diff --git a/src/sdl/i_system.c b/src/sdl/i_system.c
index da4111538f45976c3b9e8423f1f43a942f44e12e..f239dd0362ccabcfec830473351fcc700f4620cb 100644
--- a/src/sdl/i_system.c
+++ b/src/sdl/i_system.c
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ typedef DWORD (WINAPI *p_timeGetTime) (void);
 typedef UINT (WINAPI *p_timeEndPeriod) (UINT);
 typedef HANDLE (WINAPI *p_OpenFileMappingA) (DWORD, BOOL, LPCSTR);
 typedef LPVOID (WINAPI *p_MapViewOfFile) (HANDLE, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD, SIZE_T);
-typedef HANDLE (WINAPI *p_GetCurrentProcess) (VOID);
-typedef BOOL (WINAPI *p_GetProcessAffinityMask) (HANDLE, PDWORD_PTR, PDWORD_PTR);
-typedef BOOL (WINAPI *p_SetProcessAffinityMask) (HANDLE, DWORD_PTR);
 #endif
 #endif
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -3070,52 +3067,6 @@ const CPUInfoFlags *I_CPUInfo(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-#if (defined (_WIN32) && !defined (_WIN32_WCE)) && !defined (_XBOX)
-static void CPUAffinity_OnChange(void);
-static consvar_t cv_cpuaffinity = {"cpuaffinity", "-1", CV_SAVE | CV_CALL, NULL, CPUAffinity_OnChange, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, NULL};
-
-static p_GetCurrentProcess pfnGetCurrentProcess = NULL;
-static p_GetProcessAffinityMask pfnGetProcessAffinityMask = NULL;
-static p_SetProcessAffinityMask pfnSetProcessAffinityMask = NULL;
-
-static inline VOID GetAffinityFuncs(VOID)
-{
-	HMODULE h = GetModuleHandleA("kernel32.dll");
-	pfnGetCurrentProcess = (p_GetCurrentProcess)GetProcAddress(h, "GetCurrentProcess");
-	pfnGetProcessAffinityMask = (p_GetProcessAffinityMask)GetProcAddress(h, "GetProcessAffinityMask");
-	pfnSetProcessAffinityMask = (p_SetProcessAffinityMask)GetProcAddress(h, "SetProcessAffinityMask");
-}
-
-static void CPUAffinity_OnChange(void)
-{
-	DWORD_PTR dwProcMask, dwSysMask;
-	HANDLE selfpid;
-
-	if (!pfnGetCurrentProcess || !pfnGetProcessAffinityMask || !pfnSetProcessAffinityMask)
-		return;
-	else
-		selfpid = pfnGetCurrentProcess();
-
-	pfnGetProcessAffinityMask(selfpid, &dwProcMask, &dwSysMask);
-
-	/* If resulting mask is zero, don't change anything and fall back to
-	 * actual mask.
-	 */
-	if(dwSysMask & cv_cpuaffinity.value)
-	{
-		pfnSetProcessAffinityMask(selfpid, dwSysMask & cv_cpuaffinity.value);
-		CV_StealthSetValue(&cv_cpuaffinity, (INT32)(dwSysMask & cv_cpuaffinity.value));
-	}
-	else
-		CV_StealthSetValue(&cv_cpuaffinity, (INT32)dwProcMask);
-}
-#endif
-
-void I_RegisterSysCommands(void)
-{
-#if (defined (_WIN32) && !defined (_WIN32_WCE)) && !defined (_XBOX)
-	GetAffinityFuncs();
-	CV_RegisterVar(&cv_cpuaffinity);
-#endif
-}
+// note CPUAFFINITY code used to reside here
+void I_RegisterSysCommands(void) {}
 #endif
diff --git a/src/sdl/i_video.c b/src/sdl/i_video.c
index dbb97f093eab06d11418e7d63ecf29216e22a354..963310a261546984379b7fe105e761fb8c7d351a 100644
--- a/src/sdl/i_video.c
+++ b/src/sdl/i_video.c
@@ -1701,21 +1701,11 @@ void I_StartupGraphics(void)
 	keyboard_started = true;
 
 #if !defined(HAVE_TTF)
-#ifdef _WIN32 // Initialize Audio as well, otherwise Win32's DirectX can not use audio
-	if (SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_AUDIO|SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0)
-#else //SDL_OpenAudio will do SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_AUDIO)
+	// Previously audio was init here for questionable reasons?
 	if (SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0)
-#endif
 	{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		if (SDL_WasInit(SDL_INIT_AUDIO)==0)
-			CONS_Printf(M_GetText("Couldn't initialize SDL's Audio System with Video System: %s\n"), SDL_GetError());
-		if (SDL_WasInit(SDL_INIT_VIDEO)==0)
-#endif
-		{
-			CONS_Printf(M_GetText("Couldn't initialize SDL's Video System: %s\n"), SDL_GetError());
-			return;
-		}
+		CONS_Printf(M_GetText("Couldn't initialize SDL's Video System: %s\n"), SDL_GetError());
+		return;
 	}
 #endif
 	{
diff --git a/src/sdl/mixer_sound.c b/src/sdl/mixer_sound.c
index 71969209c3e367fc471c21608afaaa1410d997a5..50e5013946e9f59b2ab407163b3a8c16598bb718 100644
--- a/src/sdl/mixer_sound.c
+++ b/src/sdl/mixer_sound.c
@@ -77,7 +77,16 @@ static INT32 current_track;
 void I_StartupSound(void)
 {
 	I_Assert(!sound_started);
-	sound_started = true;
+
+	// EE inits audio first so we're following along.
+	if (SDL_WasInit(SDL_INIT_AUDIO) == SDL_INIT_AUDIO)
+		CONS_Printf("SDL Audio already started\n");
+	else if (SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_AUDIO) < 0)
+	{
+		CONS_Alert(CONS_ERROR, "Error initializing SDL Audio: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
+		// call to start audio failed -- we do not have it
+		return;
+	}
 
 	midimode = false;
 	music = NULL;
@@ -86,19 +95,31 @@ void I_StartupSound(void)
 #if SDL_MIXER_VERSION_ATLEAST(1,2,11)
 	Mix_Init(MIX_INIT_FLAC|MIX_INIT_MOD|MIX_INIT_MP3|MIX_INIT_OGG);
 #endif
-	Mix_OpenAudio(44100, AUDIO_S16LSB, 2, 2048);
+
+	if (Mix_OpenAudio(44100, AUDIO_S16SYS, 2, 2048) < 0)
+	{
+		CONS_Alert(CONS_ERROR, "Error starting SDL_Mixer: %s\n", Mix_GetError());
+		// call to start audio failed -- we do not have it
+		return;
+	}
+
+	sound_started = true;
 	Mix_AllocateChannels(256);
 }
 
 void I_ShutdownSound(void)
 {
-	I_Assert(sound_started);
+	if (!sound_started)
+		return; // not an error condition
 	sound_started = false;
 
 	Mix_CloseAudio();
 #if SDL_MIXER_VERSION_ATLEAST(1,2,11)
 	Mix_Quit();
 #endif
+
+	SDL_QuitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_AUDIO);
+
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBGME
 	if (gme)
 		gme_delete(gme);
diff --git a/src/sdl/sdl_sound.c b/src/sdl/sdl_sound.c
index 5d6c007b5696beca42b92e01ec2fa73531a8244c..0face92e25c03749c6e1ca5a0c7a431cadf63e3d 100644
--- a/src/sdl/sdl_sound.c
+++ b/src/sdl/sdl_sound.c
@@ -1213,6 +1213,16 @@ void I_StartupSound(void)
 	// Configure sound device
 	CONS_Printf("I_StartupSound:\n");
 
+	// EE inits audio first so we're following along.
+	if (SDL_WasInit(SDL_INIT_AUDIO) == SDL_INIT_AUDIO)
+		CONS_Printf("SDL Audio already started\n");
+	else if (SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_AUDIO) < 0)
+	{
+		CONS_Alert(CONS_ERROR, "Error initializing SDL Audio: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
+		// call to start audio failed -- we do not have it
+		return;
+	}
+
 	// Open the audio device
 	if (M_CheckParm ("-freq") && M_IsNextParm())
 	{
diff --git a/src/win32/win_sys.c b/src/win32/win_sys.c
index efb0be463128feb1005f98a4d275c8e18b8b8d58..2babb57b962cab2f6666a4374a0979230fb09892 100644
--- a/src/win32/win_sys.c
+++ b/src/win32/win_sys.c
@@ -3656,7 +3656,7 @@ const CPUInfoFlags *I_CPUInfo(void)
 }
 
 static void CPUAffinity_OnChange(void);
-static consvar_t cv_cpuaffinity = {"cpuaffinity", "1", CV_SAVE | CV_CALL, NULL, CPUAffinity_OnChange, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, NULL};
+static consvar_t cv_cpuaffinity = {"cpuaffinity", "-1", CV_CALL, NULL, CPUAffinity_OnChange, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, NULL};
 
 typedef HANDLE (WINAPI *p_GetCurrentProcess) (VOID);
 static p_GetCurrentProcess pfnGetCurrentProcess = NULL;