diff --git a/pm_kext/pm_kext.vcxproj b/pm_kext/pm_kext.vcxproj
index 3fbde71..87e9e12 100644
--- a/pm_kext/pm_kext.vcxproj
+++ b/pm_kext/pm_kext.vcxproj
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@
     <PlatformToolset>WindowsKernelModeDriver10.0</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>Driver</ConfigurationType>
     <DriverType>KMDF</DriverType>
-    <DriverTargetPlatform>Universal</DriverTargetPlatform>
+    <DriverTargetPlatform>Desktop</DriverTargetPlatform>
     <Driver_SpectreMitigation>false</Driver_SpectreMitigation>
     <ALLOW_DATE_TIME>1</ALLOW_DATE_TIME>
+    <_NT_TARGET_VERSION>0x0601</_NT_TARGET_VERSION>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <TargetVersion>Windows10</TargetVersion>
@@ -46,9 +47,10 @@
     <PlatformToolset>WindowsKernelModeDriver10.0</PlatformToolset>
     <ConfigurationType>Driver</ConfigurationType>
     <DriverType>KMDF</DriverType>
-    <DriverTargetPlatform>Universal</DriverTargetPlatform>
+    <DriverTargetPlatform>Desktop</DriverTargetPlatform>
     <Driver_SpectreMitigation>false</Driver_SpectreMitigation>
     <ALLOW_DATE_TIME>0</ALLOW_DATE_TIME>
+    <_NT_TARGET_VERSION>0x0601</_NT_TARGET_VERSION>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|ARM64'" Label="Configuration">
     <TargetVersion>Windows10</TargetVersion>
diff --git a/pm_kext/src/pm_callouts.c b/pm_kext/src/pm_callouts.c
index 438d582..6f0c8be 100644
--- a/pm_kext/src/pm_callouts.c
+++ b/pm_kext/src/pm_callouts.c
@@ -962,6 +962,7 @@ void classifyOutboundIPv6(
 
 // Used for freeing the packet info memory when clearing the packet cache
 static void freePacketInfo(PortmasterPacketInfo *info, verdict_t verdict) {
+    UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(verdict);
     if(info != NULL) {
         portmasterFree(info);
     }
diff --git a/pm_kext/src/pm_utils.c b/pm_kext/src/pm_utils.c
index aa2b5d3..ac4aa82 100644
--- a/pm_kext/src/pm_utils.c
+++ b/pm_kext/src/pm_utils.c
@@ -16,11 +16,17 @@
  */
 
 void *portmasterMalloc(size_t size, bool paged) {
-    POOL_TYPE poolFlag = (paged ? POOL_FLAG_PAGED : POOL_FLAG_NON_PAGED);
+    POOL_TYPE poolFlag = (paged ? PagedPool : NonPagedPool);
     if (size == 0) {
         return NULL;
     }
-    void *pv = ExAllocatePool2(poolFlag, size, PORTMASTER_TAG); // Memory is zero initialized unless POOL_FLAG_UNINITIALIZED is specified.
+    // ExAllocatePoolWithTag is depercated but there is no working (tests) alternative for it in the old Windows versions 
+    // ExAllocatePoolZero -> complies but crashes the kernel
+    // ExAllocatePool2 -> avaliable with Windows 10, version 2004 and after (release around 2020)
+    void *pv = ExAllocatePoolWithTag(poolFlag, size, PORTMASTER_TAG);
+    if (pv != 0) {
+        RtlZeroMemory(pv, size);
+    }
     return pv;
 }