Quote: "How would I go about setting up paths for the august Directx SDK?"
First you need to unpack it somewhere (you don't have to install it, actually you should not install it if you want to use November SDK elsewhere). Then open your Visual Studio and there: Tools - Options - Projects & Solutions - VC++ Directories. In this dialog choose "Include files" in the drop down list and add a path to the DXSDK\include folder. Then choose "Library files" in the drop down list and add a new path to DXSDK\lib\x86 folder.
However, if you don't need November SDK, you can do this:
1) uninstall November version
2) fully install the August version
3) set up the paths as I described above