diff --git a/test/benchmark.cpp b/test/benchmark.cpp
index 6b631ab..b6c734d 100644
--- a/test/benchmark.cpp
+++ b/test/benchmark.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ using std::vector;
 namespace
 {
   std::string command_args;
-  long long n;
+  long long n_cases;
   int places = 2;
   bool verbose (false);
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace
     nanosecond_t cpu_time;
     boost::timer::auto_cpu_timer t(places);                  
                                                 
-    for (long long i = n; i; --i)                 
+    for (long long i = n_cases; i; --i)                 
     {                                             
 #   ifndef BOOST_TWO_ARG
       sum += timee(static_cast<int32_t>(i)) ;                              
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ namespace
 
     if (argc >=2)
 #ifndef _MSC_VER
-      n = std::atoll(argv[1]);
+      n_cases = std::atoll(argv[1]);
 #else
-      n = _atoi64(argv[1]);
+      n_cases = _atoi64(argv[1]);
 #endif
 
     for (; argc > 2; ++argv, --argc) 
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index b559073..8275139 100644
--- a/test/msvc/benchmark/benchmark.vcxproj
+++ b/test/msvc/benchmark/benchmark.vcxproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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diff --git a/test/msvc/converter_test/converter_test.vcxproj b/test/msvc/converter_test/converter_test.vcxproj
index d0b4d19..b106d55 100644
--- a/test/msvc/converter_test/converter_test.vcxproj
+++ b/test/msvc/converter_test/converter_test.vcxproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
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diff --git a/test/msvc/endian_example/endian_example.vcxproj b/test/msvc/endian_example/endian_example.vcxproj
index 66279ac..0cd738b 100644
--- a/test/msvc/endian_example/endian_example.vcxproj
+++ b/test/msvc/endian_example/endian_example.vcxproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
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diff --git a/test/msvc/endian_in_union_test/endian_in_union_test.vcxproj b/test/msvc/endian_in_union_test/endian_in_union_test.vcxproj
index 133157a..9fb63b5 100644
--- a/test/msvc/endian_in_union_test/endian_in_union_test.vcxproj
+++ b/test/msvc/endian_in_union_test/endian_in_union_test.vcxproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
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diff --git a/test/msvc/endian_operations_test/endian_operations_test.vcxproj b/test/msvc/endian_operations_test/endian_operations_test.vcxproj
index 4193f61..fe0841e 100644
--- a/test/msvc/endian_operations_test/endian_operations_test.vcxproj
+++ b/test/msvc/endian_operations_test/endian_operations_test.vcxproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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diff --git a/test/msvc/endian_test/endian_test.vcxproj b/test/msvc/endian_test/endian_test.vcxproj
index 38adfae..c4ad018 100644
--- a/test/msvc/endian_test/endian_test.vcxproj
+++ b/test/msvc/endian_test/endian_test.vcxproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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diff --git a/test/msvc/loop_time_test/loop_time_test.vcxproj b/test/msvc/loop_time_test/loop_time_test.vcxproj
index 7efb4dc..d742dc2 100644
--- a/test/msvc/loop_time_test/loop_time_test.vcxproj
+++ b/test/msvc/loop_time_test/loop_time_test.vcxproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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diff --git a/test/msvc/pair_test/pair_test.vcxproj b/test/msvc/pair_test/pair_test.vcxproj
index 462fa7b..2d0c00f 100644
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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index b024fe9..85a4484 100644
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index 6e098cb..acbbe0c 100644
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