diff --git a/extras/Demo/Source/Demos/SystemInfoDemo.cpp b/extras/Demo/Source/Demos/SystemInfoDemo.cpp
index 991d39cbb5..d006446556 100644
--- a/extras/Demo/Source/Demos/SystemInfoDemo.cpp
+++ b/extras/Demo/Source/Demos/SystemInfoDemo.cpp
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ static String getAllSystemInfo()
       << "CPU has MMX:    " << (SystemStats::hasMMX()   ? "yes" : "no") << newLine
       << "CPU has SSE:    " << (SystemStats::hasSSE()   ? "yes" : "no") << newLine
       << "CPU has SSE2:   " << (SystemStats::hasSSE2()  ? "yes" : "no") << newLine
+      << "CPU has SSE3:   " << (SystemStats::hasSSE3()  ? "yes" : "no") << newLine
       << "CPU has 3DNOW:  " << (SystemStats::has3DNow() ? "yes" : "no") << newLine
       << newLine
       << "Current working directory:  " << File::getCurrentWorkingDirectory().getFullPathName() << newLine
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_SystemStats.cpp b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_SystemStats.cpp
index 0098b46fe5..6bac9af041 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_SystemStats.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/juce_win32_SystemStats.cpp
@@ -45,72 +45,67 @@ void Logger::outputDebugString (const String& text)
 #pragma intrinsic (__cpuid)
 #pragma intrinsic (__rdtsc)
 
-String SystemStats::getCpuVendor()
+static void callCPUID (int result[4], int infoType)
 {
-    int info [4];
-    __cpuid (info, 0);
-
-    char v [12];
-    memcpy (v, info + 1, 4);
-    memcpy (v + 4, info + 3, 4);
-    memcpy (v + 8, info + 2, 4);
-
-    return String (v, 12);
+    __cpuid (result, infoType);
 }
 
 #else
 
-//==============================================================================
-// CPU info functions using old fashioned inline asm...
-
-static void juce_getCpuVendor (char* const v)
+static void callCPUID (int result[4], int infoType)
 {
-    int vendor[4] = { 0 };
-
    #if ! JUCE_MINGW
     __try
    #endif
     {
        #if JUCE_GCC
-        unsigned int dummy = 0;
-        __asm__ ("cpuid" : "=a" (dummy), "=b" (vendor[0]), "=c" (vendor[2]),"=d" (vendor[1]) : "a" (0));
+        __asm__ __volatile__ ("cpuid" : "=a" (result[0]), "=b" (result[1]), "=c" (result[2]),"=d" (result[3]) : "a" (infoType));
        #else
         __asm
         {
-            mov eax, 0
+            mov    esi, result
+            mov    eax, infoType
+            xor    ecx, ecx
             cpuid
-            mov [vendor], ebx
-            mov [vendor + 4], edx
-            mov [vendor + 8], ecx
+            mov    dword ptr [esi +  0], eax
+            mov    dword ptr [esi +  4], ebx
+            mov    dword ptr [esi +  8], ecx
+            mov    dword ptr [esi + 12], edx
         }
        #endif
     }
    #if ! JUCE_MINGW
-    __except (EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER)
-    {
-    }
+    __except (EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER) {}
    #endif
-
-    memcpy (v, vendor, 16);
 }
 
+#endif
+
 String SystemStats::getCpuVendor()
 {
-    char v [16];
-    juce_getCpuVendor (v);
-    return String (v, 16);
-}
-#endif
+    int info[4] = { 0 };
+    callCPUID (info, 0);
+
+    char v [12];
+    memcpy (v, info + 1, 4);
+    memcpy (v + 4, info + 3, 4);
+    memcpy (v + 8, info + 2, 4);
 
+    return String (v, 12);
+}
 
 //==============================================================================
 void CPUInformation::initialise() noexcept
 {
-    hasMMX   = IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_MMX_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE) != 0;
-    hasSSE   = IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_XMMI_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE) != 0;
-    hasSSE2  = IsProcessorFeaturePresent (PF_XMMI64_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE) != 0;
-    hasSSE3  = IsProcessorFeaturePresent (13 /*PF_SSE3_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE*/) != 0;
-    has3DNow = IsProcessorFeaturePresent (7  /*PF_AMD3D_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE*/) != 0;
+    int info[4] = { 0 };
+    callCPUID (info, 1);
+
+    // NB: IsProcessorFeaturePresent doesn't work on XP
+    hasMMX   = (info[3] & (1 << 23)) != 0;
+    hasSSE   = (info[3] & (1 << 25)) != 0;
+    hasSSE2  = (info[3] & (1 << 26)) != 0;
+    hasSSE3  = (info[2] & (1 <<  0)) != 0;
+    has3DNow = (info[1] & (1 << 31)) != 0;
 
     SYSTEM_INFO systemInfo;
     GetNativeSystemInfo (&systemInfo);