local windows builds & testing from source

 
hello everyone.
 
i really don't want to bug anyone here about this stuff, but i'm not sure
where to turn.
 
i am trying to get my computer setup 100% (or as close as possible) so that
i can make local builds of bitpim directly from the source.
 
currently i think i am pretty close.
 
problem #1:
 
i would like to get pycrypto-2.0.1 and paramiko-1.5.4 installed properly so
that i can have support for bitfling, but i keep getting errors like this:
 
c:\keep\pycrypto-2.0.1>python setup.py install
running install
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
error: Python was built with version 6 of Visual Studio, and extensions need
to
be built with the same version of the compiler, but it isn't installed.
 
do i need full blown m$ c++ or is there something i can download to satisfy
this "visual studio 6" requirement?  i've spent several hours hunting and
trying different things such as msys, without any positive results.
everything else installed perfectly, just having problems with pycrypto and
paramiko.
problem #2:
i am not exactly sure how to get create a local build...  something that
would run the iss script to generate a windows installer that i can run and
test locally.  in other words, if i ever make changes and want to submit my
work to the trunk, i would want to make sure that my code worked locally
first.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
i will keep looking.
thanks in advance,
-darren