diff --git a/sys/winnt/nttty.c b/sys/winnt/nttty.c
index abc5597c3..e73bb4eb5 100644
--- a/sys/winnt/nttty.c
+++ b/sys/winnt/nttty.c
@@ -625,8 +625,6 @@ home()
 void
 backsp()
 {
-	DWORD count;
-
 	GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConOut,&csbi);
 	if (csbi.dwCursorPosition.X > 0)
 		ntcoord.X = csbi.dwCursorPosition.X-1;
@@ -638,8 +636,6 @@ backsp()
 				(currentcolor|currenthilite|currentbackground));
 		colorchange = FALSE;
 	}
-	WriteConsole(hConOut," ",1,&count,0);
-	SetConsoleCursorPosition(hConOut,ntcoord);	
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/win/tty/getline.c b/win/tty/getline.c
index cd0dae225..fded0d3b4 100644
--- a/win/tty/getline.c
+++ b/win/tty/getline.c
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 #ifdef TTY_GRAPHICS
 
+#if !defined(MSDOS) && !defined(MAC)
+#define NEWAUTOCOMP
+#endif
+
 #include "wintty.h"
 #include "func_tab.h"
 
diff --git a/win/tty/wintty.c b/win/tty/wintty.c
index a08028887..ce9311e50 100644
--- a/win/tty/wintty.c
+++ b/win/tty/wintty.c
@@ -688,6 +688,8 @@ tty_askname()
 #if defined(MICRO) || defined(WIN32CON)
 # if defined(WIN32CON)
 				backsp();       /* \b is visible on NT */
+				(void) putchar(' ');
+				backsp();
 # else
 #  if defined(MSDOS)
 				if (iflags.grmode) {