diff --git a/stepmania/src/smpackage-net2003.vcproj b/stepmania/src/smpackage-net2003.vcproj
index 4966d0928d..9b521fd410 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/smpackage-net2003.vcproj
+++ b/stepmania/src/smpackage-net2003.vcproj
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=".;lua-5.0\include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;DEBUG;_WINDOWS;WINDOWS;SMPACKAGE"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
-				RuntimeLibrary="3"
+				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
 				PrecompiledHeaderThrough="global.h"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\Debug-smpackage/smpackage.pch"
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="2"
 				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=".;"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=".;lua-5.0\include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;WINDOWS;SMPACKAGE"
 				StringPooling="TRUE"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
diff --git a/stepmania/src/smpackage/StdAfx.h b/stepmania/src/smpackage/StdAfx.h
index 2ac2b39712..a44f6667c9 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/smpackage/StdAfx.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/smpackage/StdAfx.h
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 
 #define VC_EXTRALEAN		// Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
 
+// prevent windows includes from pulling in debug CRTs:
+#if defined(_DEBUG)
+#undef _DEBUG
+#define RESTORE_DEBUG
+#endif
+
 #include <afxwin.h>         // MFC core and standard components
 #include <afxext.h>         // MFC extensions
 #include <afxdtctl.h>		// MFC support for Internet Explorer 4 Common Controls
@@ -21,6 +27,11 @@
 #include <afxcmn.h>			// MFC support for Windows Common Controls
 #endif // _AFX_NO_AFXCMN_SUPPORT
 
+#if defined(RESTORE_DEBUG)
+#undef RESTORE_DEBUG
+#define _DEBUG
+#endif
+
 #include <vector>
 using namespace std;
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/smpackage/ZipArchive/StdAfx.h b/stepmania/src/smpackage/ZipArchive/StdAfx.h
index 5d0ffb6dc2..86ee9ab7c4 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/smpackage/ZipArchive/StdAfx.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/smpackage/ZipArchive/StdAfx.h
@@ -38,10 +38,20 @@
 
 #define ZIP_ARCHIVE_MFC
 
+#if defined(_DEBUG)
+#undef _DEBUG
+#define RESTORE_DEBUG
+#endif
+
 #define VC_EXTRALEAN		// Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
 #include <afx.h>
 #include <afxwin.h>
 
+#if defined(RESTORE_DEBUG)
+#undef RESTORE_DEBUG
+#define _DEBUG
+#endif
+
 //{{AFX_INSERT_LOCATION}}
 // Microsoft Visual C++ will insert additional declarations immediately before the previous line.
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/smpackage/ZipArchive/ZipArchive-net2003.vcproj b/stepmania/src/smpackage/ZipArchive/ZipArchive-net2003.vcproj
index 8ade4b618e..174388a48a 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/smpackage/ZipArchive/ZipArchive-net2003.vcproj
+++ b/stepmania/src/smpackage/ZipArchive/ZipArchive-net2003.vcproj
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 				Optimization="0"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG;ZLIB_DLL;WIN32;_WINDOWS;ZIP_ARCHIVE_MFC_PROJ;PKZIP_BUG_WORKAROUND"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
-				RuntimeLibrary="3"
+				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
 				PrecompiledHeaderThrough="stdafx.h"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\Debug/ZipArchive.pch"