diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/dev/BiffDrawingToXml.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/dev/BiffDrawingToXml.java
index ca35c631b..94ba90bed 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/dev/BiffDrawingToXml.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/dev/BiffDrawingToXml.java
@@ -35,15 +35,12 @@ import org.apache.poi.hssf.record.EscherAggregate;
 import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFPatriarch;
 import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.NPOIFSFileSystem;
+import org.apache.poi.util.StringUtil;
 
 /**
  * Utility for representing drawings contained in a binary Excel file as a XML tree
- *
- * @author Evgeniy Berlog
- * date: 10.04.12
  */
 public class BiffDrawingToXml {
-
     private static final String SHEET_NAME_PARAM = "-sheet-name";
     private static final String SHEET_INDEXES_PARAM = "-sheet-indexes";
     private static final String EXCLUDE_WORKBOOK_RECORDS = "-exclude-workbook";
@@ -163,7 +160,7 @@ public class BiffDrawingToXml {
             }
         }
         builder.append("</workbook>\n");
-        fos.write(builder.toString().getBytes());
+        fos.write(builder.toString().getBytes(StringUtil.UTF8));
         fos.close();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/HyperlinkRecord.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/HyperlinkRecord.java
index 07466f06e..471c1752a 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/HyperlinkRecord.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/HyperlinkRecord.java
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ import org.apache.poi.util.StringUtil;
  * The <code>HyperlinkRecord</code> (0x01B8) wraps an HLINK-record
  *  from the Excel-97 format.
  * Supports only external links for now (eg http://)
- *
- * @author      Mark Hissink Muller <a href="mailto:mark@hissinkmuller.nl >mark&064;hissinkmuller.nl</a>
- * @author      Yegor Kozlov (yegor at apache dot org)
  */
 public final class HyperlinkRecord extends StandardRecord {
     public final static short sid = 0x01B8;
@@ -521,7 +518,7 @@ public final class HyperlinkRecord extends StandardRecord {
                 byte[] path_bytes = new byte[len];
                 in.readFully(path_bytes);
 
-                _address = new String(path_bytes);
+                _address = new String(path_bytes, StringUtil.UTF8);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/WriteAccessRecord.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/WriteAccessRecord.java
index 130f266c3..d62a15017 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/WriteAccessRecord.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/WriteAccessRecord.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import org.apache.poi.util.StringUtil;
  * <p/>
  * REFERENCE: PG 424 Microsoft Excel 97 Developer's Kit (ISBN: 1-57231-498-2)
  * <p/>
- * 
- * @author Andrew C. Oliver (acoliver at apache dot org)
  */
 public final class WriteAccessRecord extends StandardRecord {
 	public final static short sid = 0x005C;
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ public final class WriteAccessRecord extends StandardRecord {
 			LittleEndian.putUShort(data, 0, nChars);
 			LittleEndian.putByte(data, 2, is16BitFlag);
 			in.readFully(data, 3, data.length-3);
-			String rawValue = new String(data);
+			String rawValue = new String(data, StringUtil.UTF8);
 			setUsername(rawValue.trim());
 			return;
 		}