diff --git a/SAX/SAX.vcproj b/SAX/SAX.vcproj
index e897a34e..a5ae3537 100644
--- a/SAX/SAX.vcproj
+++ b/SAX/SAX.vcproj
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 				StringPooling="TRUE"
 				RuntimeLibrary="4"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
+				TreatWChar_tAsBuiltInType="TRUE"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="TRUE"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\Release/SAX.pch"
diff --git a/Utils/convertstream.h b/Utils/convertstream.h
index 97f214f8..5b8fbec6 100644
--- a/Utils/convertstream.h
+++ b/Utils/convertstream.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <locale>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <algorithm>
+#pragma warning(disable: 4244)
 
 template<typename charT, 
          typename traitsT = std::char_traits<charT>,
diff --git a/examples/SAX/SimpleHandler.vcproj b/examples/SAX/SimpleHandler.vcproj
index daa10cac..5d43571a 100644
--- a/examples/SAX/SimpleHandler.vcproj
+++ b/examples/SAX/SimpleHandler.vcproj
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32,_DEBUG,_CONSOLE"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="5"
+				TreatWChar_tAsBuiltInType="TRUE"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="TRUE"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\Debug/SimpleHandler.pch"
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@
 				StringPooling="TRUE"
 				RuntimeLibrary="4"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
+				TreatWChar_tAsBuiltInType="TRUE"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="TRUE"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\Release/SimpleHandler.pch"
diff --git a/examples/SAX/pyx.vcproj b/examples/SAX/pyx.vcproj
index 2deb3b54..48464724 100644
--- a/examples/SAX/pyx.vcproj
+++ b/examples/SAX/pyx.vcproj
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32,_DEBUG,_CONSOLE"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="5"
+				TreatWChar_tAsBuiltInType="TRUE"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="TRUE"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\pyx___Win32_Debug/pyx.pch"
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@
 				StringPooling="TRUE"
 				RuntimeLibrary="4"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
+				TreatWChar_tAsBuiltInType="TRUE"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="TRUE"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\Release/pyx.pch"
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@
 			Name="Source Files"
 			Filter="cpp;c;cxx;rc;def;r;odl;idl;hpj;bat">
 			<File
-				RelativePath=".\pyx.cpp">
+				RelativePath="pyx.cpp">
 			</File>
 		</Filter>
 		<Filter
diff --git a/examples/SAX/writer.cpp b/examples/SAX/writer.cpp
index 440aafe4..dff0291a 100644
--- a/examples/SAX/writer.cpp
+++ b/examples/SAX/writer.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     return 0;
   } // if(argc < 2)
 
-/*
   { // narrow
     SAX::FeatureNames<std::string> fNames;
     SAX::XMLReader<std::string> parser;
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
       } // if(file != "-")
     } // for ...
   }
-  */
+
   { // wide
     SAX::FeatureNames<std::wstring> fNames;
     SAX::XMLReader<std::wstring> parser;
diff --git a/examples/SAX2DOM/DOMWriter.vcproj b/examples/SAX2DOM/DOMWriter.vcproj
index 13e520b5..1d22caf8 100644
--- a/examples/SAX2DOM/DOMWriter.vcproj
+++ b/examples/SAX2DOM/DOMWriter.vcproj
@@ -112,12 +112,6 @@
 			Filter="cpp;c;cxx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm">
 			<File
 				RelativePath="DOMWriter.cpp">
-				<FileConfiguration
-					Name="Debug|Win32">
-					<Tool
-						Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-						TreatWChar_tAsBuiltInType="FALSE"/>
-				</FileConfiguration>
 				<FileConfiguration
 					Name="Release|Win32">
 					<Tool
diff --git a/examples/SAX2DOM/SAX2DOM_test.vcproj b/examples/SAX2DOM/SAX2DOM_test.vcproj
index 57293695..4a5f75cd 100644
--- a/examples/SAX2DOM/SAX2DOM_test.vcproj
+++ b/examples/SAX2DOM/SAX2DOM_test.vcproj
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 				StringPooling="TRUE"
 				RuntimeLibrary="4"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
+				TreatWChar_tAsBuiltInType="TRUE"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="TRUE"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
 				PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\Release/SAX2DOM_test.pch"