diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks.h b/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks.h
index 2b121653dd..d685520997 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks.h
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ class ArchHooks
 public:
 	virtual ~ArchHooks() { }
 
+	/*
+	 * Return the general name of the architecture, eg. "Windows", "OSX", "Unix".
+	 */
+	virtual RString GetArchName() { return "generic"; }
+
 	/* This is called as soon as the loading window is shown, and we can
 	 * safely log. */
 	virtual void DumpDebugInfo() { }
diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Unix.h b/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Unix.h
index d942e184f9..d218038c8c 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Unix.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Unix.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class ArchHooks_Unix: public ArchHooks
 {
 public:
 	ArchHooks_Unix();
+	RString GetArchName() { return "Unix"; }
 	void DumpDebugInfo();
 
 	void SetTime( tm newtime );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Win32.h b/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Win32.h
index 76c71ba7d6..539e822614 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Win32.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Win32.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class ArchHooks_Win32: public ArchHooks
 public:
 	ArchHooks_Win32();
 	~ArchHooks_Win32();
+	RString GetArchName() { return "Windows"; }
 	void DumpDebugInfo();
 	void RestartProgram();
 	bool CheckForMultipleInstances();
diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Xbox.h b/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Xbox.h
index 22ecdf6dbc..724f001f50 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Xbox.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Xbox.h
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ class ArchHooks_Xbox: public ArchHooks
 public:
 	ArchHooks_Xbox();
 	~ArchHooks_Xbox();
+	RString GetArchName() { return "Xbox"; }
 
 	//void MountInitialFilesystems( const RString &sDirOfExecutable );
 };
 
+// XXX: This stuff doesn't belong here.  Hide it in ArchHooks.
+
 // Read a 64 bit MSR register
 inline void READMSRREG( UINT32 reg, LARGE_INTEGER *val ) 
 {
diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_darwin.h b/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_darwin.h
index 4848b8472e..5d42e65ae5 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_darwin.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_darwin.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class ArchHooks_darwin : public ArchHooks
 public:
 	ArchHooks_darwin();
 	~ArchHooks_darwin();
+	RString GetArchName() { return "OSX"; }
 	void DumpDebugInfo();
 	RString GetPreferredLanguage();
 	void EnterTimeCriticalSection();