diff --git a/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index d01417244..ba69648c5 100644
--- a/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ if(WITH_TIFF AND NOT TIFF_FOUND)
 	add_subdirectory(libtiff)
 endif()
 
-if(NOT ANDROID)
+if(0)
 add_subdirectory(gtest)
 endif()
diff --git a/3rdparty/zlib/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/zlib/CMakeLists.txt
index 7184ecdc3..cc384b230 100644
--- a/3rdparty/zlib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/zlib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 if(ANDROID)
-define_3rdparty_module(opencv_zlib)
+define_3rdparty_module(zlib)
 else()
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  CMake file for zlib. See root CMakeLists.txt
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-PROJECT(opencv_zlib)
+PROJECT(zlib)
 
 # List of C++ files:
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ file(GLOB lib_srcs *.c)
 file(GLOB lib_hdrs *.h)
 set(lib_ext_hdrs "../include/zlib.h" "../include/zconf.h")
 
-set(the_target "opencv_zlib")
+set(the_target "zlib")
 
 add_library(${the_target} STATIC ${lib_srcs} ${lib_hdrs} ${lib_ext_hdrs})
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cc257e57a..096795103 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -474,6 +474,24 @@ if(UNIX)
     endif()
 endif()
 
+if(WITH_PNG AND NOT PNG_FOUND)
+    set(PNG_LIBRARIES libpng)
+endif()
+
+if(WITH_JPEG AND NOT JPEG_FOUND)
+    set(JPEG_LIBRARIES libjpeg)
+endif()
+
+if(WITH_TIFF AND NOT TIFF_FOUND)
+    set(TIFF_LIBRARIES libtiff)
+endif()
+
+if(WITH_JASPER AND NOT JASPER_FOUND)
+    set(JASPER_LIBRARIES libjasper)
+endif()
+
+message(STATUS "Graphic libraries: ${PNG_LIBRARIES} ${JPEG_LIBRARIES} ${TIFF_LIBRARIES} ${JASPER_LIBRARIES}")
+
 if(WITH_OPENEXR)
     include(OpenCVFindOpenEXR.cmake)
 endif()
@@ -778,6 +796,31 @@ if(IPP_FOUND AND USE_IPP)
                  ${A}ippcore${IPP_ARCH}${L}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
 endif()
 
+################## Extra HighGUI libs on Windows ###################
+
+if(WIN32)
+	set(HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES ${HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES} comctl32 gdi32 ole32)
+	
+	if (MSVC)
+		set(HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES ${HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES} vfw32)
+	endif()
+
+	if(MINGW)
+		if(MINGW64)
+            set(HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES ${HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES} msvfw32 avifil32 avicap32 winmm)
+			if(HAVE_VIDEOINPUT)
+				set(HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES ${HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES} videoInput64 strmiids)
+			endif()
+		else()
+            set(HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES ${HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES} vfw32 winmm)
+			if(HAVE_VIDEOINPUT)
+                set(HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES ${HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES} videoInput strmiids)
+			endif()
+		endif()  
+    endif()
+endif()
+
+
 
 ################## LATEX ##################
 set(BUILD_LATEX_DOCS OFF CACHE BOOL "Build LaTeX OpenCV Documentation")
@@ -1192,7 +1235,7 @@ if(BUILD_PACKAGE)
         endif()
 
         install(DIRECTORY data samples DESTINATION "." COMPONENT main PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE)
-        install(DIRECTORY 3rdparty android modules tests utils DESTINATION "." COMPONENT src PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE)
+        install(DIRECTORY 3rdparty android modules tests DESTINATION "." COMPONENT src PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE)
         install(DIRECTORY doc/ DESTINATION doc COMPONENT src FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.tex")
         install(DIRECTORY doc/pics DESTINATION doc COMPONENT src PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE)
         install(DIRECTORY doc/latex2sphinx DESTINATION doc COMPONENT src PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE)
diff --git a/OpenCVConfig.cmake.in b/OpenCVConfig.cmake.in
index 00ef551d6..cfcfd1c07 100644
--- a/OpenCVConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/OpenCVConfig.cmake.in
@@ -82,24 +82,25 @@ endif(NOT @CMAKE_BASE_INCLUDE_DIRS_CONFIGCMAKE@ STREQUAL  "")
 #  many more dependencies:
 IF (NOT @OPENCV_BUILD_SHARED_LIB@)
 	# Under static libs, the user of OpenCV needs access to the 3rdparty libs as well:
-    if(UNIX)
-        LINK_DIRECTORIES(@CMAKE_LIB_DIRS_CONFIGCMAKE@/../3rdparty/lib)
-    else()
+    LINK_DIRECTORIES(@CMAKE_LIB_DIRS_CONFIGCMAKE@/../3rdparty/lib)
+    if(WIN32)
         LINK_DIRECTORIES(@CMAKE_BASE_INCLUDE_DIRS_CONFIGCMAKE@/3rdparty/lib)
-    endif()
-    
+    endif()    
+
+	set(OpenCV_LIBS @OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS@ @IPP_LIBS@ @HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES@ ${OpenCV_LIBS})
+
+    set(OPENCV_EXTRA_COMPONENTS @JPEG_LIBRARIES@ @PNG_LIBRARIES@ @TIFF_LIBRARIES@ @JASPER_LIBRARIES@ zlib opencv_lapack)
+
+    if (CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION GREATER 2  OR  CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION GREATER 4)
+        foreach(__EXTRA_LIB ${OPENCV_EXTRA_COMPONENTS})
+	        set(OpenCV_LIBS ${OpenCV_LIBS}
+                debug ${__EXTRA_LIB}@OPENCV_DEBUG_POSTFIX@
+                optimized ${__EXTRA_LIB})
+        endforeach(__EXTRA_LIB)
+    else(CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION GREATER 2  OR  CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION GREATER 4)
+        set(OpenCV_LIBS ${OpenCV_LIBS} ${OPENCV_EXTRA_COMPONENTS})
+    endif(CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION GREATER 2  OR  CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION GREATER 4)
 
-	SET(OpenCV_LIBS
-		@OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS@
-		@IPP_LIBS@
-		@JPEG_LIBRARIES@
-		@PNG_LIBRARIES@
-		@TIFF_LIBRARIES@
-		@JASPER_LIBRARIES@
-		@HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES@
-		${OpenCV_LIBS}
-        opencv_zlib
-        opencv_lapack) # The standard libs BEFORE (OpenCV_LIBS) since these can have "debug","optimized".
 ENDIF(NOT @OPENCV_BUILD_SHARED_LIB@)
 
 
diff --git a/OpenCVFindOpenEXR.cmake b/OpenCVFindOpenEXR.cmake
index 9e08aa174..85016ae9f 100644
--- a/OpenCVFindOpenEXR.cmake
+++ b/OpenCVFindOpenEXR.cmake
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ FIND_LIBRARY(OPENEXR_ILMIMF_LIBRARY
 IF (OPENEXR_INCLUDE_PATH AND OPENEXR_IMATH_LIBRARY AND OPENEXR_ILMIMF_LIBRARY AND OPENEXR_IEX_LIBRARY AND OPENEXR_HALF_LIBRARY)
     SET(OPENEXR_FOUND TRUE)
     SET(OPENEXR_INCLUDE_PATHS ${OPENEXR_INCLUDE_PATH} CACHE STRING "The include paths needed to use OpenEXR")
-    SET(OPENEXR_LIBRARIES ${OPENEXR_IMATH_LIBRARY} ${OPENEXR_ILMIMF_LIBRARY} ${OPENEXR_IEX_LIBRARY} ${OPENEXR_HALF_LIBRARY} opencv_zlib CACHE STRING "The libraries needed to use OpenEXR")
+    SET(OPENEXR_LIBRARIES ${OPENEXR_IMATH_LIBRARY} ${OPENEXR_ILMIMF_LIBRARY} ${OPENEXR_IEX_LIBRARY} ${OPENEXR_HALF_LIBRARY} zlib CACHE STRING "The libraries needed to use OpenEXR")
 ENDIF ()
 
 IF(OPENEXR_FOUND)
diff --git a/Package.cmake.in b/Package.cmake.in
index e2f373ca4..2d7049c9f 100644
--- a/Package.cmake.in
+++ b/Package.cmake.in
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ set(CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES
     "/build/"
     "/lib/"
     "/interfaces/"
-    "/utils/"
+    "/swig_python/"
+    "/octave/"
+    "/gtest/"
     "~$"    
     "\\\\.aux$"
     "\\\\.bbl$"
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ set(CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES
     "\\\\.log$"
     "\\\\.toc$"
     "\\\\.out$"
+    "\\\\.pyc$"
+    "\\\\.pyo$"
     "\\\\.vcproj$"
     "/1$"
     "${CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES}")
diff --git a/modules/core/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 35c470144..b50a40745 100644
--- a/modules/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../3rdparty/include")
-set(deps opencv_lapack opencv_zlib)
+set(deps opencv_lapack zlib)
 define_opencv_module(core ${deps})
diff --git a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
index c4b1720da..2a33cead6 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -264,53 +264,28 @@ endif(MSVC)
 add_dependencies(${the_target} opencv_core opencv_imgproc)
 
 # Add the required libraries for linking:
-target_link_libraries(${the_target} ${OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS} opencv_core opencv_imgproc ${JPEG_LIBRARIES} ${PNG_LIBRARIES} ${TIFF_LIBRARIES} ${JASPER_LIBRARIES} ${HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES} ${OPENEXR_LIBRARIES})
 
 if(WITH_JASPER AND NOT JASPER_FOUND)
 	add_dependencies(${the_target} libjasper)
-	target_link_libraries(${the_target} libjasper)
+	#target_link_libraries(${the_target} libjasper)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_JPEG AND NOT JPEG_FOUND)
 	add_dependencies(${the_target} libjpeg)
-	target_link_libraries(${the_target} libjpeg)
+	#target_link_libraries(${the_target} libjpeg)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_PNG AND NOT PNG_FOUND)
-	add_dependencies(${the_target} libpng opencv_zlib)
-	target_link_libraries(${the_target} libpng opencv_zlib)
+	add_dependencies(${the_target} libpng zlib)
+	#target_link_libraries(${the_target} libpng zlib)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_TIFF AND NOT TIFF_FOUND)
 	add_dependencies(${the_target} libtiff)
-	target_link_libraries(${the_target} libtiff)
+	#target_link_libraries(${the_target} libtiff)
 endif()
 
-#if(OPENCV_BUILD_3RDPARTY_LIBS)
-#	add_dependencies(${the_target} libjasper libjpeg libpng libtiff opencv_zlib)
-#	target_link_libraries(${the_target} libjasper libjpeg libpng libtiff opencv_zlib)
-#endif()
-if(WIN32)
-	target_link_libraries(${the_target} comctl32 gdi32 ole32)
-	
-	if (MSVC)
-		target_link_libraries(${the_target} vfw32)
-	endif()
-
-	if(MINGW)
-		if(MINGW64)
-			target_link_libraries(${the_target} msvfw32 avifil32 avicap32 winmm)
-			if(HAVE_VIDEOINPUT)
-				target_link_libraries(${the_target} videoInput64 strmiids)
-			endif()
-		else()
-			target_link_libraries(${the_target} vfw32 winmm)
-			if(HAVE_VIDEOINPUT)
-				target_link_libraries(${the_target} videoInput strmiids)
-			endif()
-		endif()  
-    endif()
-endif()
+target_link_libraries(${the_target} ${OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS} opencv_core opencv_imgproc zlib ${JPEG_LIBRARIES} ${PNG_LIBRARIES} ${TIFF_LIBRARIES} ${JASPER_LIBRARIES} ${HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES} ${OPENEXR_LIBRARIES})
 
 if(APPLE)
 	target_link_libraries(${the_target} "-lbz2 -framework Cocoa -framework QuartzCore")
diff --git a/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
index 7dac2a56c..1a601589a 100644
--- a/samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 add_subdirectory(c)
 add_subdirectory(cpp)
+add_subdirectory(gpu)
+
+if(0)
 add_subdirectory(swig_python)
 add_subdirectory(octave)
-add_subdirectory(gpu)
+endif()
diff --git a/samples/cpp/camshiftdemo.cpp b/samples/cpp/camshiftdemo.cpp
index 08104541e..93735bb38 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/camshiftdemo.cpp
+++ b/samples/cpp/camshiftdemo.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Point origin;
 Rect selection;
 int vmin = 10, vmax = 256, smin = 30;
 
-void onMouse( int event, int x, int y, int flags, void* param )
+void onMouse( int event, int x, int y, int, void* )
 {
     if( selectObject )
     {
diff --git a/samples/cpp/drawing.cpp b/samples/cpp/drawing.cpp
index 0e0799fb6..b8be30ff6 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/drawing.cpp
+++ b/samples/cpp/drawing.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ static Scalar randomColor(RNG& rng)
     return Scalar(icolor&255, (icolor>>8)&255, (icolor>>16)&255);
 }
 
-int main( int argc, char** argv )
+int main( int, char** )
 {
     char wndname[] = "Drawing Demo";
     const int NUMBER = 100;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
     int lineType = CV_AA; // change it to 8 to see non-antialiased graphics
     int i, width = 1000, height = 700;
     int x1 = -width/2, x2 = width*3/2, y1 = -height/2, y2 = height*3/2;
-    RNG rng(-1);
+    RNG rng(0xFFFFFFFF);
 
     Mat image = Mat::zeros(height, width, CV_8UC3);
     imshow(wndname, image);
diff --git a/samples/cpp/ffilldemo.cpp b/samples/cpp/ffilldemo.cpp
index e5e52481d..4191a9b90 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/ffilldemo.cpp
+++ b/samples/cpp/ffilldemo.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ int isColor = true;
 bool useMask = false;
 int newMaskVal = 255;
 
-void onMouse( int event, int x, int y, int, void* param )
+void onMouse( int event, int x, int y, int, void* )
 {
     if( event != CV_EVENT_LBUTTONDOWN )
         return;
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 917fe0d60..42c840cbf 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,3 @@ add_subdirectory(cxts)
         add_subdirectory(gpu)
 #	 endif()
 #endif()
-
-
-