diff --git a/Examples/lua/arrays/example.c b/Examples/lua/arrays/example.c
index 40ed12c79..56c7b19d9 100644
--- a/Examples/lua/arrays/example.c
+++ b/Examples/lua/arrays/example.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ void sort_int(int* arr, int len)
 // ditto doubles
 int compare_double(const void * a, const void * b)
 {
-  return ( *(double*)a - *(double*)b );
+  return (int)( *(double*)a - *(double*)b );
 }
 
 void sort_double(double* arr, int len)
diff --git a/Examples/lua/embed2/embed2.c b/Examples/lua/embed2/embed2.c
index 07b7a44d2..dac527eb4 100644
--- a/Examples/lua/embed2/embed2.c
+++ b/Examples/lua/embed2/embed2.c
@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@ We will be using the luaL_dostring()/lua_dostring() function to call into lua
  
 */
 
+/* Deal with Microsoft's attempt at deprecating C standard runtime functions */
+#if !defined(SWIG_NO_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE) && defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE)
+# define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
+#endif
+
+/* Deal with Microsoft's attempt at deprecating methods in the standard C++ library */
+#if !defined(SWIG_NO_SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE) && defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(_SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE)
+# define _SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
+#endif
+
+
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
@@ -108,7 +119,7 @@ int call_va (lua_State *L,const char *func, const char *sig, ...) {
 endwhile:
 
   /* do the call */
-  nres = strlen(sig);  /* number of expected results */
+  nres = (int)strlen(sig);  /* number of expected results */
   if (lua_pcall(L, narg, nres, 0) != 0)  /* do the call */
   {
     printf("error running function `%s': %s\n",func, lua_tostring(L, -1));
diff --git a/Examples/lua/embed3/embed3.cpp b/Examples/lua/embed3/embed3.cpp
index e42401cda..c2424f9af 100644
--- a/Examples/lua/embed3/embed3.cpp
+++ b/Examples/lua/embed3/embed3.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ passing C++ objects to this function.
  
 */
 
+/* Deal with Microsoft's attempt at deprecating C standard runtime functions */
+#if !defined(SWIG_NO_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE) && defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE)
+# define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
+#endif
+
+/* Deal with Microsoft's attempt at deprecating methods in the standard C++ library */
+#if !defined(SWIG_NO_SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE) && defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(_SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE)
+# define _SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
+#endif
+
+
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -70,9 +81,6 @@ int call_onEvent(lua_State *L, Event e) {
 
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
-  int ok;
-  int res;
-  char str[80];
   printf("[C++] Welcome to the simple embedded Lua example v3\n");
   printf("[C++] We are in C++\n");
   printf("[C++] opening a Lua state & loading the libraries\n");
diff --git a/Examples/lua/owner/example.cxx b/Examples/lua/owner/example.cxx
index 6e4091327..d6caeef15 100644
--- a/Examples/lua/owner/example.cxx
+++ b/Examples/lua/owner/example.cxx
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ void ShapeOwner::add(Shape* ptr) // this method takes ownership of the object
 
 Shape* ShapeOwner::get(int idx) // this pointer is still owned by the class (assessor)
 {
-    if (idx<0 || idx>=shapes.size())
+    if (idx < 0 || idx >= static_cast<int>(shapes.size()))
         return NULL;
     return shapes[idx];
 }
 
 Shape* ShapeOwner::remove(int idx) // this method returns memory which must be deleted
 {
-    if (idx<0 || idx>=shapes.size())
+    if (idx < 0 || idx >= static_cast<int>(shapes.size()))
         return NULL;
     Shape* ptr=shapes[idx];
     shapes.erase(shapes.begin()+idx);