Removed or replaced some more deprecated preprocessor macros.
Moved the _DEBUG and NDEBUG macros to two new property files.
Fixed #1527 Problem with static libs on Windows
Updated README.txt
diff --git a/PCbuild9/python.vcproj b/PCbuild9/python.vcproj
index 8381dcf..7efa98d 100644
--- a/PCbuild9/python.vcproj
+++ b/PCbuild9/python.vcproj
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Release|Win32"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\release.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
 			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
 			CharacterSet="2"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_CONSOLE"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Release|x64"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\x64.vsprops"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\x64.vsprops;.\release.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
 			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
 			CharacterSet="2"
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_CONSOLE"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Debug|Win32"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\debug.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
 			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
 			CharacterSet="0"
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 				Optimization="0"
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="false"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_CONSOLE"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				BrowseInformation="1"
 				CompileAs="0"
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
 		<Configuration
 			Name="Debug|x64"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\x64.vsprops"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\x64.vsprops;.\debug.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
 			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
 			CharacterSet="2"
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 				Optimization="0"
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="false"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_CONSOLE"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
 				BrowseInformation="1"
 				CompileAs="0"
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
 		<Configuration
 			Name="PGInstrument|Win32"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\pginstrument.vsprops"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\pginstrument.vsprops;.\release.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
 			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
 			CharacterSet="2"
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_CONSOLE"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
 		<Configuration
 			Name="PGInstrument|x64"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\x64.vsprops;.\pginstrument.vsprops"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\x64.vsprops;.\pginstrument.vsprops;.\release.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
 			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
 			CharacterSet="2"
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_CONSOLE"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
 		<Configuration
 			Name="PGUpdate|Win32"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\pgupdate.vsprops"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\pgupdate.vsprops;.\release.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
 			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
 			CharacterSet="2"
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_CONSOLE"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@
 		<Configuration
 			Name="PGUpdate|x64"
 			ConfigurationType="1"
-			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\x64.vsprops;.\pgupdate.vsprops"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\x64.vsprops;.\pgupdate.vsprops;.\release.vsprops"
 			UseOfMFC="0"
 			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
 			CharacterSet="2"
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_CONSOLE"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"