The fix here: https://github.com/duncansmart/less.js-windows/issues/12 worked for me.
in mixins.less, I changed this:
// IE7 inline-block
// ----------------
.ie7-inline-block() {
*display: inline; /* IE7 inline-block hack */
*zoom: 1;
}
to this
// IE7 inline-block
// ----------------
.ie7-inline-block() {
*display: inline; /* IE7 inline-block hack */
*zoom: 1;
stop: being-broken;
}