diff --git a/db/clientcursor.cpp b/db/clientcursor.cpp
index c8c81cd24bf..04ff705bad8 100644
--- a/db/clientcursor.cpp
+++ b/db/clientcursor.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "query.h"
 #include "introspect.h"
 #include <time.h>
+#include "db.h"
 
 /* TODO: FIX cleanup of clientCursors when hit the end. (ntoreturn insufficient) */
 
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ CCById clientCursorsById;
 
 typedef multimap<DiskLoc, ClientCursor*> ByLoc;
 ByLoc byLoc;
+unsigned byLocSize() { 
+    return byLoc.size();
+}
 
 void ClientCursor::setLastLoc(DiskLoc L) { 
 	if( L == _lastLoc ) 
@@ -90,13 +94,24 @@ void aboutToDeleteBucket(const DiskLoc& b) {
 
 /* must call this on a delete so we clean up the cursors. */
 void aboutToDelete(const DiskLoc& dl) { 
+    ByLoc::iterator j = byLoc.lower_bound(dl);
+    ByLoc::iterator stop = byLoc.upper_bound(dl);
+    if( j == stop ) 
+        return;
+
+    assert( dbMutexInfo.isLocked() );
 	vector<ClientCursor*> toAdvance;
 
-	for( ByLoc::iterator i = byLoc.lower_bound(dl); 
-		i != byLoc.upper_bound(dl); ++i ) { 
-			toAdvance.push_back(i->second);
+    while( 1 ) {
+        toAdvance.push_back(j->second);
+        WIN assert( j->first == dl ); 
+        ++j;
+        if( j == stop ) 
+            break;
 	}
 
+    wassert( toAdvance.size() < 5000 );
+
 	for( vector<ClientCursor*>::iterator i = toAdvance.begin();
 		i != toAdvance.end(); ++i ) 
 	{ 
diff --git a/db/db.vcproj b/db/db.vcproj
index 061f4676b1e..4b592bc316d 100644
--- a/db/db.vcproj
+++ b/db/db.vcproj
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="&quot;..\pcre-7.4&quot;;&quot;c:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_35_0&quot;;&quot;c:\program files\java\jdk\include&quot;;&quot;c:\program files\java\jdk\include\win32&quot;"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;HAVE_CONFIG_H"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;HAVE_CONFIG_H;PCRE_STATIC"
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalDependencies="ws2_32.lib"
-				ShowProgress="2"
 				LinkIncremental="2"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="&quot;c:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_35_0\lib&quot;"
 				IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries="false"
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@
 				Optimization="2"
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="&quot;..\pcre-7.4&quot;;&quot;c:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_35_0&quot;;&quot;c:\program files\java\jdk\include&quot;;&quot;c:\program files\java\jdk\include\win32&quot;"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;HAVE_CONFIG_H"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;HAVE_CONFIG_H;PCRE_STATIC"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
diff --git a/db/dbwebserver.cpp b/db/dbwebserver.cpp
index 5d2a65901f4..972e3c3feb4 100644
--- a/db/dbwebserver.cpp
+++ b/db/dbwebserver.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@ void statsThread() {
     }
 }
 
+unsigned byLocSize();
+
+bool _bold;
+string bold(bool x) { 
+    _bold = x;
+    return x ? "<b>" : "";
+}
+string bold() { return _bold ? "</b>" : ""; }
+
 class DbWebServer : public MiniWebServer { 
 public:
     // caller locks
@@ -94,6 +103,7 @@ public:
             ss << "curclient: " << database->name;
             ss << '\n';
         }
+        ss << bold(byLocSize()>10000) << "Cursors byLoc.size(): " << byLocSize() << bold() << '\n';
         ss << "\n<b>replication</b>\n";
         ss << "master: " << master << '\n';
         ss << "slave:  " << slave << '\n';
diff --git a/dbgrid/dbgrid.vcproj b/dbgrid/dbgrid.vcproj
index 356c4134022..7ec49d3cebc 100644
--- a/dbgrid/dbgrid.vcproj
+++ b/dbgrid/dbgrid.vcproj
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="&quot;..\pcre-7.4&quot;;&quot;C:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_35_0&quot;"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;HAVE_CONFIG_H"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;HAVE_CONFIG_H;PCRE_STATIC"
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 				Optimization="2"
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="&quot;..\pcre-7.4&quot;;&quot;c:\Program Files\boost\boost_1_35_0\&quot;"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;PCRE_STATIC"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
diff --git a/pcre-7.4/pcre.h b/pcre-7.4/pcre.h
index ecc0f8db323..098ae6d5739 100644
--- a/pcre-7.4/pcre.h
+++ b/pcre-7.4/pcre.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export setting is defined in pcre_internal.h, which includes this file. So we
 don't change existing definitions of PCRE_EXP_DECL and PCRECPP_EXP_DECL. */
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(PCRE_STATIC)
+#error why are we here?
 #  ifndef PCRE_EXP_DECL
 #    define PCRE_EXP_DECL  extern __declspec(dllimport)
 #  endif
diff --git a/pcre-7.4/pcreposix.c b/pcre-7.4/pcreposix.c
index c88f65c705c..2409e435425 100644
--- a/pcre-7.4/pcreposix.c
+++ b/pcre-7.4/pcreposix.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ they are set for an application (using these functions) if they have not
 previously been set. */
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(PCRE_STATIC)
+#error why are we here?
 #  define PCREPOSIX_EXP_DECL extern __declspec(dllexport)
 #  define PCREPOSIX_EXP_DEFN __declspec(dllexport)
 #endif
diff --git a/stdafx.h b/stdafx.h
index e25794e27de..8c24ea05309 100644
--- a/stdafx.h
+++ b/stdafx.h
@@ -207,8 +207,10 @@ extern const char *curNs;
 */
 #if defined(_WIN32)
 #define DEV if( 0 ) 
+#define WIN if( 1 ) 
 #else
 #define DEV if( 0 ) 
+#define WIN if( 0 ) 
 #endif
 
 #define DEBUGGING if( 0 )