diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 82a1e39761..d3b8cca9c0 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-11-21 13:40 UTC-0400 David G. Holm <dholm@jsd-llc.com>
+   * source/rtl/idle.c
+     + Added Sleep(0) for 32bit Windows mode to forfeit the
+       remainder of the current time slice in hb_releaseCPU().
+
 2000-11-21 08:55 UTC+0800 Ron Pinkas <ron@profit-master.com>
    * source/pp/ppcomp.c
    * source/compiler/harbour.c
diff --git a/harbour/source/rtl/idle.c b/harbour/source/rtl/idle.c
index 05e6653070..d713516bba 100644
--- a/harbour/source/rtl/idle.c
+++ b/harbour/source/rtl/idle.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 /* NOTE: For OS/2. Must be ahead of any and all #include statements */
 #define INCL_DOSPROCESS
 #define INCL_NOPMAPI
+#define HB_OS_WIN_32_USED
 
 #include "hbapi.h"
 #include "hbapiitm.h"
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ static void hb_releaseCPU( void )
    /* TODO: Add code to release time slices on all platforms */
 
 #if defined(HB_OS_WIN_32)
-   /* according to ms docs, you should not do this in a Win app. dos only */
+   /* Forfeit the remainder of the current time slice. */
+   Sleep( 0 );
 #elif defined(HB_OS_OS2)
    DosSleep( 25 ); /* Duration is in milliseconds */
 #elif defined(HB_OS_DOS)