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diff --git a/windows/winmisc.c b/windows/winmisc.c
index c719c726..5bf52141 100644
--- a/windows/winmisc.c
+++ b/windows/winmisc.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "putty.h"
+#define SECURITY_WIN32
 #include <security.h>
 
 OSVERSIONINFO osVersion;
@@ -210,26 +211,23 @@ const char *win_strerror(int error)
     es = find234(errstrings, &error, errstring_find);
 
     if (!es) {
-        int bufsize;
+        char msgtext[65536]; /* maximum size for FormatMessage is 64K */
 
         es = snew(struct errstring);
         es->error = error;
-        /* maximum size for FormatMessage is 64K */
-        bufsize = 65535;
-        es->text = snewn(bufsize, char);
         if (!FormatMessage((FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
                             FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS), NULL, error,
                            MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
-                           es->text, bufsize, NULL)) {
-            sprintf(es->text,
-                    "Windows error code %d (and FormatMessage returned %d)", 
-                    error, GetLastError());
+                           msgtext, lenof(msgtext)-1, NULL)) {
+            sprintf(msgtext,
+                    "(unable to format: FormatMessage returned %d)",
+                    GetLastError());
         } else {
-            int len = strlen(es->text);
-            if (len > 0 && es->text[len-1] == '\n')
-                es->text[len-1] = '\0';
+            int len = strlen(msgtext);
+            if (len > 0 && msgtext[len-1] == '\n')
+                msgtext[len-1] = '\0';
         }
-        es->text = sresize(es->text, strlen(es->text) + 1, char);
+        es->text = dupprintf("Error %d: %s", error, msgtext);
         add234(errstrings, es);
     }