diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 1d235efb6..e9bc36af3 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -125,19 +125,19 @@ after_build:
       Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow $line;
       $word='FIXME'
       Start-Process -NoNewWindow -Wait -FilePath $find -Args "$arg1 $word $arg2" -RSO "cout" -RSE "cerr"; 
-      Get-Content cout; Get-Content cerr;
+      gc cout; gc cerr;
       Write-Host;Write-Host;
 
       Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow $line;
       $word='TODO'
       Start-Process -NoNewWindow -Wait -FilePath $find -Args "$arg1 $word $arg2" -RSO "cout" -RSE "cerr"; 
-      Get-Content cout; Get-Content cerr;
+      gc cout; gc cerr;
       Write-Host;Write-Host;
 
       Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow $line;
       $word='HACK'
       Start-Process -NoNewWindow -Wait -FilePath $find -Args "$arg1 $word $arg2" -RSO "cout" -RSE "cerr"; 
-      Get-Content cout; Get-Content cerr;
+      gc cout; gc cerr;
       Write-Host;Write-Host;
 
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ build_script:
 before_test:
   - set PATH=%CD%\bin;%PATH%
   - set PATH=%CD%\bin64;%PATH%
-  - set EXCLUDE_TESTS=Data,Data/ODBC,Data/MySQL,PDF
+  - set CPPUNIT_IGNORE="class CppUnit::TestCaller<class NTPClientTest>.testTimeSync"
   - set POCO_BASE=%CD%
 
 after_test:
@@ -197,9 +197,9 @@ test_script:
                 $started = Get-Date
                 $process = Start-Process -PassThru -NoNewWindow -Wait -FilePath "$path" -Args "-all" -RSO "cout" -RSE "cerr";
                 $ended   = Get-Date
-                $millisec = ($ended - $started).milliseconds
+                $millisec = ($ended - $started).ticks
                  
-                Get-Content cout; Get-Content cerr;
+                gc cout; gc cerr;
 
                 if ($process.ExitCode -gt 0)
                 {