diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.cpp
index 8884947..fe5ba123 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@
     }
 
     // Set thread policy
+    #ifdef _WIN32
+	//WIN32 Pthread implementation doesn't seem to support sheduling policies other then PosixThreadFactory::OTHER - runtime error
+	policy_ = PosixThreadFactory::OTHER;
+    #endif
+
     if (pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(&thread_attr, policy_) != 0) {
       throw SystemResourceException("pthread_attr_setschedpolicy failed");
     }
@@ -245,7 +250,7 @@
     max_priority = sched_get_priority_max(pthread_policy);
 #endif
     int quanta = (HIGHEST - LOWEST) + 1;
-    float stepsperquanta = (max_priority - min_priority) / quanta;
+    float stepsperquanta = (float)(max_priority - min_priority) / quanta;
 
     if (priority <= HIGHEST) {
       return (int)(min_priority + stepsperquanta * priority);