diff --git a/include/config-win.h b/include/config-win.h
index 5290cf83896..86b2a7cca39 100644
--- a/include/config-win.h
+++ b/include/config-win.h
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ inline double ulonglong2double(ulonglong value)
 #define tell(A) _telli64(A)
 #endif
 
-#define set_timespec(ABSTIME,SEC) { (ABSTIME).tv_sec=time((time_t*)0) + (time_t) (SEC); (ABSTIME).tv_nsec=0; }
 
 #define STACK_DIRECTION -1
 
diff --git a/include/my_global.h b/include/my_global.h
index 80654051b5b..03a7552a554 100644
--- a/include/my_global.h
+++ b/include/my_global.h
@@ -1106,41 +1106,7 @@ typedef char		bool;	/* Ordinary boolean values 0 1 */
 #define MY_HOW_OFTEN_TO_ALARM	2	/* How often we want info on screen */
 #define MY_HOW_OFTEN_TO_WRITE	1000	/* How often we want info on screen */
 
-#ifdef HAVE_TIMESPEC_TS_SEC
-#ifndef set_timespec
-#define set_timespec(ABSTIME,SEC) \
-{ \
-  (ABSTIME).ts_sec=time(0) + (time_t) (SEC); \
-  (ABSTIME).ts_nsec=0; \
-}
-#endif /* !set_timespec */
-#ifndef set_timespec_nsec
-#define set_timespec_nsec(ABSTIME,NSEC) \
-{ \
-  ulonglong now= my_getsystime() + (NSEC/100); \
-  (ABSTIME).ts_sec=  (now / ULL(10000000)); \
-  (ABSTIME).ts_nsec= (now % ULL(10000000) * 100 + ((NSEC) % 100)); \
-}
-#endif /* !set_timespec_nsec */
-#else
-#ifndef set_timespec
-#define set_timespec(ABSTIME,SEC) \
-{\
-  struct timeval tv;\
-  gettimeofday(&tv,0);\
-  (ABSTIME).tv_sec=tv.tv_sec+(time_t) (SEC);\
-  (ABSTIME).tv_nsec=tv.tv_usec*1000;\
-}
-#endif /* !set_timespec */
-#ifndef set_timespec_nsec
-#define set_timespec_nsec(ABSTIME,NSEC) \
-{\
-  ulonglong now= my_getsystime() + (NSEC/100); \
-  (ABSTIME).tv_sec=  (time_t) (now / ULL(10000000));                  \
-  (ABSTIME).tv_nsec= (long) (now % ULL(10000000) * 100 + ((NSEC) % 100)); \
-}
-#endif /* !set_timespec_nsec */
-#endif /* HAVE_TIMESPEC_TS_SEC */
+
 
 /*
   Define-funktions for reading and storing in machine independent format
diff --git a/include/my_pthread.h b/include/my_pthread.h
index b3d84e70d6a..d44fd97c318 100644
--- a/include/my_pthread.h
+++ b/include/my_pthread.h
@@ -66,6 +66,34 @@ typedef int pthread_mutexattr_t;
 #define pthread_handler_t EXTERNC void * __cdecl
 typedef void * (__cdecl *pthread_handler)(void *);
 
+/*
+  Struct and macros to be used in combination with the
+  windows implementation of pthread_cond_timedwait
+*/
+
+/*
+   Declare a union to make sure FILETIME is properly aligned
+   so it can be used directly as a 64 bit value. The value
+   stored is in 100ns units.
+ */
+ union ft64 {
+  FILETIME ft;
+  __int64 i64;
+ };
+struct timespec {
+  union ft64 start;
+  /* The max timeout value in millisecond for pthread_cond_timedwait */
+  long timeout_msec;
+};
+#define set_timespec(ABSTIME,SEC) { \
+  GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(&((ABSTIME).start.ft)); \
+  (ABSTIME).timeout_msec= (long)((SEC)*1000); \
+}
+#define set_timespec_nsec(ABSTIME,NSEC) { \
+  GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(&((ABSTIME).start.ft)); \
+  (ABSTIME).timeout_msec= (long)((NSEC)/1000000); \
+}
+
 void win_pthread_init(void);
 int win_pthread_setspecific(void *A,void *B,uint length);
 int pthread_create(pthread_t *,pthread_attr_t *,pthread_handler,void *);
@@ -141,8 +169,6 @@ void pthread_exit(void *a);	 /* was #define pthread_exit(A) ExitThread(A)*/
 #define pthread_condattr_init(A)
 #define pthread_condattr_destroy(A)
 
-/*Irena: compiler does not like this: */
-/*#define my_pthread_getprio(pthread_t thread_id) pthread_dummy(0) */
 #define my_pthread_getprio(thread_id) pthread_dummy(0)
 
 #else /* Normal threads */
@@ -367,6 +393,47 @@ void my_pthread_attr_getstacksize(pthread_attr_t *attrib, size_t *size);
 int my_pthread_mutex_trylock(pthread_mutex_t *mutex);
 #endif
 
+/*
+  The defines set_timespec and set_timespec_nsec should be used
+  for calculating an absolute time at which
+  pthread_cond_timedwait should timeout
+*/
+#ifdef HAVE_TIMESPEC_TS_SEC
+#ifndef set_timespec
+#define set_timespec(ABSTIME,SEC) \
+{ \
+  (ABSTIME).ts_sec=time(0) + (time_t) (SEC); \
+  (ABSTIME).ts_nsec=0; \
+}
+#endif /* !set_timespec */
+#ifndef set_timespec_nsec
+#define set_timespec_nsec(ABSTIME,NSEC) \
+{ \
+  ulonglong now= my_getsystime() + (NSEC/100); \
+  (ABSTIME).ts_sec=  (now / ULL(10000000)); \
+  (ABSTIME).ts_nsec= (now % ULL(10000000) * 100 + ((NSEC) % 100)); \
+}
+#endif /* !set_timespec_nsec */
+#else
+#ifndef set_timespec
+#define set_timespec(ABSTIME,SEC) \
+{\
+  struct timeval tv;\
+  gettimeofday(&tv,0);\
+  (ABSTIME).tv_sec=tv.tv_sec+(time_t) (SEC);\
+  (ABSTIME).tv_nsec=tv.tv_usec*1000;\
+}
+#endif /* !set_timespec */
+#ifndef set_timespec_nsec
+#define set_timespec_nsec(ABSTIME,NSEC) \
+{\
+  ulonglong now= my_getsystime() + (NSEC/100); \
+  (ABSTIME).tv_sec=  (time_t) (now / ULL(10000000));                  \
+  (ABSTIME).tv_nsec= (long) (now % ULL(10000000) * 100 + ((NSEC) % 100)); \
+}
+#endif /* !set_timespec_nsec */
+#endif /* HAVE_TIMESPEC_TS_SEC */
+
 	/* safe_mutex adds checking to mutex for easier debugging */
 
 #if defined(__NETWARE__) && !defined(SAFE_MUTEX_DETECT_DESTROY)
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/myisam.result b/mysql-test/r/myisam.result
index 5aaf0abf698..635f4b81eab 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/myisam.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/myisam.result
@@ -922,6 +922,27 @@ SET @@myisam_repair_threads=1;
 SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'myisam_repair%';
 Variable_name	Value
 myisam_repair_threads	1
+show create table t1;
+Table	Create Table
+t1	CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE `t1` (
+  `a` int(11) default NULL
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DATA DIRECTORY='MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/'
+show create table t1;
+Table	Create Table
+t1	CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE `t1` (
+  `a` int(11) default NULL
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DATA DIRECTORY='MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/'
+create table t1 (a int) engine=myisam select 42 a;
+select * from t1;
+a
+9
+select * from t1;
+a
+99
+select * from t1;
+a
+42
+drop table t1;
 set storage_engine=MyISAM;
 drop table if exists t1,t2,t3;
 --- Testing varchar ---
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/archive.test b/mysql-test/t/archive.test
index a5a24064020..0dc14e21674 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/archive.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/archive.test
@@ -1346,6 +1346,7 @@ SELECT * FROM t2;
 CHECK TABLE t2;
 SELECT * FROM t2;
 
+
 # Test INSERT DELAYED and wait until the table has one more record
 SELECT COUNT(auto) FROM t2;
 INSERT DELAYED INTO t2 VALUES (4,011403,37,'intercepted','audiology','tinily','');
diff --git a/mysys/my_wincond.c b/mysys/my_wincond.c
index 8c497e8f250..327addff2cc 100644
--- a/mysys/my_wincond.c
+++ b/mysys/my_wincond.c
@@ -54,14 +54,30 @@ int pthread_cond_wait(pthread_cond_t *cond, pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
 int pthread_cond_timedwait(pthread_cond_t *cond, pthread_mutex_t *mutex,
                            struct timespec *abstime)
 {
-  struct _timeb curtime;
   int result;
-  long timeout;
-  _ftime(&curtime);
-  timeout= ((long) (abstime->tv_sec - curtime.time)*1000L +
-		    (long)((abstime->tv_nsec/1000) - curtime.millitm)/1000L);
-  if (timeout < 0)				/* Some safety */
+  long timeout; 
+  union ft64 now;
+  
+  GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(&now.ft);
+
+  /*
+    - subtract start time from current time(values are in 100ns units
+    - convert to millisec by dividing with 10000
+    - subtract time since start from max timeout
+  */
+  timeout= abstime->timeout_msec - (long)((now.i64 - abstime->start.i64) / 10000);
+  
+  /* Don't allow the timeout to be negative */
+  if (timeout < 0)
     timeout = 0L;
+
+  /*
+    Make sure the calucated time does not exceed original timeout
+    value which could cause "wait for ever" if system time changes
+  */
+  if (timeout > abstime->timeout_msec)
+    timeout= abstime->timeout_msec;
+
   InterlockedIncrement(&cond->waiting);
   LeaveCriticalSection(mutex);
   result=WaitForSingleObject(cond->semaphore,timeout);
diff --git a/scripts/mysqld_safe.sh b/scripts/mysqld_safe.sh
index 91d53c412f7..bfaa1d57ed2 100644
--- a/scripts/mysqld_safe.sh
+++ b/scripts/mysqld_safe.sh
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ if [ ! -d $mysql_unix_port_dir ]
 then
   mkdir $mysql_unix_port_dir
   chown $user $mysql_unix_port_dir
+  chmod 755 $mysql_unix_port_dir
 fi
 
 # If the user doesn't specify a binary, we assume name "mysqld"
diff --git a/server-tools/instance-manager/guardian.cc b/server-tools/instance-manager/guardian.cc
index 812e5fad9e0..3aaef3b451b 100644
--- a/server-tools/instance-manager/guardian.cc
+++ b/server-tools/instance-manager/guardian.cc
@@ -254,9 +254,8 @@ void Guardian::run()
 
       node= node->next;
     }
-    timeout.tv_sec= time(NULL) + monitoring_interval;
-    timeout.tv_nsec= 0;
-
+    set_timespec(timeout, monitoring_interval);
+    
     /* check the loop predicate before sleeping */
     if (!(shutdown_requested && (!(guarded_instances))))
       thread_registry->cond_timedwait(&thread_info, &COND_guardian,
diff --git a/server-tools/instance-manager/instance.cc b/server-tools/instance-manager/instance.cc
index 6b4289c5b29..2b3df068ce2 100644
--- a/server-tools/instance-manager/instance.cc
+++ b/server-tools/instance-manager/instance.cc
@@ -636,10 +636,9 @@ int Instance::stop()
     waitchild= options.get_shutdown_delay();
 
     kill_mysqld(SIGTERM);
-    /* sleep on condition to wait for SIGCHLD */
 
-    timeout.tv_sec= time(NULL) + waitchild;
-    timeout.tv_nsec= 0;
+    /* sleep on condition to wait for SIGCHLD */
+    set_timespec(timeout, waitchild);
     if (pthread_mutex_lock(&LOCK_instance))
       return ER_STOP_INSTANCE;