diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/common.rc b/icu4c/source/common/common.rc
index c3d9323b71..331e5423dc 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/common.rc
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/common.rc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Do not edit with Microsoft Developer Studio Resource Editor.
 //   It will permanently substitute version numbers that are intended to be
 //   picked up by the pre-processor during each build.
-// Copyright (c) 2001-2003 International Business Machines
+// Copyright (c) 2001-2005 International Business Machines
 // Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.
 //
 #include "msvcres.h"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ BEGIN
     BEGIN
         BLOCK "00000000"
         BEGIN
-            VALUE "Comments", "http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/\0"
+            VALUE "Comments", ICU_WEBSITE "\0"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "IBM Corporation and others\0"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "IBM ICU Common DLL\0"
             VALUE "FileVersion",  CommaVersionString(U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM, U_ICU_VERSION_MINOR_NUM, U_ICU_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL_NUM, 0)
diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/msvcres.h b/icu4c/source/common/msvcres.h
index 52746394a4..cad2fe66c4 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/msvcres.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/msvcres.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //{{NO_DEPENDENCIES}}
-// Copyright (c) 2003 International Business Machines
+// Copyright (c) 2003-2005 International Business Machines
 // Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.
 //
 // Used by common.rc and other .rc files.
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ STLPort's broken stddef.h from being used when rc.exe parses this file.
 
 #include "unicode/uversion.h"
 
+#define ICU_WEBSITE "http://ibm.com/software/globalization/icu/"
diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/misc/icudata.rc b/icu4c/source/data/misc/icudata.rc
index a6dad6b8df..36ed3f8c96 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/data/misc/icudata.rc
+++ b/icu4c/source/data/misc/icudata.rc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //Do not edit with Microsoft Developer Studio because it will modify this
 //script in the wrong way.
-// Copyright (c) 2001-2004 International Business Machines
+// Copyright (c) 2001-2005 International Business Machines
 // Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.
 //
 #define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ BEGIN
     BEGIN
         BLOCK "00000000"
         BEGIN
-            VALUE "Comments", "http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/\0"
+            VALUE "Comments", ICU_WEBSITE "\0"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "IBM Corporation and others\0"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "ICU Data DLL\0"
             VALUE "FileVersion",  CommaVersionString(U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM, U_ICU_VERSION_MINOR_NUM, U_ICU_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL_NUM, 0)
diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n.rc b/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n.rc
index 120a13fbe0..668ce3c3c9 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n.rc
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n.rc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Do not edit with Microsoft Developer Studio Resource Editor.
 //   It will permanently substitute version numbers that are intended to be
 //   picked up by the pre-processor during each build.
-// Copyright (c) 2001-2003 International Business Machines
+// Copyright (c) 2001-2005 International Business Machines
 // Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.
 //
 #include "../common/msvcres.h"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ BEGIN
     BEGIN
         BLOCK "00000000"
         BEGIN
-            VALUE "Comments", "http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/\0"
+            VALUE "Comments", ICU_WEBSITE "\0"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "IBM Corporation and others\0"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "IBM ICU I18N DLL\0"
             VALUE "FileVersion",  CommaVersionString(U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM, U_ICU_VERSION_MINOR_NUM, U_ICU_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL_NUM, 0)
diff --git a/icu4c/source/io/io.rc b/icu4c/source/io/io.rc
index a20649309e..76d7f30d13 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/io/io.rc
+++ b/icu4c/source/io/io.rc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Do not edit with Microsoft Developer Studio Resource Editor.
 //   It will permanently substitute version numbers that are intended to be
 //   picked up by the pre-processor during each build.
-// Copyright (c) 2001-2004 International Business Machines
+// Copyright (c) 2001-2005 International Business Machines
 // Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.
 //
 #include "../common/msvcres.h"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ BEGIN
     BEGIN
         BLOCK "00000000"
         BEGIN
-            VALUE "Comments", "http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/\0"
+            VALUE "Comments", ICU_WEBSITE "\0"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "IBM Corporation and others\0"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "IBM ICU I/O DLL\0"
             VALUE "FileVersion",  CommaVersionString(U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM, U_ICU_VERSION_MINOR_NUM, U_ICU_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL_NUM, 0)
diff --git a/icu4c/source/layout/layout.rc b/icu4c/source/layout/layout.rc
index 4298b05aab..7eb64da2ed 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/layout/layout.rc
+++ b/icu4c/source/layout/layout.rc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Do not edit with Microsoft Developer Studio Resource Editor.
 //   It will permanently substitute version numbers that are intended to be
 //   picked up by the pre-processor during each build.
-// Copyright (c) 2001-2003 International Business Machines
+// Copyright (c) 2001-2005 International Business Machines
 // Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.
 //
 #include "../common/msvcres.h"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ BEGIN
     BEGIN
         BLOCK "00000000"
         BEGIN
-            VALUE "Comments", "http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/\0"
+            VALUE "Comments", ICU_WEBSITE "\0"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "IBM Corporation and others\0"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "IBM ICU Layout DLL\0"
             VALUE "FileVersion",  CommaVersionString(U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM, U_ICU_VERSION_MINOR_NUM, U_ICU_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL_NUM, 0)
diff --git a/icu4c/source/layoutex/layoutex.rc b/icu4c/source/layoutex/layoutex.rc
index 2e1c359c5e..d6daefabc4 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/layoutex/layoutex.rc
+++ b/icu4c/source/layoutex/layoutex.rc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Do not edit with Microsoft Developer Studio Resource Editor.
 //   It will permanently substitute version numbers that are intended to be
 //   picked up by the pre-processor during each build.
-// Copyright (c) 2001-2003 International Business Machines
+// Copyright (c) 2001-2005 International Business Machines
 // Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.
 //
 #include "../common/msvcres.h"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ BEGIN
     BEGIN
         BLOCK "00000000"
         BEGIN
-            VALUE "Comments", "http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/\0"
+            VALUE "Comments", ICU_WEBSITE "\0"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "IBM Corporation and others\0"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "IBM ICU Layout Extensions DLL\0"
             VALUE "FileVersion",  CommaVersionString(U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM, U_ICU_VERSION_MINOR_NUM, U_ICU_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL_NUM, 0)