diff -ruN open-phd-guiding/CMakeLists.txt open-phd-guiding.new/CMakeLists.txt
--- open-phd-guiding/CMakeLists.txt	2015-01-29 19:17:25.395991521 +0100
+++ open-phd-guiding.new/CMakeLists.txt	2015-01-29 20:30:23.754846999 +0100
@@ -65,33 +65,6 @@
 
 include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
 
-
-# we don't do the strict warnings for MSVC because the MSVC compiler
-# generates > 14,000 warnings, mostly from wx. 
-if (NOT MSVC)
-    #Strict warnings
-    CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-W" COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WARNINGS)
-    CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-Wall" COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WALL)
-    CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-Wextra" COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WEXTRA)
-    CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-Werror" COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WERROR)
-#    if(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WARNINGS)
-#        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -W")
-#        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -W")
-#    endif(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WARNINGS)
-    if(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WALL)
-       set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall")
-       set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wall")
-    endif(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WALL)
-#    if(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WEXTRA)
-#        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wextra")
-#        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wextra")
-#    endif(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WEXTRA)
-    if(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WERROR)
-        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Werror")
-        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Werror")
-    endif(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WERROR)
-endif (NOT MSVC)
-
 # Scopes to use with openPHD
 if (MSVC)
     set(phd_SCOPES