Applied patch 1124861.3.patch to solve bug #1124861: Automatically create pipes on Windows, if GetStdHandle fails. Will backport.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fd760aa..982fd2a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Bug #1124861: Automatically create pipes if GetStdHandle fails in
+  subprocess. 
+
 - Patch #1634778: add missing encoding aliases for iso8859_15 and
   iso8859_16.