diff --git a/project/vc9/bc6h/bc6h.vcproj b/project/vc9/bc6h/bc6h.vcproj
index 82ac96a..c056d14 100755
--- a/project/vc9/bc6h/bc6h.vcproj
+++ b/project/vc9/bc6h/bc6h.vcproj
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="false"
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -234,7 +233,6 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="false"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
diff --git a/project/vc9/cubemaptest/cubemaptest.vcproj b/project/vc9/cubemaptest/cubemaptest.vcproj
index 2ee7853..e0702cc 100755
--- a/project/vc9/cubemaptest/cubemaptest.vcproj
+++ b/project/vc9/cubemaptest/cubemaptest.vcproj
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="false"
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -274,7 +273,6 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="false"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
diff --git a/project/vc9/imperativeapi/imperativeapi.vcproj b/project/vc9/imperativeapi/imperativeapi.vcproj
index 0ea73f4..6799d75 100755
--- a/project/vc9/imperativeapi/imperativeapi.vcproj
+++ b/project/vc9/imperativeapi/imperativeapi.vcproj
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="false"
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -274,7 +273,6 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="false"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
diff --git a/project/vc9/nvassemble/nvassemble.vcproj b/project/vc9/nvassemble/nvassemble.vcproj
index 2aa6d4c..0821d98 100644
--- a/project/vc9/nvassemble/nvassemble.vcproj
+++ b/project/vc9/nvassemble/nvassemble.vcproj
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;NVTT_SHARED;__SSE2__;__SSE__;__MMX__"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
diff --git a/project/vc9/nvcompress/nvcompress.vcproj b/project/vc9/nvcompress/nvcompress.vcproj
index 44c07b2..812d0e3 100644
--- a/project/vc9/nvcompress/nvcompress.vcproj
+++ b/project/vc9/nvcompress/nvcompress.vcproj
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -376,7 +375,7 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -529,7 +528,6 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
diff --git a/project/vc9/nvcore/nvcore.vcproj b/project/vc9/nvcore/nvcore.vcproj
index 16cc8a7..70f3c98 100644
--- a/project/vc9/nvcore/nvcore.vcproj
+++ b/project/vc9/nvcore/nvcore.vcproj
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -254,7 +253,6 @@
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
diff --git a/project/vc9/nvddsinfo/nvddsinfo.vcproj b/project/vc9/nvddsinfo/nvddsinfo.vcproj
index 1304c7c..a82870e 100644
--- a/project/vc9/nvddsinfo/nvddsinfo.vcproj
+++ b/project/vc9/nvddsinfo/nvddsinfo.vcproj
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;NVTT_SHARED;__SSE2__;__SSE__;__MMX__"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
diff --git a/project/vc9/nvdecompress/nvdecompress.vcproj b/project/vc9/nvdecompress/nvdecompress.vcproj
index 171362d..b647eb4 100644
--- a/project/vc9/nvdecompress/nvdecompress.vcproj
+++ b/project/vc9/nvdecompress/nvdecompress.vcproj
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
diff --git a/project/vc9/nvimage/nvimage.vcproj b/project/vc9/nvimage/nvimage.vcproj
index 1676b05..c1197a6 100644
--- a/project/vc9/nvimage/nvimage.vcproj
+++ b/project/vc9/nvimage/nvimage.vcproj
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -253,7 +252,6 @@
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
diff --git a/project/vc9/nvimgdiff/nvimgdiff.vcproj b/project/vc9/nvimgdiff/nvimgdiff.vcproj
index 07e32c8..c437aa0 100644
--- a/project/vc9/nvimgdiff/nvimgdiff.vcproj
+++ b/project/vc9/nvimgdiff/nvimgdiff.vcproj
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
diff --git a/project/vc9/nvmath/nvmath.vcproj b/project/vc9/nvmath/nvmath.vcproj
index 58bf9f5..16c8b7d 100644
--- a/project/vc9/nvmath/nvmath.vcproj
+++ b/project/vc9/nvmath/nvmath.vcproj
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -254,7 +253,6 @@
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
diff --git a/project/vc9/nvthread/nvthread.vcproj b/project/vc9/nvthread/nvthread.vcproj
index e351e0b..d156105 100644
--- a/project/vc9/nvthread/nvthread.vcproj
+++ b/project/vc9/nvthread/nvthread.vcproj
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -254,7 +253,6 @@
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
diff --git a/project/vc9/nvtt/nvtt.vcproj b/project/vc9/nvtt/nvtt.vcproj
index b4db5c4..d5b9407 100644
--- a/project/vc9/nvtt/nvtt.vcproj
+++ b/project/vc9/nvtt/nvtt.vcproj
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -216,11 +216,11 @@
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;NVTT_EXPORTS;NVTT_SHARED;HAVE_CUDA;__SSE2__;__SSE__;__MMX__"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
+				BufferSecurityCheck="false"
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				OpenMP="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -297,17 +297,19 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="3"
+				InlineFunctionExpansion="2"
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
 				OmitFramePointers="true"
+				EnableFiberSafeOptimizations="true"
 				WholeProgramOptimization="true"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..;..\..\..\src;..\..\..\extern\gnuwin32\include;$(CUDA_INC_PATH)"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;NVTT_EXPORTS;NVTT_SHARED;HAVE_CUDA;__SSE2__;__SSE__;__MMX__"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
+				BufferSecurityCheck="false"
 				OpenMP="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -387,7 +389,7 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -483,6 +485,7 @@
 				LinkIncremental="2"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories=""
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OutDir)\$(TargetName).pdb"
 				SubSystem="2"
 				RandomizedBaseAddress="1"
 				DataExecutionPrevention="0"
@@ -538,12 +541,16 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="3"
+				InlineFunctionExpansion="2"
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
 				OmitFramePointers="true"
+				EnableFiberSafeOptimizations="true"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..;..\..\..\src;..\..\..\extern\gnuwin32\include;"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;NVTT_EXPORTS;NVTT_SHARED;__SSE2__;__SSE__;__MMX__"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
+				BufferSecurityCheck="false"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
 				DebugInformationFormat="0"
@@ -619,12 +626,16 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="3"
+				InlineFunctionExpansion="2"
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
 				OmitFramePointers="true"
+				EnableFiberSafeOptimizations="true"
 				WholeProgramOptimization="true"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..;..\..\..\src;..\..\..\extern\gnuwin32\include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;NVTT_EXPORTS;NVTT_SHARED;__SSE2__;__SSE__;__MMX__"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
+				BufferSecurityCheck="false"
 				WarningLevel="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
@@ -641,6 +652,8 @@
 				OutputFile="$(SolutionDir)\$(ConfigurationName).$(PlatformName)\bin\$(ProjectName).dll"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories=""
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OutDir)\$(TargetName).pdb"
 				SubSystem="2"
 				OptimizeReferences="2"
 				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
diff --git a/project/vc9/nvzoom/nvzoom.vcproj b/project/vc9/nvzoom/nvzoom.vcproj
index e719a4d..3bbf22d 100644
--- a/project/vc9/nvzoom/nvzoom.vcproj
+++ b/project/vc9/nvzoom/nvzoom.vcproj
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
diff --git a/project/vc9/squish/squish.vcproj b/project/vc9/squish/squish.vcproj
index 7034e8e..cabeadc 100644
--- a/project/vc9/squish/squish.vcproj
+++ b/project/vc9/squish/squish.vcproj
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -244,6 +243,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="3"
+				InlineFunctionExpansion="2"
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
 				OmitFramePointers="true"
 				WholeProgramOptimization="true"
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
diff --git a/project/vc9/testsuite/testsuite.vcproj b/project/vc9/testsuite/testsuite.vcproj
index 24c48ed..294eac8 100644
--- a/project/vc9/testsuite/testsuite.vcproj
+++ b/project/vc9/testsuite/testsuite.vcproj
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
-				DebugInformationFormat="0"
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"