diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5eba0850a..816b46bac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 *.suo
 *.user
 *.opendb
+*.VC.db
 
 # compiler-generated sources (MSVC, GCC)
 *.asm
diff --git a/PropertySheets/Debug.props b/PropertySheets/Debug.props
index 9aabfaa47..41c6d3e80 100644
--- a/PropertySheets/Debug.props
+++ b/PropertySheets/Debug.props
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
       <EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>false</EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>false</WholeProgramOptimization>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
-      <SmallerTypeCheck>true</SmallerTypeCheck>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Midl>
diff --git a/PropertySheets/Platform.props b/PropertySheets/Platform.props
index ad5f29b22..1efe3e4d1 100644
--- a/PropertySheets/Platform.props
+++ b/PropertySheets/Platform.props
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <MinimalRebuild>true</MinimalRebuild>
       <ExceptionHandling>Async</ExceptionHandling>
-      <BasicRuntimeChecks>Default</BasicRuntimeChecks>
-      <SmallerTypeCheck>false</SmallerTypeCheck>
       <StructMemberAlignment>Default</StructMemberAlignment>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
diff --git a/PropertySheets/Release.props b/PropertySheets/Release.props
index 5476e48fd..303c1f9a5 100644
--- a/PropertySheets/Release.props
+++ b/PropertySheets/Release.props
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <Optimization>MinSpace</Optimization>
       <InlineFunctionExpansion>Default</InlineFunctionExpansion>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>false</IntrinsicFunctions>
@@ -9,8 +10,7 @@
       <OmitFramePointers>false</OmitFramePointers>
       <EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>false</EnableFiberSafeOptimizations>
       <WholeProgramOptimization>false</WholeProgramOptimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <SmallerTypeCheck>false</SmallerTypeCheck>
+      <BasicRuntimeChecks>Default</BasicRuntimeChecks>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Midl>