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diff --git a/win/inspircd_memory_functions.cpp b/win/inspircd_memory_functions.cpp
index b604b02e3..db84ffc66 100644
--- a/win/inspircd_memory_functions.cpp
+++ b/win/inspircd_memory_functions.cpp
@@ -1,19 +1,57 @@
-// Use the global heap for this process for all allocate/free operations.
-#include "inspircd_win32wrapper.h"
-#include <exception>
-
-void * ::operator new(size_t iSize)
-{
-	void* ptr = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, iSize);		// zero memory for unix compatibility
-	/* This is the correct behaviour according to C++ standards for out of memory,
-	 * not returning null -- Brain*/
-	if (!ptr)
-		throw std::bad_alloc();
-	else
-		return ptr;
-}
-
-void ::operator delete(void * ptr)
-{
-	HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, ptr);
-}
+/*       +------------------------------------+
+ *       | Inspire Internet Relay Chat Daemon |
+ *       +------------------------------------+
+ *
+ *  InspIRCd: (C) 2002-2009 InspIRCd Development Team
+ * See: http://www.inspircd.org/wiki/index.php/Credits
+ *
+ * This program is free but copyrighted software; see
+ *            the file COPYING for details.
+ *
+ * ---------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#include "inspircd_win32wrapper.h"
+#include <exception>
+#include <new>
+#include <new.h>
+
+/** On windows, all dll files and executables have their own private heap,
+ * whereas on POSIX systems, shared objects loaded into an executable share
+ * the executable's heap. This means that if we pass an arbitrary pointer to
+ * a windows DLL which is not allocated in that dll, without some form of
+ * marshalling, we get a page fault. To fix this, these overrided operators
+ * new and delete use the windows HeapAlloc and HeapFree functions to claim
+ * memory from the windows global heap. This makes windows 'act like' POSIX
+ * when it comes to memory usage between dlls and exes.
+ */
+
+void * ::operator new(size_t iSize)
+{
+	void* ptr = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, iSize);		/* zero memory for unix compatibility */
+	/* This is the correct behaviour according to C++ standards for out of memory,
+	 * not returning null -- Brain
+	 */
+	if (!ptr)
+		throw std::bad_alloc();
+	else
+		return ptr;
+}
+
+void ::operator delete(void * ptr)
+{
+	HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, ptr);
+}
+
+void * operator new[] (size_t iSize) {
+	void* ptr = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, iSize); /* Why were we initializing the memory to zeros here? This is just a waste of cpu! */
+	if (!ptr)
+		throw std::bad_alloc();
+	else
+		return ptr;
+}
+
+void operator delete[] (void* ptr)
+{
+	HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, ptr);
+}