diff --git a/indra/llwindow/llwindowwin32.cpp b/indra/llwindow/llwindowwin32.cpp
index 228fbefd194f0a21554e8d54e4c02919e2910861..67d1a168e6e0851d33df77ef3b0f1bec2542edf2 100644
--- a/indra/llwindow/llwindowwin32.cpp
+++ b/indra/llwindow/llwindowwin32.cpp
@@ -1065,6 +1065,8 @@ BOOL LLWindowWin32::switchContext(BOOL fullscreen, const LLCoordScreen &size, BO
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
+	LL_INFOS("Window") << "Device context retrieved." << llendl ;
+
 	if (!(pixel_format = ChoosePixelFormat(mhDC, &pfd)))
 	{
 		close();
@@ -1073,6 +1075,8 @@ BOOL LLWindowWin32::switchContext(BOOL fullscreen, const LLCoordScreen &size, BO
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
+	LL_INFOS("Window") << "Pixel format chosen." << llendl ;
+
 	// Verify what pixel format we actually received.
 	if (!DescribePixelFormat(mhDC, pixel_format, sizeof(PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR),
 		&pfd))
diff --git a/indra/newview/CMakeLists.txt b/indra/newview/CMakeLists.txt
index f85b943c70d4db08b59eea83bcd05d7ed4ae1604..69bf1f15a1f0338e5bbfc3034f025bb5330f1b10 100644
--- a/indra/newview/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/indra/newview/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1345,7 +1345,9 @@ if (WINDOWS)
         DXGUID_LIBRARY
         )
 
+# see EXP-1765 - theory is opengl32.lib needs to be included before gdi32.lib (windows libs)
     set(viewer_LIBRARIES
+        opengl32
         ${WINDOWS_LIBRARIES}
         comdlg32
         ${DINPUT_LIBRARY}
@@ -1355,7 +1357,6 @@ if (WINDOWS)
         odbccp32
         ole32
         oleaut32
-        opengl32
         shell32
         Vfw32
         winspool