diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageDisplay.h b/stepmania/src/RageDisplay.h
index 218f5bc443..7edfa3cdfb 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageDisplay.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageDisplay.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ private:
 	unsigned GetBPP(D3DFORMAT fmt) const;
 	HRESULT SetMode();
 	D3DFORMAT FindBackBufferType(bool bWindowed, int iBPP);
-	D3DXMATRIX& GetTopMatrix() { return m_MatrixStack.ElementAt( m_MatrixStack.GetSize()-1 ); };
+	D3DXMATRIX& GetTopMatrix() { return m_MatrixStack.back(); }
 
 	HWND m_hWnd;
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
index 8154996f40..718c2887f5 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ float TimeToSeconds( CString sHMS )
 	split( sHMS, ":", arrayBits, false );
 
 	while( arrayBits.GetSize() < 3 )
-		arrayBits.InsertAt( 0, "0" );	// pad missing bits
+		arrayBits.insert(arrayBits.begin(), "0" );	// pad missing bits
 
 	float fSeconds = 0;
 	fSeconds += atoi( arrayBits[0] ) * 60 * 60;
@@ -98,15 +98,14 @@ CString join( const CString &Deliminator, const CStringArray& Source)
 	if( Source.GetSize() == 0 )
 		return "";
 
-	CString csReturn;
 	CString csTmp;
 
 	// Loop through the Array and Append the Deliminator
 	for( int iNum = 0; iNum < Source.GetSize()-1; iNum++ ) {
-		csTmp += Source.GetAt(iNum);
+		csTmp += Source[iNum];
 		csTmp += Deliminator;
 	}
-	csTmp += Source.GetAt( Source.GetSize()-1 );
+	csTmp += Source.back();
 	return csTmp;
 }
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenManager.cpp
index 6d27bbb1c0..c68f854977 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenManager.cpp
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ void ScreenManager::SetNewScreen( Screen *pNewScreen )
 {
 	RefreshCreditsMessages();
 
-	// move current screen to ScreenToDelete
-	m_ScreensToDelete.Copy( m_ScreenStack );
+	// move current screen(s) to ScreenToDelete
+	m_ScreensToDelete.insert(m_ScreensToDelete.end(), m_ScreenStack.begin(), m_ScreenStack.end());
 
 	m_ScreenStack.RemoveAll();
 	m_ScreenStack.Add( pNewScreen );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenMusicScroll.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenMusicScroll.cpp
index 413155c1ef..08ef3ddf10 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenMusicScroll.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenMusicScroll.cpp
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ ScreenMusicScroll::ScreenMusicScroll()
 	this->AddChild( &m_Background );
 
 
-	CArray<Song*, Song*> arraySongs;
-	arraySongs.Copy( SONGMAN->m_pSongs );
+	CArray<Song*, Song*> arraySongs = SONGMAN->m_pSongs;
 	SortSongPointerArrayByTitle( arraySongs );
 	
 	m_iNumLines = 0;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenSelectGroup.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenSelectGroup.cpp
index 1201e30392..74466ca0ef 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenSelectGroup.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenSelectGroup.cpp
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ ScreenSelectGroup::ScreenSelectGroup()
 	// This will simply the code a bit, and fix a weird case that 
 	// causes a crash when there are duplicate song names.
 	
-	CArray<Song*, Song*> aAllSongs;
-	aAllSongs.Copy( SONGMAN->m_pSongs );
+	CArray<Song*, Song*> aAllSongs = SONGMAN->m_pSongs;
 
 	// Filter out Songs that can't be played by the current Style
 	for( i=aAllSongs.GetSize()-1; i>=0; i-- )		// foreach Song, back to front
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ ScreenSelectGroup::ScreenSelectGroup()
 			asGroupNames.RemoveAt( i );
 	}
 
-	asGroupNames.InsertAt(0, "ALL MUSIC" );
+	asGroupNames.insert(asGroupNames.begin(), "ALL MUSIC" );
 
 	// Add songs to the MusicList.
 	for( int j=0; j < asGroupNames.GetSize(); j++ ) /* for each group */
diff --git a/stepmania/src/SongManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/SongManager.cpp
index ed1ad563b4..eaad855878 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/SongManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/SongManager.cpp
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ CString SongManager::GetGroupBannerPath( CString sGroupName )
 
 void SongManager::GetGroupNames( CStringArray &AddTo )
 {
-	AddTo.Copy( m_arrayGroupNames );
+	AddTo.insert(AddTo.end(), m_arrayGroupNames.begin(), m_arrayGroupNames.end() );
 }
 
 D3DXCOLOR SongManager::GetGroupColor( const CString &sGroupName )
diff --git a/stepmania/src/StepMania.cpp b/stepmania/src/StepMania.cpp
index 2468a4f8e7..27b0210326 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/StepMania.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/StepMania.cpp
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ void Update()
 
 
 	static InputEventArray ieArray;
-	ieArray.SetSize( 0, 20 );	// zero the array
+	ieArray.clear();	// empty the array
 	INPUTFILTER->GetInputEvents( ieArray, fDeltaTime );
 
 	for( int i=0; i<ieArray.GetSize(); i++ )
diff --git a/stepmania/src/TipDisplay.cpp b/stepmania/src/TipDisplay.cpp
index 5caa49b821..ee793529a6 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/TipDisplay.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/TipDisplay.cpp
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ TipDisplay::TipDisplay()
 
 void TipDisplay::SetTips( CStringArray &arrayTips )
 { 
-	m_arrayTips.RemoveAll();
-	m_arrayTips.Copy( arrayTips );
+	m_arrayTips = arrayTips;
 	if( m_arrayTips.GetSize() > 0 )
 		m_textTip.SetText( m_arrayTips[0] );
 }