.cpp
+++ b/src/win32/hardware.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,22 @@ void I_InitGraphics ()
 {
 	UCVarValue val;
 
+	// If the focus window is destroyed, it doesn't go back to the active window.
+	// (e.g. because the net pane was up, and a button on it had focus)
+	if (GetFocus() == NULL && GetActiveWindow() == Window)
+	{
+		// Make sure it's in the foreground and focused. (It probably is
+		// already foregrounded but may not be focused.)
+		SetForegroundWindow(Window);
+		SetFocus(Window);
+		// Note that when I start a 2-player game on the same machine, the
+		// window for the game that isn't focused, active, or foregrounded
+		// still receives a WM_ACTIVATEAPP message telling it that it's the
+		// active window. The window that is really the active window does
+		// not receive a WM_ACTIVATEAPP message, so both games think they
+		// are the active app. Huh?
+	}
+
 	val.Bool = !!Args.CheckParm ("-devparm");
 	ticker.SetGenericRepDefault (val, CVAR_Bool);
 	Video = new Win32Video (0);
diff --git a/src/win32/i_input.cpp b/src/win32/i_input.cpp
index 5295ab1bc..812601dd1 100644
--- a/src/win32/i_input.cpp
+++ b/src/win32/i_input.cpp
@@ -420,7 +420,8 @@ void I_CheckNativeMouse (bool preferNative)
 	bool wantNative = !HaveFocus ||
 		((!screen || !screen->IsFullscreen()) && (GUICapture || paused || preferNative || !use_mouse || demoplayback));
 
-//		Printf ("%d -> %d\n", NativeMouse, wantNative);
+	//Printf ("%d %d %d %d\n", HaveFocus, GetFocus() == Window, AppActive, GetForegroundWindow() == Window);
+
 	if (wantNative != NativeMouse)
 	{
 		NativeMouse = wantNative;
diff --git a/src/win32/st_start.cpp b/src/win32/st_start.cpp
index db7124bb0..ff83f00d7 100644
--- a/src/win32/st_start.cpp
+++ b/src/win32/st_start.cpp
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ FBasicStartupScreen::~FBasicStartupScreen()
 		ProgressBar = NULL;
 		LayoutMainWindow (Window, NULL);
 	}
+	KillTimer(Window, 1337);
 }
 
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