diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/MainFrame.cpp b/pcsx2/gui/MainFrame.cpp
index b06d4b3e0d..9ba2490b41 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/MainFrame.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/MainFrame.cpp
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ void MainEmuFrame::ApplyCoreStatus()
 		if( !CoreThread.IsClosing() )
 		{
 			susres->Enable();
-			susres->SetText(_("Pause"));
+			susres->SetItemLabel(_("Pause"));
 			susres->SetHelp(_("Safely pauses emulation and preserves the PS2 state."));
 		}
 		else
@@ -604,12 +604,12 @@ void MainEmuFrame::ApplyCoreStatus()
 			susres->Enable(vm);
 			if( vm )
 			{
-				susres->SetText(_("Resume"));
+				susres->SetItemLabel(_("Resume"));
 				susres->SetHelp(_("Resumes the suspended emulation state."));
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				susres->SetText(_("Pause/Resume"));
+				susres->SetItemLabel(_("Pause/Resume"));
 				susres->SetHelp(_("No emulation state is active; cannot suspend or resume."));
 			}
 		}
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ void MainEmuFrame::ApplyCoreStatus()
 	{
 		if( vm )	
 		{
-			restart->SetText(_("Restart"));
+			restart->SetItemLabel(_("Restart"));
 			restart->SetHelp(_("Simulates hardware reset of the PS2 virtual machine."));
 		}
 		else
@@ -633,12 +633,12 @@ void MainEmuFrame::ApplyCoreStatus()
 	{
 		if( vm )
 		{
-			cdvd->SetText(_("Reboot CDVD (full)"));
+			cdvd->SetItemLabel(_("Reboot CDVD (full)"));
 			cdvd->SetHelp(_("Hard reset of the active VM."));
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			cdvd->SetText(_("Boot CDVD (full)"));
+			cdvd->SetItemLabel(_("Boot CDVD (full)"));
 			cdvd->SetHelp(_("Boot the VM using the current DVD or Iso source media"));
 		}	
 	}
@@ -647,12 +647,12 @@ void MainEmuFrame::ApplyCoreStatus()
 	{
 		if( vm )
 		{
-			cdvd2->SetText(_("Reboot CDVD (fast)"));
+			cdvd2->SetItemLabel(_("Reboot CDVD (fast)"));
 			cdvd2->SetHelp(_("Reboot using fast BOOT (skips splash screens)"));
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			cdvd2->SetText(_("Boot CDVD (fast)"));
+			cdvd2->SetItemLabel(_("Boot CDVD (fast)"));
 			cdvd2->SetHelp(_("Use fast boot to skip PS2 startup and splash screens"));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/Panels/BiosSelectorPanel.cpp b/pcsx2/gui/Panels/BiosSelectorPanel.cpp
index d72404f080..2154127a37 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/Panels/BiosSelectorPanel.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/Panels/BiosSelectorPanel.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ Panels::BaseSelectorPanel::~BaseSelectorPanel() throw()
 void Panels::BaseSelectorPanel::OnShow(wxShowEvent& evt)
 {
 	evt.Skip();
+#if defined (_MSC_VER) && (wxMAJOR_VERSION < 3)
 	if( !evt.GetShow() ) return;
+#else
+	if( !evt.IsShown() ) return;
+#endif
 	OnShown();
 }
 
diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/Saveslots.cpp b/pcsx2/gui/Saveslots.cpp
index 832c91dcb6..9f0051b9eb 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/Saveslots.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/Saveslots.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void Sstates_updateLoadBackupMenuItem( bool isBeforeSave )
 	g_loadBackupMenuItem->Enable( wxFileExists( isBeforeSave && g_Conf->EmuOptions.BackupSavestate ? file : file + L".backup" ) );
 	wxString label;
 	label.Printf(L"%s %d", _("Backup"), slot );
-	g_loadBackupMenuItem->SetText( label );
+	g_loadBackupMenuItem->SetItemLabel( label );
 }
 
 void States_SetCurrentSlot( int slot )