diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest-printers.cc b/googletest/src/gtest-printers.cc
index a2df412f..dd67f645 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest-printers.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest-printers.cc
@@ -180,7 +180,10 @@ static CharFormat PrintAsCharLiteralTo(Char c, ostream* os) {
         *os << static_cast<char>(c);
         return kAsIs;
       } else {
-        *os << "\\x" + String::FormatHexInt(static_cast<UnsignedChar>(c));
+        ostream::fmtflags flags = os->flags();
+        *os << "\\x" << std::hex << std::uppercase
+            << static_cast<int>(static_cast<UnsignedChar>(c));
+        os->flags(flags);
         return kHexEscape;
       }
   }
diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest.cc b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
index d77f676d..749e8299 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
@@ -2884,7 +2884,7 @@ enum GTestColor {
 };
 
 #if GTEST_OS_WINDOWS && !GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_MOBILE && \
-    !GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_PHONE && !GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_RT
+    !GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_PHONE && !GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_RT && !GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_MINGW
 
 // Returns the character attribute for the given color.
 WORD GetColorAttribute(GTestColor color) {
@@ -2943,7 +2943,7 @@ bool ShouldUseColor(bool stdout_is_tty) {
   const char* const gtest_color = GTEST_FLAG(color).c_str();
 
   if (String::CaseInsensitiveCStringEquals(gtest_color, "auto")) {
-#if GTEST_OS_WINDOWS
+#if GTEST_OS_WINDOWS && !GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_MINGW
     // On Windows the TERM variable is usually not set, but the
     // console there does support colors.
     return stdout_is_tty;
@@ -3001,7 +3001,7 @@ void ColoredPrintf(GTestColor color, const char* fmt, ...) {
   }
 
 #if GTEST_OS_WINDOWS && !GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_MOBILE && \
-    !GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_PHONE && !GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_RT
+    !GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_PHONE && !GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_RT && !GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_MINGW
   const HANDLE stdout_handle = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
 
   // Gets the current text color.