diff --git a/3rdparty/wxWidgets/build/msw/wx_base_2008.vcproj b/3rdparty/wxWidgets/build/msw/wx_base_2008.vcproj
index 1537079916..586a9fd15d 100644
--- a/3rdparty/wxWidgets/build/msw/wx_base_2008.vcproj
+++ b/3rdparty/wxWidgets/build/msw/wx_base_2008.vcproj
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 	Name="wxBase28"
 	ProjectGUID="{48AD7E0A-25B1-4974-A1E3-03F8C438D34F}"
 	RootNamespace="wxBase28"
+	TargetFrameworkVersion="0"
 	>
 	<Platforms>
 		<Platform
@@ -573,6 +574,10 @@
 				RelativePath="..\..\src\msw\dlmsw.cpp"
 				>
 			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\..\src\msw\HeapAllocator.cpp"
+				>
+			</File>
 			<File
 				RelativePath="..\..\src\msw\main.cpp"
 				>
@@ -693,6 +698,10 @@
 				RelativePath="..\..\include\wx\msw\gccpriv.h"
 				>
 			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\..\include\wx\msw\HeapAllocator.h"
+				>
+			</File>
 			<File
 				RelativePath="..\..\include\wx\msw\libraries.h"
 				>
diff --git a/3rdparty/wxWidgets/build/msw/wx_config_2008.vcproj b/3rdparty/wxWidgets/build/msw/wx_config_2008.vcproj
index 4019e465f2..55b89659b3 100644
--- a/3rdparty/wxWidgets/build/msw/wx_config_2008.vcproj
+++ b/3rdparty/wxWidgets/build/msw/wx_config_2008.vcproj
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 	Name="wxConfig28"
 	ProjectGUID="{C34487AF-228A-4D11-8E50-27803DF76873}"
 	RootNamespace="wxConfig"
+	TargetFrameworkVersion="0"
 	>
 	<Platforms>
 		<Platform
@@ -126,6 +127,10 @@
 					/>
 				</FileConfiguration>
 			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\..\include\wx\setup.h"
+				>
+			</File>
 			<File
 				RelativePath="..\..\include\wx\msw\setup.h"
 				>
@@ -160,10 +165,6 @@
 					/>
 				</FileConfiguration>
 			</File>
-			<File
-				RelativePath="..\..\include\wx\setup.h"
-				>
-			</File>
 		</Filter>
 		<Filter
 			Name="Resource Files"
diff --git a/3rdparty/wxWidgets/build/msw/wx_core_2008.vcproj b/3rdparty/wxWidgets/build/msw/wx_core_2008.vcproj
index e50c6f115e..dbc712a5a5 100644
--- a/3rdparty/wxWidgets/build/msw/wx_core_2008.vcproj
+++ b/3rdparty/wxWidgets/build/msw/wx_core_2008.vcproj
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 	Name="wxCore28"
 	ProjectGUID="{0318BA30-EF48-441A-9E10-DC85EFAE39F0}"
 	RootNamespace="wxCore"
+	TargetFrameworkVersion="0"
 	>
 	<Platforms>
 		<Platform
diff --git a/3rdparty/wxWidgets/include/wx/object.h b/3rdparty/wxWidgets/include/wx/object.h
index d46efcfaaf..1e696861ae 100644
--- a/3rdparty/wxWidgets/include/wx/object.h
+++ b/3rdparty/wxWidgets/include/wx/object.h
@@ -433,6 +433,40 @@ public:
 
     // Turn on the correct set of new and delete operators
 
+#if wxUSE_PRIVATE_HEAP && defined(__WXMSW__)
+	void* operator new( size_t size, const wxChar * = NULL, int  = 0 )
+	{
+		_allocateHeap_wxObject();
+		return _allocHeap_wxObject( size );
+	}
+
+    void *operator new[] ( size_t size, const wxChar * = NULL, int = 0 )
+	{
+		_allocateHeap_wxObject();
+		return _allocHeap_wxObject( size );
+	}
+
+	void operator delete( void* ptr )
+	{
+		_freeHeap_wxObject( ptr );
+	}
+	
+	void operator delete( void* ptr, const wxChar*, int  )
+	{
+		_freeHeap_wxObject( ptr );
+	}
+
+	void operator delete[]( void* ptr )
+	{
+		_freeHeap_wxObject( ptr );
+	}
+	
+	void operator delete[]( void* ptr, const wxChar*, int  )
+	{
+		_freeHeap_wxObject( ptr );
+	}
+#else
+
 #ifdef _WX_WANT_NEW_SIZET_WXCHAR_INT
     void *operator new ( size_t size, const wxChar *fileName = NULL, int lineNum = 0 );
 #endif
@@ -459,6 +493,7 @@ public:
 
 #ifdef _WX_WANT_ARRAY_DELETE_VOID_WXCHAR_INT
     void operator delete[] (void* buf, const wxChar*, int );
+#endif
 #endif
 
     // ref counted data handling methods
diff --git a/3rdparty/wxWidgets/include/wx/setup.h b/3rdparty/wxWidgets/include/wx/setup.h
index 0b7bd76f86..11538dbac8 100644
--- a/3rdparty/wxWidgets/include/wx/setup.h
+++ b/3rdparty/wxWidgets/include/wx/setup.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 // Default is 0
 //
 // Recommended setting: 1 if you are not using a memory debugging tool, else 0
-#define wxUSE_MEMORY_TRACING 1
+#define wxUSE_MEMORY_TRACING 0
 
 // In debug mode, cause new and delete to be redefined globally.
 // If this causes problems (e.g. link errors which is a common problem
@@ -109,6 +109,20 @@
 // Recommended setting: 0
 #define wxUSE_DEBUG_NEW_ALWAYS 0
 
+// [PCSX2 Extension (Win32-specific)]
+// Tells wxWidgets to use private heaps for wxString and wxObject.  This is very
+// useful for two reasons: it tends to be a good speedup, since these objects
+// allocate a lot of small blocks that fragment the global heap, and it also
+// bypasses the CRT, which avoids heap pollution when looking for memory leaks.
+// Typically wxWidgets is leak-free so you only want your own app's blocks in
+// the global CRT heap.
+//
+// Default is 1.
+//
+// Recommended Setting: 1  (wxWidgets developers my find it useful to use 0).
+//
+#define wxUSE_PRIVATE_HEAP 1
+
 // wxHandleFatalExceptions() may be used to catch the program faults at run
 // time and, instead of terminating the program with a usual GPF message box,
 // call the user-defined wxApp::OnFatalException() function. If you set
diff --git a/3rdparty/wxWidgets/include/wx/string.h b/3rdparty/wxWidgets/include/wx/string.h
index 7a57f24a8c..8902d00bbd 100644
--- a/3rdparty/wxWidgets/include/wx/string.h
+++ b/3rdparty/wxWidgets/include/wx/string.h
@@ -174,11 +174,18 @@ inline int Stricmp(const char *psz1, const char *psz2)
 
 #include "wx/beforestd.h"
 #include <string>
+#if wxUSE_PRIVATE_HEAP && defined(__WXMSW__)
+#	include "wx/msw/HeapAllocator.h"
+#endif
 #include "wx/afterstd.h"
 
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
     #ifdef HAVE_STD_WSTRING
-        typedef std::wstring wxStdString;
+		#if wxUSE_PRIVATE_HEAP && defined(__WXMSW__)
+			typedef std::basic_string< wchar_t, std::char_traits< wchar_t >, wxStringAllocator<wchar_t> > wxStdString;
+		#else
+			//typedef std::wstring wxStdString;
+		#endif
     #else
         typedef std::basic_string<wxChar> wxStdString;
     #endif
diff --git a/3rdparty/wxWidgets/src/common/init.cpp b/3rdparty/wxWidgets/src/common/init.cpp
index b440e54b21..bbf89a26b5 100644
--- a/3rdparty/wxWidgets/src/common/init.cpp
+++ b/3rdparty/wxWidgets/src/common/init.cpp
@@ -282,12 +282,16 @@ bool wxEntryStart(int& argc, wxChar **argv)
         }
     }
 
+	// PCSX2: Dunno why my operator new overload fails to work on this.  Says it needs
+	// one with four parameters... ?
+	#if !wxUSE_PRIVATE_HEAP || !defined(__WXMSW__)
     if ( !app.get() )
     {
         // either IMPLEMENT_APP() was not used at all or it failed -- in any
         // case we still need something
         app.Set(new wxDummyConsoleApp);
     }
+    #endif
 
 
     // wxApp initialization: this can be customized
diff --git a/plugins/spu2-x/src/Global.h b/plugins/spu2-x/src/Global.h
index f0db1b915b..e5e4efb908 100644
--- a/plugins/spu2-x/src/Global.h
+++ b/plugins/spu2-x/src/Global.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #ifndef _SPU2X_GLOBAL_H_
 #define _SPU2X_GLOBAL_H_
 
+#define NOMINMAX
+
 struct StereoOut16;
 struct StereoOut32;
 struct StereoOutFloat;
diff --git a/plugins/spu2-x/src/Windows/UIHelpers.cpp b/plugins/spu2-x/src/Windows/UIHelpers.cpp
index 066fe41766..3909dcba32 100644
--- a/plugins/spu2-x/src/Windows/UIHelpers.cpp
+++ b/plugins/spu2-x/src/Windows/UIHelpers.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ __forceinline void Verifyc(HRESULT hr, const char* fn)
 
 void AssignSliderValue( HWND idcwnd, HWND hwndDisplay, int value )
 {
-	value = min( max( value, 0 ), 512 );
+	value = std::min( std::max( value, 0 ), 512 );
 	SendMessage(idcwnd,TBM_SETPOS,TRUE,value); 
 
 	wchar_t tbox[32];
diff --git a/plugins/spu2-x/src/Windows/WinConfig.h b/plugins/spu2-x/src/Windows/WinConfig.h
index c768ecd0ae..0b39a163de 100644
--- a/plugins/spu2-x/src/Windows/WinConfig.h
+++ b/plugins/spu2-x/src/Windows/WinConfig.h
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#ifndef WINVER
 #	define WINVER 0x0501
 #	define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501
+#endif
 
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <mmsystem.h>