diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 27b961a280..61f9956c23 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -7984,3 +7984,10 @@ David  17 June 2005
         cs_benchmark.C
         cs_scheduler.C
 
+Rom    17 June 2005
+    - Per community request, after verifing that the _CrtMemBlockHeader structure
+      is the same in VS 2005 I've adjusted stackwalkers requirements so that
+      BOINC can be built with VS 2005.
+
+    lib/
+        stackwalker.h
diff --git a/lib/stackwalker_win.h b/lib/stackwalker_win.h
index 9d99f22e51..3047d9f970 100644
--- a/lib/stackwalker_win.h
+++ b/lib/stackwalker_win.h
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 #error Only INTEL envirnoments are supported!
 #endif
 
-// Only MS VC++ 5 to 7
-#if (_MSC_VER < 1100) || (_MSC_VER > 1310)
-#error Only MS VC++ 5/6/7 supported. Check if the '_CrtMemBlockHeader' has not changed with this compiler!
+// Only MS VC++ 5 to 8
+#if (_MSC_VER < 1100) || (_MSC_VER > 1400)
+#error Only MS VC++ 5/6/7/8 supported. Check if the '_CrtMemBlockHeader' has not changed with this compiler!
 #endif
 
 typedef enum eAllocCheckOutput