diff --git a/core/msvc8/sourcemod_mm.vcproj b/core/msvc8/sourcemod_mm.vcproj
index e39ce9ba..f1485f69 100644
--- a/core/msvc8/sourcemod_mm.vcproj
+++ b/core/msvc8/sourcemod_mm.vcproj
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
@@ -119,9 +120,11 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				FavorSizeOrSpeed="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\;..\systems;..\..\public;..\..\public\sourcepawn"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;SOURCEMOD_MM_EXPORTS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE;SOURCEMOD_BUILD;SM_DEFAULT_THREADER"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
diff --git a/extensions/bintools/msvc8/bintools.vcproj b/extensions/bintools/msvc8/bintools.vcproj
index fea8072f..51f34e79 100644
--- a/extensions/bintools/msvc8/bintools.vcproj
+++ b/extensions/bintools/msvc8/bintools.vcproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="8.00"
+	Version="8,00"
 	Name="bintools"
 	ProjectGUID="{E38F65D9-74B2-4373-B46A-DBB76F579F98}"
 	RootNamespace="bintools"
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
@@ -118,9 +119,11 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				FavorSizeOrSpeed="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..;..\sdk;..\..\..\public;..\..\..\public\extensions;..\..\..\public\jit;..\..\..\public\jit\x86;..\..\..\public\sourcepawn"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;BINTOOLS_EXPORTS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;SOURCEMOD_BUILD"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
diff --git a/extensions/geoip/msvc8/geoip.vcproj b/extensions/geoip/msvc8/geoip.vcproj
index 71cb1897..16471a4e 100644
--- a/extensions/geoip/msvc8/geoip.vcproj
+++ b/extensions/geoip/msvc8/geoip.vcproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="8.00"
+	Version="8,00"
 	Name="geoip"
 	ProjectGUID="{698EAEE7-0EFC-4017-9B88-ECCAAF42FD5F}"
 	RootNamespace="geoip"
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
@@ -119,9 +120,11 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				FavorSizeOrSpeed="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..;..\sdk;..\..\..\public;..\..\..\public\sourcepawn"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;geoip_EXPORTS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
diff --git a/extensions/mysql/msvc8/sm_mysql.vcproj b/extensions/mysql/msvc8/sm_mysql.vcproj
index 40bd6d3b..5f2640db 100644
--- a/extensions/mysql/msvc8/sm_mysql.vcproj
+++ b/extensions/mysql/msvc8/sm_mysql.vcproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="8.00"
+	Version="8,00"
 	Name="sm_mysql"
 	ProjectGUID="{B3E797CF-4E77-4C9D-B8A8-7589B6902206}"
 	RootNamespace="sm_mysql"
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
 				StructMemberAlignment="3"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
@@ -121,10 +122,12 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				FavorSizeOrSpeed="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..;..\sdk;..\..\..\public;..\..\..\public\sourcepawn"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;SDK_EXPORTS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;SOURCEMOD_BUILD"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
 				StructMemberAlignment="3"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
diff --git a/extensions/sdktools/msvc8/sdktools.vcproj b/extensions/sdktools/msvc8/sdktools.vcproj
index b218dd4f..4432d36c 100644
--- a/extensions/sdktools/msvc8/sdktools.vcproj
+++ b/extensions/sdktools/msvc8/sdktools.vcproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="8.00"
+	Version="8,00"
 	Name="sdktools"
 	ProjectGUID="{7A740927-C751-4312-BF9D-6367F8C508F8}"
 	RootNamespace="sdk"
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
@@ -120,9 +121,11 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				FavorSizeOrSpeed="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..;..\sdk;..\..\..\public;..\..\..\public\extensions;..\..\..\public\sourcepawn"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;SDK_EXPORTS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;SOURCEMOD_BUILD"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
diff --git a/extensions/sqlite/msvc8/sm_sqlite.vcproj b/extensions/sqlite/msvc8/sm_sqlite.vcproj
index 06a1168d..c2f4c1c2 100644
--- a/extensions/sqlite/msvc8/sm_sqlite.vcproj
+++ b/extensions/sqlite/msvc8/sm_sqlite.vcproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="8.00"
+	Version="8,00"
 	Name="sm_sqlite"
 	ProjectGUID="{B3E797CF-4E77-4C9D-B8A8-7589B6902206}"
 	RootNamespace="sm_sqlite"
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
@@ -118,9 +119,11 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				FavorSizeOrSpeed="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..;..\sdk;..\..\..\public;..\..\..\public\sourcepawn"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;SDK_EXPORTS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;SOURCEMOD_BUILD;THREADSAFE;SQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
diff --git a/public/sample_ext/msvc8/sdk.vcproj b/public/sample_ext/msvc8/sdk.vcproj
index b92a6ba3..cc1c4ac4 100644
--- a/public/sample_ext/msvc8/sdk.vcproj
+++ b/public/sample_ext/msvc8/sdk.vcproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="8.00"
+	Version="8,00"
 	Name="sdk"
 	ProjectGUID="{B3E797CF-4E77-4C9D-B8A8-7589B6902206}"
 	RootNamespace="sdk"
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
@@ -118,9 +119,11 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				FavorSizeOrSpeed="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..;..\sdk;..\..\..\public;..\..\..\public\sourcepawn"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;SDK_EXPORTS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;SOURCEMOD_BUILD"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
diff --git a/sourcepawn/jit/x86/msvc8/jit-x86.vcproj b/sourcepawn/jit/x86/msvc8/jit-x86.vcproj
index fabf0413..4a1136f8 100644
--- a/sourcepawn/jit/x86/msvc8/jit-x86.vcproj
+++ b/sourcepawn/jit/x86/msvc8/jit-x86.vcproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
 <VisualStudioProject
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
-	Version="8.00"
+	Version="8,00"
 	Name="jit-x86"
 	ProjectGUID="{6EF06E6E-0ED5-4E2D-A8F3-01DD1EC25BA7}"
 	RootNamespace="jitx86"
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"
@@ -118,9 +119,11 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				FavorSizeOrSpeed="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\..\public\jit;..\..\..\..\public\jit\x86;..\..\..\..\public\sourcepawn"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;JITX86_EXPORTS"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
+				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"