[SDL] Distributing SDL apps built with Visual Studio .Net

[stu at evilx.com]

Hi everyone-

I recently upgraded to Visual Studio .Net and am new to SDL.  Last night I
sent my brother a beta of the game I'm working on to test.  When he tried
to run it he got an error, stating mscvr71.dll wasn't found.  This DLL
comes with Visual Studio .Net so he doesn't have it, so I sent him the DLL
and he put it in the game directory and it worked fine.  My question is is
there a switch somewhere in visual studio where I can turn off the
requirement for this DLL?  And if not, will microsoft throw a hissy fit if
I just include the DLL with my game distribution...wtf is this DLL anyway,
is it for the debugger or all that BS .Net framework or what? 

-thanks
jason