diff --git a/PCbuild8/make_versioninfo/make_versioninfo.vcproj b/PCbuild8/make_versioninfo/make_versioninfo.vcproj
index 95daa07addb..6e51944065b 100644
--- a/PCbuild8/make_versioninfo/make_versioninfo.vcproj
+++ b/PCbuild8/make_versioninfo/make_versioninfo.vcproj
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
 				Description="Generating python_rc.h"
-				CommandLine="$(OutDir)\$(TargetFileName) &gt; ..\..\PC\python_rc.h&#x0D;&#x0A;$(OutDir)\$(TargetFileName) &gt; ..\..\PC\python_rc_d.h&#x0D;&#x0A;"
+				CommandLine="$(OutDir)\$(TargetFileName) &gt; ..\..\PC\pythonnt_rc.h&#x0D;&#x0A;$(OutDir)\$(TargetFileName) &gt; ..\..\PC\pythonnt_rc_d.h&#x0D;&#x0A;"
 			/>
 		</Configuration>
 	</Configurations>
diff --git a/PCbuild8/pcbuild.sln b/PCbuild8/pcbuild.sln
index 2690e08c571..982a16dd35b 100644
--- a/PCbuild8/pcbuild.sln
+++ b/PCbuild8/pcbuild.sln
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 9.00
 # Visual Studio 2005
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "pythoncore", "pythoncore\pythoncore.vcproj", "{987306EC-6BAD-4440-B4FB-A699A1EE6A28}"
 	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
-		{87AB87DB-B665-4621-A67B-878C15B93FF0} = {87AB87DB-B665-4621-A67B-878C15B93FF0}
 		{2AB2AC43-1B73-40B1-8964-95B3FC3F15ED} = {2AB2AC43-1B73-40B1-8964-95B3FC3F15ED}
+		{87AB87DB-B665-4621-A67B-878C15B93FF0} = {87AB87DB-B665-4621-A67B-878C15B93FF0}
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "make_versioninfo", "make_versioninfo\make_versioninfo.vcproj", "{2AB2AC43-1B73-40B1-8964-95B3FC3F15ED}"
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "_ctypes", "_ctypes\_ctypes.
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "_ctypes_test", "_ctypes_test\_ctypes_test.vcproj", "{F548A318-960A-4B37-9CD6-86B1B0E33CC8}"
-	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
-		{8D80F68B-F6EC-4E69-9B04-73F632A8A8ED} = {8D80F68B-F6EC-4E69-9B04-73F632A8A8ED}
-	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "_elementtree", "_elementtree\_elementtree.vcproj", "{CB025148-F0A1-4B32-A669-19EE0534136D}"
 	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
diff --git a/PCbuild8/pyproject.vsprops b/PCbuild8/pyproject.vsprops
index ace5fbfbcc3..e4c5f736bc0 100644
--- a/PCbuild8/pyproject.vsprops
+++ b/PCbuild8/pyproject.vsprops
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 		Name="VCLinkerTool"
 		AdditionalLibraryDirectories="$(OutDir)"
 	/>
+	<Tool
+		Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+		AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\PC;..\..\Include"
+	/>
 	<UserMacro
 		Name="PyDllName"
 		Value="python26"
diff --git a/PCbuild8/python/python.vcproj b/PCbuild8/python/python.vcproj
index 5bf89123d60..2ec1b8aef8a 100644
--- a/PCbuild8/python/python.vcproj
+++ b/PCbuild8/python/python.vcproj
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
 				LinkIncremental="2"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="1"
+				StackReserveSize="2000000"
+				LargeAddressAware="2"
 				TargetMachine="1"
 			/>
 			<Tool
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@
 				LinkIncremental="2"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="1"
+				StackReserveSize="3000000"
 				TargetMachine="17"
 			/>
 			<Tool
@@ -212,6 +215,8 @@
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="1"
+				StackReserveSize="2000000"
+				LargeAddressAware="2"
 				OptimizeReferences="2"
 				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
 				TargetMachine="1"
@@ -287,6 +292,7 @@
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="1"
+				StackReserveSize="3000000"
 				OptimizeReferences="2"
 				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
 				TargetMachine="17"
@@ -361,6 +367,8 @@
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="1"
+				StackReserveSize="2000000"
+				LargeAddressAware="2"
 				OptimizeReferences="2"
 				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
 				TargetMachine="1"
@@ -436,6 +444,7 @@
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="1"
+				StackReserveSize="3000000"
 				OptimizeReferences="2"
 				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
 				TargetMachine="17"
@@ -510,6 +519,8 @@
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="1"
+				StackReserveSize="2000000"
+				LargeAddressAware="2"
 				OptimizeReferences="2"
 				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
 				TargetMachine="1"
@@ -585,6 +596,7 @@
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="1"
+				StackReserveSize="3000000"
 				OptimizeReferences="2"
 				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
 				TargetMachine="17"
diff --git a/PCbuild8/pythoncore/pythoncore.vcproj b/PCbuild8/pythoncore/pythoncore.vcproj
index 844daf4659d..150277a0d8a 100644
--- a/PCbuild8/pythoncore/pythoncore.vcproj
+++ b/PCbuild8/pythoncore/pythoncore.vcproj
@@ -941,6 +941,10 @@
 			Filter="rc;ico;cur;bmp;dlg;rc2;rct;bin;rgs;gif;jpg;jpeg;jpe;resx;tiff;tif;png;wav"
 			UniqueIdentifier="{67DA6AB6-F800-4c08-8B7A-83BB121AAD01}"
 			>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\..\PC\python_nt.rc"
+				>
+			</File>
 		</Filter>
 		<Filter
 			Name="Include"
diff --git a/PCbuild8/pythonw/pythonw.vcproj b/PCbuild8/pythonw/pythonw.vcproj
index fbf06a81884..9e2dc7bfce0 100644
--- a/PCbuild8/pythonw/pythonw.vcproj
+++ b/PCbuild8/pythonw/pythonw.vcproj
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
 				LinkIncremental="2"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="2"
+				StackReserveSize="2000000"
+				LargeAddressAware="2"
 				TargetMachine="1"
 			/>
 			<Tool
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@
 				LinkIncremental="2"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="2"
+				StackReserveSize="3000000"
 				TargetMachine="17"
 			/>
 			<Tool
@@ -211,6 +214,8 @@
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="2"
+				StackReserveSize="2000000"
+				LargeAddressAware="2"
 				OptimizeReferences="2"
 				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
 				TargetMachine="1"
@@ -285,6 +290,7 @@
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="2"
+				StackReserveSize="3000000"
 				OptimizeReferences="2"
 				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
 				TargetMachine="17"
@@ -358,6 +364,8 @@
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="2"
+				StackReserveSize="2000000"
+				LargeAddressAware="2"
 				OptimizeReferences="2"
 				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
 				TargetMachine="1"
@@ -432,6 +440,7 @@
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="2"
+				StackReserveSize="3000000"
 				OptimizeReferences="2"
 				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
 				TargetMachine="17"
@@ -505,6 +514,8 @@
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="2"
+				StackReserveSize="2000000"
+				LargeAddressAware="2"
 				OptimizeReferences="2"
 				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
 				TargetMachine="1"
@@ -579,6 +590,7 @@
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				SubSystem="2"
+				StackReserveSize="3000000"
 				OptimizeReferences="2"
 				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
 				TargetMachine="17"