diff --git a/pcsx2/windows/WinConsole.cpp b/pcsx2/windows/WinConsole.cpp
index 8774737650..ea85519510 100644
--- a/pcsx2/windows/WinConsole.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/windows/WinConsole.cpp
@@ -21,9 +21,13 @@
 #include "System.h"
 #include "DebugTools/Debug.h"
 
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <io.h>
+
 namespace Console
 {
 	static HANDLE hConsole = NULL;
+	static int hCrt;
 
 	static const int tbl_color_codes[] = 
 	{
@@ -50,24 +54,34 @@ namespace Console
 		SMALL_RECT srect;
 
 		if( hConsole ) return;
+
 		AllocConsole();
 		SetConsoleTitle(_("Ps2 Output"));
 
+		hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+
+		hCrt = _open_osfhandle( (intptr_t)hConsole, _O_TEXT );
+		FILE* hfp = _fdopen( hCrt, "w" );
+		*stdout = *hfp;
+		*stderr = *hfp;
+		setvbuf( stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0 );
+		setvbuf( stderr, NULL, _IONBF, 0 );
+
 		csize.X = 100;
 		csize.Y = 2048;
-		SetConsoleScreenBufferSize(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), csize);
-		GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), &csbiInfo);
+		SetConsoleScreenBufferSize(hConsole, csize);
+		GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &csbiInfo);
 
 		srect = csbiInfo.srWindow;
 		srect.Right = srect.Left + 99;
 		srect.Bottom = srect.Top + 64;
-		SetConsoleWindowInfo(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), TRUE, &srect);
-		hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+		SetConsoleWindowInfo(hConsole, TRUE, &srect);
 	}
 
 	void Close()
 	{
 		if( hConsole == NULL ) return;
+		_close( hCrt );
 		FreeConsole();
 		hConsole = NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/pcsx2/x86/microVU.cpp b/pcsx2/x86/microVU.cpp
index 45b565b533..827cc3ad8c 100644
--- a/pcsx2/x86/microVU.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/x86/microVU.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ microVUt(void) mVUreset(mV) {
 	mVU->prog.max	  = mMaxProg - 1;
 	mVU->prog.prog = (microProgram*)_aligned_malloc(sizeof(microProgram)*(mVU->prog.max+1), 64);
 
+	memset( mVU->prog.prog, 0, sizeof(microProgram)*(mVU->prog.max+1) );
+
 	// Setup Dynarec Cache Limits for Each Program
 	u8* z = (mVU->cache + 0x1000); // Dispatcher Code is in first page of cache
 	for (int i = 0; i <= mVU->prog.max; i++) {