diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a1b5f8f..5c6ff172 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4763,7 +4763,8 @@ in markdown:
 
            --tabs[=NUM]
                   Set the tab size to NUM to expand tabs for option -k.  The value
-                  of NUM may be 1, 2, 4, or 8.  The default tab size is 8.
+                  of NUM may be 1 (no expansion), 2, 4, or 8.  The default size is
+                  8.
 
            --tag[=TAG[,END]]
                   Disables colors to mark up matches with TAG.  END marks the end of
@@ -5458,7 +5459,7 @@ in markdown:
 
 
 
-    ugrep 7.0.2                     October 27, 2024                        UGREP(1)
+    ugrep 7.0.3                     November 10, 2024                       UGREP(1)
 
 🔝 [Back to table of contents](#toc)
 
diff --git a/bin/win32/ug.exe b/bin/win32/ug.exe
index f243e83c..46f61d62 100755
Binary files a/bin/win32/ug.exe and b/bin/win32/ug.exe differ
diff --git a/bin/win32/ugrep-indexer.exe b/bin/win32/ugrep-indexer.exe
index 1a24117c..6b190286 100755
Binary files a/bin/win32/ugrep-indexer.exe and b/bin/win32/ugrep-indexer.exe differ
diff --git a/bin/win32/ugrep.exe b/bin/win32/ugrep.exe
index f243e83c..46f61d62 100755
Binary files a/bin/win32/ugrep.exe and b/bin/win32/ugrep.exe differ
diff --git a/bin/win64/ug.exe b/bin/win64/ug.exe
index c05a0fdb..595e2e7c 100755
Binary files a/bin/win64/ug.exe and b/bin/win64/ug.exe differ
diff --git a/bin/win64/ugrep-indexer.exe b/bin/win64/ugrep-indexer.exe
index aa0b711e..a1181da5 100755
Binary files a/bin/win64/ugrep-indexer.exe and b/bin/win64/ugrep-indexer.exe differ
diff --git a/bin/win64/ugrep.exe b/bin/win64/ugrep.exe
index c05a0fdb..595e2e7c 100755
Binary files a/bin/win64/ugrep.exe and b/bin/win64/ugrep.exe differ
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b0be4514..e6489c2d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72 for ugrep 7.0.2.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72 for ugrep 7.0.3.
 #
 # Report bugs to <https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/issues>.
 #
@@ -606,8 +606,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='ugrep'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='ugrep'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='7.0.2'
-PACKAGE_STRING='ugrep 7.0.2'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='7.0.3'
+PACKAGE_STRING='ugrep 7.0.3'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/issues'
 PACKAGE_URL='https://ugrep.com'
 
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-'configure' configures ugrep 7.0.2 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+'configure' configures ugrep 7.0.3 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of ugrep 7.0.2:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of ugrep 7.0.3:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-ugrep configure 7.0.2
+ugrep configure 7.0.3
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72
 
 Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2184,7 +2184,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by ugrep $as_me 7.0.2, which was
+It was created by ugrep $as_me 7.0.3, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0$ac_configure_args_raw
@@ -3694,7 +3694,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='ugrep'
- VERSION='7.0.2'
+ VERSION='7.0.3'
 
 
 printf "%s\n" "#define PACKAGE \"$PACKAGE\"" >>confdefs.h
@@ -11790,7 +11790,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by ugrep $as_me 7.0.2, which was
+This file was extended by ugrep $as_me 7.0.3, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -11863,7 +11863,7 @@ ac_cs_config_escaped=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config" | sed "s/^ //; s/'/'\\\\\\\\
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config='$ac_cs_config_escaped'
 ac_cs_version="\\
-ugrep config.status 7.0.2
+ugrep config.status 7.0.3
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 31f190c9..419477ac 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([ugrep],[7.0.2],[https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/issues],[ugrep],[https://ugrep.com])
+AC_INIT([ugrep],[7.0.3],[https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/issues],[ugrep],[https://ugrep.com])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects dist-xz no-dist-gzip])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (C) 2019-2024 Robert van Engelen, Genivia Inc.])
diff --git a/lib/matcher_avx512bw.cpp b/lib/matcher_avx512bw.cpp
index 37fcd6af..bb27af11 100644
--- a/lib/matcher_avx512bw.cpp
+++ b/lib/matcher_avx512bw.cpp
@@ -77,13 +77,11 @@ void Matcher::simd_init_advance_avx512bw()
   }
   else if (pat_->bmd_ == 0)
   {
-#if defined(WITH_STRING_PM)
     if (pat_->min_ >= 4)
       adv_ = &Matcher::simd_advance_string_pmh_avx512bw;
     else if (pat_->min_ > 0)
       adv_ = &Matcher::simd_advance_string_pma_avx512bw;
     else
-#endif
       adv_ = &Matcher::simd_advance_string_avx512bw;
   }
 }
@@ -271,8 +269,6 @@ bool Matcher::simd_advance_string_avx512bw(size_t loc)
   return advance_string(loc);
 }
 
-#if defined(WITH_STRING_PM)
-
 /// Implements AVX512BW string search scheme based on http://0x80.pl/articles/simd-friendly-karp-rabin.html
 bool Matcher::simd_advance_string_pma_avx512bw(size_t loc)
 {
@@ -367,8 +363,6 @@ bool Matcher::simd_advance_string_pmh_avx512bw(size_t loc)
   return advance_string_pmh(loc);
 }
 
-#endif // WITH_STRING_PM
-
 #else
 
 // appease ranlib "has no symbols"
diff --git a/man/ug.1 b/man/ug.1
index b14b9f5a..5eeb4705 100644
--- a/man/ug.1
+++ b/man/ug.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH UGREP "1" "October 27, 2024" "ugrep 7.0.2" "User Commands"
+.TH UGREP "1" "November 10, 2024" "ugrep 7.0.3" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 \fBugrep\fR, \fBug\fR -- file pattern searcher
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ repeated.  The possible file types can be (\fB\-t\fRlist displays a list):
 .TP
 \fB\-\-tabs\fR[=\fINUM\fR]
 Set the tab size to NUM to expand tabs for option \fB\-k\fR.  The value of
-NUM may be 1, 2, 4, or 8.  The default tab size is 8.
+NUM may be 1 (no expansion), 2, 4, or 8.  The default size is 8.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-tag\fR[=\fITAG\fR[,\fIEND\fR]]
 Disables colors to mark up matches with TAG.  END marks the end of
diff --git a/man/ugrep-indexer.1 b/man/ugrep-indexer.1
index 339bddad..692a0eb2 100644
--- a/man/ugrep-indexer.1
+++ b/man/ugrep-indexer.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH UGREP-INDEXER "1" "October 27, 2024" "ugrep-indexer 7.0.2" "User Commands"
+.TH UGREP-INDEXER "1" "November 10, 2024" "ugrep-indexer 7.0.3" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 \fBugrep-indexer\fR -- file indexer to accelerate recursive searching
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/man/ugrep.1 b/man/ugrep.1
index b14b9f5a..5eeb4705 100644
--- a/man/ugrep.1
+++ b/man/ugrep.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH UGREP "1" "October 27, 2024" "ugrep 7.0.2" "User Commands"
+.TH UGREP "1" "November 10, 2024" "ugrep 7.0.3" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 \fBugrep\fR, \fBug\fR -- file pattern searcher
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ repeated.  The possible file types can be (\fB\-t\fRlist displays a list):
 .TP
 \fB\-\-tabs\fR[=\fINUM\fR]
 Set the tab size to NUM to expand tabs for option \fB\-k\fR.  The value of
-NUM may be 1, 2, 4, or 8.  The default tab size is 8.
+NUM may be 1 (no expansion), 2, 4, or 8.  The default size is 8.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-tag\fR[=\fITAG\fR[,\fIEND\fR]]
 Disables colors to mark up matches with TAG.  END marks the end of
diff --git a/src/query.cpp b/src/query.cpp
index 8fb59214..77f36956 100644
--- a/src/query.cpp
+++ b/src/query.cpp
@@ -2429,6 +2429,10 @@ void Query::view()
 
       FILE *pager = NULL;
 
+#ifdef OS_WIN
+      std::wstring wcommand;
+#endif
+
       if (flag_stdin && filename == flag_label)
       {
         // standard input is viewed via a pipe to the pager
@@ -2463,12 +2467,35 @@ void Query::view()
       }
       else
       {
-        // view file in the pager
+        // view file in the pager using system() call
         command.append(" \"").append(filename).append("\"");
+
+#ifdef OS_WIN
+        // Windows system() does not support non-ASCII, instead we use a wide string with _wsystem()
+        wcommand = utf8_decode(command);
+
+        // flush before calling _wsystem(), according to the Window's system API documentation
+        _flushall();
+#endif
+      }
+
+      // pipe to pager was OK or executing the command is OK
+      bool ok;
+
+      if ((flag_stdin && filename == flag_label) || !partname.empty())
+      {
+        ok = (pager != NULL);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+#ifdef OS_WIN
+        ok = (_wsystem(wcommand.c_str()) == 0);
+#else
+        ok = (system(command.c_str()) == 0);
+#endif
       }
 
-      // pipe to pager was OK or execute the command
-      if ((flag_stdin && filename == flag_label) || !partname.empty() ? pager != NULL : system(command.c_str()) == 0)
+      if (ok)
       {
 #ifdef OS_WIN
         if (strcmp(flag_view, "more") == 0)
diff --git a/src/ugrep-indexer.cpp b/src/ugrep-indexer.cpp
index 8dd7caf0..0c44c9b4 100644
--- a/src/ugrep-indexer.cpp
+++ b/src/ugrep-indexer.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 */
 
 // DO NOT ALTER THIS LINE: updated by makemake.sh and we need it physically here for MSVC++ build from source
-#define UGREP_VERSION "7.0.2"
+#define UGREP_VERSION "7.0.3"
 
 // use a task-parallel thread to decompress the stream into a pipe to search, also handles nested archives
 #define WITH_DECOMPRESSION_THREAD
diff --git a/src/ugrep.cpp b/src/ugrep.cpp
index 5578dd7e..945852b2 100644
--- a/src/ugrep.cpp
+++ b/src/ugrep.cpp
@@ -7264,6 +7264,9 @@ void init(int argc, const char **argv)
   // --filter: Cygwin forked process may hang when searching with multiple threads, force one worker thread
   if (!flag_filter.empty())
     flag_jobs = 1;
+#elif defined(OS_WIN)
+  if (!flag_filter.empty())
+    abort("--filter: not supported for ", PLATFORM);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -14389,7 +14392,7 @@ void help(std::ostream& out)
   out << ".\n\
     --tabs[=NUM]\n\
             Set the tab size to NUM to expand tabs for option -k.  The value of\n\
-            NUM may be 1, 2, 4, or 8.  The default tab size is 8.\n\
+            NUM may be 1 (no expansion), 2, 4, or 8.  The default size is 8.\n\
     --tag[=TAG[,END]]\n\
             Disables colors to mark up matches with TAG.  END marks the end of\n\
             a match if specified, otherwise TAG.  The default is `___'.\n\
diff --git a/src/ugrep.hpp b/src/ugrep.hpp
index 9a9ae97e..bb8b7e8c 100644
--- a/src/ugrep.hpp
+++ b/src/ugrep.hpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define UGREP_HPP
 
 // DO NOT ALTER THIS LINE: updated by makemake.sh and we need it physically here for MSVC++ build from source
-#define UGREP_VERSION "7.0.2"
+#define UGREP_VERSION "7.0.3"
 
 // disable mmap because mmap is almost always slower than the file reading speed improvements since 3.0.0
 #define WITH_NO_MMAP
diff --git a/src/vkey.cpp b/src/vkey.cpp
index 93ef6180..85db575f 100644
--- a/src/vkey.cpp
+++ b/src/vkey.cpp
@@ -138,21 +138,23 @@ int VKey::raw_in(int timeout)
   if (keybuf[0])
     return rot_keybuf();
 
-  switch (WaitForSingleObject(hConIn, timeout))
+  while (true)
   {
-    case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
-      if (!_kbhit())
-      {
+    switch (WaitForSingleObject(hConIn, timeout))
+    {
+      case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
+        if (_kbhit())
+          return raw_get();
+        // discard non-key-press event
         FlushConsoleInputBuffer(hConIn);
-        return 0;
-      }
-      return raw_get();
+        break;
 
-    case WAIT_TIMEOUT:
-      return 0;
+      case WAIT_TIMEOUT:
+        return 0;
 
-    default:
-      return EOF;
+      default:
+        return EOF;
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -265,25 +267,27 @@ int VKey::raw_in(int timeout)
   DWORD nread = 0;
   INPUT_RECORD rec;
 
-  switch (WaitForSingleObject(hConIn, timeout))
+  while (true)
   {
-    case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
-      if (PeekConsoleInputW(hConIn, &rec, 1, &nread) != 0 &&
-          nread == 1 &&
-          rec.EventType == KEY_EVENT &&
-          rec.Event.KeyEvent.bKeyDown)
-        return raw_get();
-  
-      // discard event
-      if (nread == 1)
-        ReadConsoleInputW(hConIn, &rec, 1, &nread);
-      return 0;
+    switch (WaitForSingleObject(hConIn, timeout))
+    {
+      case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
+        if (PeekConsoleInputW(hConIn, &rec, 1, &nread) != 0 &&
+            nread == 1 &&
+            rec.EventType == KEY_EVENT &&
+            rec.Event.KeyEvent.bKeyDown)
+          return raw_get();
+        // discard non-key-press event
+        if (nread == 1)
+          ReadConsoleInputW(hConIn, &rec, 1, &nread);
+        break;
 
-    case WAIT_TIMEOUT:
-      return 0;
+      case WAIT_TIMEOUT:
+        return 0;
 
-    default:
-      return EOF;
+      default:
+        return EOF;
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -293,25 +297,27 @@ bool VKey::poll(int timeout)
   DWORD nread = 0;
   INPUT_RECORD rec;
 
-  switch (WaitForSingleObject(hConIn, timeout))
+  while (true)
   {
-    case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
-      if (PeekConsoleInputW(hConIn, &rec, 1, &nread) != 0 &&
-          nread == 1 &&
-          rec.EventType == KEY_EVENT &&
-          rec.Event.KeyEvent.bKeyDown)
-        return true;
-  
-      // discard event
-      if (nread == 1)
-        ReadConsoleInputW(hConIn, &rec, 1, &nread);
-      return 0;
+    switch (WaitForSingleObject(hConIn, timeout))
+    {
+      case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
+        if (PeekConsoleInputW(hConIn, &rec, 1, &nread) != 0 &&
+            nread == 1 &&
+            rec.EventType == KEY_EVENT &&
+            rec.Event.KeyEvent.bKeyDown)
+          return true;
+        // discard non-key-press event
+        if (nread == 1)
+          ReadConsoleInputW(hConIn, &rec, 1, &nread);
+        break;
 
-    case WAIT_TIMEOUT:
-      return false;
+      case WAIT_TIMEOUT:
+        return false;
 
-    default:
-      return true;
+      default:
+        return true;
+    }
   }
 }