diff --git a/PCbuild/_tkinter.dsp b/PCbuild/_tkinter.dsp
index 9d75dd980e7..36142ca3650 100644
--- a/PCbuild/_tkinter.dsp
+++ b/PCbuild/_tkinter.dsp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ LINK32=link.exe
 F90=df.exe
 CPP=cl.exe
 # ADD BASE CPP /nologo /MTd /W3 /Gm /GX /Zi /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /YX /FD /c
-# ADD CPP /nologo /MDd /W3 /Gm /GX /Zi /Od /I "..\..\tcl\include" /I "..\Include" /I "..\PC" /I "..\..\tcl8.3\include" /D "_DEBUG" /D "WIN32" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "WITH_APPINIT" /YX /FD /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /MDd /W3 /Gm /GX /Zi /Od /I "..\..\tcl\include" /I "..\Include" /I "..\PC" /D "_DEBUG" /D "WIN32" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "WITH_APPINIT" /YX /FD /c
 MTL=midl.exe
 # ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /o "NUL" /win32
 # ADD MTL /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /o "NUL" /win32
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ LINK32=link.exe
 F90=df.exe
 CPP=cl.exe
 # ADD BASE CPP /nologo /MT /W3 /GX /O2 /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /YX /FD /c
-# ADD CPP /nologo /MD /W3 /GX /Zi /O2 /I "..\..\tcl\include" /I "..\Include" /I "..\PC" /I "..\..\tcl8.3\include" /D "NDEBUG" /D "WIN32" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "WITH_APPINIT" /YX /FD /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /MD /W3 /GX /Zi /O2 /I "..\..\tcl\include" /I "..\Include" /I "..\PC" /D "NDEBUG" /D "WIN32" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "WITH_APPINIT" /YX /FD /c
 MTL=midl.exe
 # ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /o "NUL" /win32
 # ADD MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /o "NUL" /win32
diff --git a/PCbuild/python20.wse b/PCbuild/python20.wse
index 4cce1c7ebb5..3da61f7ffcd 100644
--- a/PCbuild/python20.wse
+++ b/PCbuild/python20.wse
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ item: Global
   Variable Flags2=00001001
   Variable Name3=_SRC_
   Variable Description3=Python source directory
-  Variable Default3=C:\src\Python-2.0
+  Variable Default3=C:\code\python\dist\src
   Variable Flags3=00001001
   Variable Name4=_DOC_
   Variable Description4=HTML documentation tree directory
-  Variable Default4=C:\src\Python-2.0\html
+  Variable Default4=C:\python16\doc
   Variable Flags4=00001001
   Variable Name5=_TCLMINOR_
   Variable Description5=Tcl/Tk Minor Version (e.g. the "3" in "8.3.1")
diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt
index c64267f6622..7ff01398b16 100644
--- a/PCbuild/readme.txt
+++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt
@@ -60,27 +60,39 @@ winsound
 
 The following subprojects will generally NOT build out of the box.  They
 wrap code Python doesn't control, and you'll need to download the base
-packages first (study the subproject structure from within MSVC to see
-where each expects to find the unpacked packages):
+packages first and unpack them into siblings of PCbuilds's parent
+directory; for example, if your PCbuild is  .......\dist\src\PCbuild\,
+unpack into new subdirectories of dist\.
 
 _tkinter
-    Python wrapper for the Tk windowing system.  Requires tcl831.exe from
+    Python wrapper for the Tk windowing system.  Requires tcl832.exe from
         http://dev.scriptics.com/software/tcltk/downloadnow83.html
+    Run the installer, forcing installation into dist\Tcl.
+    Be sure to install everything, including the Tcl/Tk header files.
 
 zlib
     Python wrapper for the zlib compression library.  Requires
         http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/zlib133dll.zip
     and
         ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/src/zlib133.zip
+    Unpack the former into dist\zlib113dll.
+    Uppack the latter into dist\zlib113.
 
 bsddb
     Python wrapper for the BSD database 1.85.  Requires db.1.85.win32.zip,
     from the "bsd db" link at
         http://www.nightmare.com/software.html
+    Unpack into dist\bsddb.
+    You then need to compile it:  cd to dist\bsddb\Port\win32, and run
+        nmake -f makefile_nt.msc
+    This builds bsddb\Port\win32\db.lib, which the MSVC project links in.
+    Note that if you're running Win9X, you'll need to run vcvars32.bat
+    before running nmake (this batch file is in your MSVC installation).
 
 pyexpat
     Python wrapper for accelerated XML parsing.  Requires
         ftp://ftp.jclark.com/pub/xml/expat.zip
+    Unpack into dist\expat.
 
 
 NOTE ON CONFIGURATIONS