#include <netbios.h>
 #endif
 
-static const wxChar WX_SECTION[] = _T("wxWindows");
+static const wxChar WX_SECTION[] = _T("wxWidgets");
 static const wxChar eHOSTNAME[]  = _T("HostName");
 static const wxChar eUSERID[]    = _T("UserId");
 static const wxChar eUSERNAME[]  = _T("UserName");
 
     if ((zSysname = wxGetenv(_T("SYSTEM_NAME"))) == NULL)
     {
-        ULONG n = ::PrfQueryProfileString( HINI_PROFILE
-                                          ,(PSZ)WX_SECTION
-                                          ,(PSZ)eHOSTNAME
-                                          ,(PSZ)zDefaultHost
-                                          ,(void*)zBuf
-                                          ,(ULONG)nMaxSize - 1
-                                         );
+        ::PrfQueryProfileString( HINI_PROFILE
+                                ,(PSZ)WX_SECTION
+                                ,(PSZ)eHOSTNAME
+                                ,(PSZ)zDefaultHost
+                                ,(void*)zBuf
+                                ,(ULONG)nMaxSize - 1
+                               );
     }
     else
         wxStrncpy(zBuf, zSysname, nMaxSize - 1);
 #endif
 }
 
-void wxUsleep(
+void wxMilliSleep(
   unsigned long                     ulMilliseconds
 )
 {
     ::DosSleep(ulMilliseconds);
 }
 
+void wxMicroSleep(
+  unsigned long                     ulMicroseconds
+)
+{
+    ::DosSleep(ulMicroseconds/1000);
+}
+
 void wxSleep(
   int                               nSecs
 )
 , const wxString&                   rTitle
 )
 {
-    wxBuffer = new wxChar[256];
+    wxChar *wxBuffer = new wxChar[256];
     wxSprintf(wxBuffer, "%s\nContinue?", WXSTRINGCAST rMsg);
     if (::WinMessageBox( HWND_DESKTOP
                         ,NULL
     wxString&                       rStrDir = *pStr;
 
     // OS/2 has no idea about home,
-    // so use the working directory instead?
+    // so use the working directory instead.
+    // However, we might have a valid HOME directory,
+    // as is used on many machines that have unix utilities
+    // on them, so we should use that, if available.
 
     // 256 was taken from os2def.h
 #ifndef MAX_PATH
 #  define MAX_PATH  256
 #endif
 
-    char                            zDirName[256];
-    ULONG                           ulDirLen;
+    const wxChar *szHome = wxGetenv("HOME");
+    if ( szHome == NULL ) {
+      // we're homeless, use current directory.
+      rStrDir = wxT(".");
+    }
+    else
+       rStrDir = szHome;
 
-    ::DosQueryCurrentDir(0, zDirName, &ulDirLen);
-    rStrDir = zDirName;
     return rStrDir.c_str();
 }
 
     wxChar*                         zHome;
     wxString                        sUser1(rUser);
 
-    wxBuffer = new wxChar[256];
+    char *wxBuffer = new wxChar[256];
 #ifndef __EMX__
     if (sUser1 != _T(""))
     {