diff --git a/dlls/kernel/Makefile.in b/dlls/kernel/Makefile.in
index 95c0e53079e..a3f0683fc28 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/kernel/Makefile.in
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ SOVERSION = 1.0
 ALTNAMES  = comm kernel stress system toolhelp windebug win87em wprocs
 
 C_SRCS = \
+	debugger.c \
 	format_msg.c \
 	kernel_main.c \
 	stress.c \
+	sync.c \
 	thunk.c \
+	time.c \
 	toolhelp.c \
 	utthunk.c \
 	win87em.c \
diff --git a/scheduler/debugger.c b/dlls/kernel/debugger.c
similarity index 100%
rename from scheduler/debugger.c
rename to dlls/kernel/debugger.c
diff --git a/dlls/kernel/sync.c b/dlls/kernel/sync.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1fa398dd658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dlls/kernel/sync.c
@@ -0,0 +1,598 @@
+/*
+ * Kernel synchronization objects
+ *
+ * Copyright 1998 Alexandre Julliard
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include "winerror.h"
+#include "winnls.h"
+#include "wine/unicode.h"
+#include "syslevel.h"
+#include "server.h"
+#include "debugtools.h"
+
+DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(win32);
+
+/*
+ * Events
+ */
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           CreateEventA    (KERNEL32.156)
+ */
+HANDLE WINAPI CreateEventA( SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *sa, BOOL manual_reset,
+                            BOOL initial_state, LPCSTR name )
+{
+    HANDLE ret;
+    DWORD len = name ? MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), NULL, 0 ) : 0;
+    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
+    {
+        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
+        return 0;
+    }
+    SERVER_START_REQ
+    {
+        struct create_event_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+
+        req->manual_reset = manual_reset;
+        req->initial_state = initial_state;
+        req->inherit = (sa && (sa->nLength>=sizeof(*sa)) && sa->bInheritHandle);
+        if (len) MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), server_data_ptr(req), len );
+        SetLastError(0);
+        server_call( REQ_CREATE_EVENT );
+        ret = req->handle;
+    }
+    SERVER_END_REQ;
+    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           CreateEventW    (KERNEL32.157)
+ */
+HANDLE WINAPI CreateEventW( SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *sa, BOOL manual_reset,
+                            BOOL initial_state, LPCWSTR name )
+{
+    HANDLE ret;
+    DWORD len = name ? strlenW(name) : 0;
+    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
+    {
+        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
+        return 0;
+    }
+    SERVER_START_REQ
+    {
+        struct create_event_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+
+        req->manual_reset = manual_reset;
+        req->initial_state = initial_state;
+        req->inherit = (sa && (sa->nLength>=sizeof(*sa)) && sa->bInheritHandle);
+        memcpy( server_data_ptr(req), name, len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+        SetLastError(0);
+        server_call( REQ_CREATE_EVENT );
+        ret = req->handle;
+    }
+    SERVER_END_REQ;
+    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           WIN16_CreateEvent    (KERNEL.457)
+ */
+HANDLE WINAPI WIN16_CreateEvent( BOOL manual_reset, BOOL initial_state )
+{
+    return CreateEventA( NULL, manual_reset, initial_state, NULL );
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           OpenEventA    (KERNEL32.536)
+ */
+HANDLE WINAPI OpenEventA( DWORD access, BOOL inherit, LPCSTR name )
+{
+    HANDLE ret;
+    DWORD len = name ? MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), NULL, 0 ) : 0;
+    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
+    {
+        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
+        return 0;
+    }
+    SERVER_START_REQ
+    {
+        struct open_event_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+
+        req->access  = access;
+        req->inherit = inherit;
+        if (len) MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), server_data_ptr(req), len );
+        server_call( REQ_OPEN_EVENT );
+        ret = req->handle;
+    }
+    SERVER_END_REQ;
+    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           OpenEventW    (KERNEL32.537)
+ */
+HANDLE WINAPI OpenEventW( DWORD access, BOOL inherit, LPCWSTR name )
+{
+    HANDLE ret;
+    DWORD len = name ? strlenW(name) : 0;
+    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
+    {
+        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
+        return 0;
+    }
+    SERVER_START_REQ
+    {
+        struct open_event_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+
+        req->access  = access;
+        req->inherit = inherit;
+        memcpy( server_data_ptr(req), name, len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+        server_call( REQ_OPEN_EVENT );
+        ret = req->handle;
+    }
+    SERVER_END_REQ;
+    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           EVENT_Operation
+ *
+ * Execute an event operation (set,reset,pulse).
+ */
+static BOOL EVENT_Operation( HANDLE handle, enum event_op op )
+{
+    BOOL ret;
+    SERVER_START_REQ
+    {
+        struct event_op_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), 0 );
+        req->handle = handle;
+        req->op     = op;
+        ret = !server_call( REQ_EVENT_OP );
+    }
+    SERVER_END_REQ;
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           PulseEvent    (KERNEL32.557)
+ */
+BOOL WINAPI PulseEvent( HANDLE handle )
+{
+    return EVENT_Operation( handle, PULSE_EVENT );
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           SetEvent    (KERNEL32.644)
+ */
+BOOL WINAPI SetEvent( HANDLE handle )
+{
+    return EVENT_Operation( handle, SET_EVENT );
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           ResetEvent    (KERNEL32.586)
+ */
+BOOL WINAPI ResetEvent( HANDLE handle )
+{
+    return EVENT_Operation( handle, RESET_EVENT );
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ * NOTE: The Win95 VWin32_Event routines given below are really low-level
+ *       routines implemented directly by VWin32. The user-mode libraries
+ *       implement Win32 synchronisation routines on top of these low-level
+ *       primitives. We do it the other way around here :-)
+ */
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *       VWin32_EventCreate	(KERNEL.442)
+ */
+HANDLE WINAPI VWin32_EventCreate(VOID)
+{
+    HANDLE hEvent = CreateEventA( NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL );
+    return ConvertToGlobalHandle( hEvent );
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *       VWin32_EventDestroy	(KERNEL.443)
+ */
+VOID WINAPI VWin32_EventDestroy(HANDLE event)
+{
+    CloseHandle( event );
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *       VWin32_EventWait	(KERNEL.450) 
+ */
+VOID WINAPI VWin32_EventWait(HANDLE event)
+{
+    SYSLEVEL_ReleaseWin16Lock();
+    WaitForSingleObject( event, INFINITE );
+    SYSLEVEL_RestoreWin16Lock();
+}
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *       VWin32_EventSet	(KERNEL.451)
+ */
+VOID WINAPI VWin32_EventSet(HANDLE event)
+{
+    SetEvent( event );
+}
+
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           CreateMutexA   (KERNEL32.166)
+ */
+HANDLE WINAPI CreateMutexA( SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *sa, BOOL owner, LPCSTR name )
+{
+    HANDLE ret;
+    DWORD len = name ? MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), NULL, 0 ) : 0;
+    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
+    {
+        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
+        return 0;
+    }
+    SERVER_START_REQ
+    {
+        struct create_mutex_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+
+        req->owned   = owner;
+        req->inherit = (sa && (sa->nLength>=sizeof(*sa)) && sa->bInheritHandle);
+        if (len) MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), server_data_ptr(req), len );
+        SetLastError(0);
+        server_call( REQ_CREATE_MUTEX );
+        ret = req->handle;
+    }
+    SERVER_END_REQ;
+    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           CreateMutexW   (KERNEL32.167)
+ */
+HANDLE WINAPI CreateMutexW( SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *sa, BOOL owner, LPCWSTR name )
+{
+    HANDLE ret;
+    DWORD len = name ? strlenW(name) : 0;
+    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
+    {
+        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
+        return 0;
+    }
+    SERVER_START_REQ
+    {
+        struct create_mutex_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+
+        req->owned   = owner;
+        req->inherit = (sa && (sa->nLength>=sizeof(*sa)) && sa->bInheritHandle);
+        memcpy( server_data_ptr(req), name, len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+        SetLastError(0);
+        server_call( REQ_CREATE_MUTEX );
+        ret = req->handle;
+    }
+    SERVER_END_REQ;
+    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Mutexes
+ */
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           OpenMutexA   (KERNEL32.541)
+ */
+HANDLE WINAPI OpenMutexA( DWORD access, BOOL inherit, LPCSTR name )
+{
+    HANDLE ret;
+    DWORD len = name ? MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), NULL, 0 ) : 0;
+    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
+    {
+        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
+        return 0;
+    }
+    SERVER_START_REQ
+    {
+        struct open_mutex_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+
+        req->access  = access;
+        req->inherit = inherit;
+        if (len) MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), server_data_ptr(req), len );
+        server_call( REQ_OPEN_MUTEX );
+        ret = req->handle;
+    }
+    SERVER_END_REQ;
+    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           OpenMutexW   (KERNEL32.542)
+ */
+HANDLE WINAPI OpenMutexW( DWORD access, BOOL inherit, LPCWSTR name )
+{
+    HANDLE ret;
+    DWORD len = name ? strlenW(name) : 0;
+    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
+    {
+        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
+        return 0;
+    }
+    SERVER_START_REQ
+    {
+        struct open_mutex_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+
+        req->access  = access;
+        req->inherit = inherit;
+        memcpy( server_data_ptr(req), name, len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+        server_call( REQ_OPEN_MUTEX );
+        ret = req->handle;
+    }
+    SERVER_END_REQ;
+    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           ReleaseMutex   (KERNEL32.582)
+ */
+BOOL WINAPI ReleaseMutex( HANDLE handle )
+{
+    BOOL ret;
+    SERVER_START_REQ
+    {
+        struct release_mutex_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), 0 );
+        req->handle = handle;
+        ret = !server_call( REQ_RELEASE_MUTEX );
+    }
+    SERVER_END_REQ;
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Semaphores
+ */
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           CreateSemaphoreA   (KERNEL32.174)
+ */
+HANDLE WINAPI CreateSemaphoreA( SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *sa, LONG initial, LONG max, LPCSTR name )
+{
+    HANDLE ret;
+    DWORD len = name ? MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), NULL, 0 ) : 0;
+
+    /* Check parameters */
+
+    if ((max <= 0) || (initial < 0) || (initial > max))
+    {
+        SetLastError( ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER );
+        return 0;
+    }
+    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
+    {
+        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    SERVER_START_REQ
+    {
+        struct create_semaphore_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req),
+                                                                 len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+
+        req->initial = (unsigned int)initial;
+        req->max     = (unsigned int)max;
+        req->inherit = (sa && (sa->nLength>=sizeof(*sa)) && sa->bInheritHandle);
+        if (len) MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), server_data_ptr(req), len );
+        SetLastError(0);
+        server_call( REQ_CREATE_SEMAPHORE );
+        ret = req->handle;
+    }
+    SERVER_END_REQ;
+    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           CreateSemaphoreW   (KERNEL32.175)
+ */
+HANDLE WINAPI CreateSemaphoreW( SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *sa, LONG initial,
+                                    LONG max, LPCWSTR name )
+{
+    HANDLE ret;
+    DWORD len = name ? strlenW(name) : 0;
+
+    /* Check parameters */
+
+    if ((max <= 0) || (initial < 0) || (initial > max))
+    {
+        SetLastError( ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER );
+        return 0;
+    }
+    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
+    {
+        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    SERVER_START_REQ
+    {
+        struct create_semaphore_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req),
+                                                                 len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+
+        req->initial = (unsigned int)initial;
+        req->max     = (unsigned int)max;
+        req->inherit = (sa && (sa->nLength>=sizeof(*sa)) && sa->bInheritHandle);
+        memcpy( server_data_ptr(req), name, len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+        SetLastError(0);
+        server_call( REQ_CREATE_SEMAPHORE );
+        ret = req->handle;
+    }
+    SERVER_END_REQ;
+    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           OpenSemaphoreA   (KERNEL32.545)
+ */
+HANDLE WINAPI OpenSemaphoreA( DWORD access, BOOL inherit, LPCSTR name )
+{
+    HANDLE ret;
+    DWORD len = name ? MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), NULL, 0 ) : 0;
+    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
+    {
+        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
+        return 0;
+    }
+    SERVER_START_REQ
+    {
+        struct open_semaphore_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req),
+                                                               len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+        req->access  = access;
+        req->inherit = inherit;
+        if (len) MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), server_data_ptr(req), len );
+        server_call( REQ_OPEN_SEMAPHORE );
+        ret = req->handle;
+    }
+    SERVER_END_REQ;
+    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           OpenSemaphoreW   (KERNEL32.546)
+ */
+HANDLE WINAPI OpenSemaphoreW( DWORD access, BOOL inherit, LPCWSTR name )
+{
+    HANDLE ret;
+    DWORD len = name ? strlenW(name) : 0;
+    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
+    {
+        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
+        return 0;
+    }
+    SERVER_START_REQ
+    {
+        struct open_semaphore_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+        req->access  = access;
+        req->inherit = inherit;
+        memcpy( server_data_ptr(req), name, len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+        server_call( REQ_OPEN_SEMAPHORE );
+        ret = req->handle;
+    }
+    SERVER_END_REQ;
+    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           ReleaseSemaphore   (KERNEL32.583)
+ */
+BOOL WINAPI ReleaseSemaphore( HANDLE handle, LONG count, LONG *previous )
+{
+    NTSTATUS status = NtReleaseSemaphore( handle, count, previous );
+    if (status) SetLastError( RtlNtStatusToDosError(status) );
+    return !status;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Pipes
+ */
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           CreateNamedPipeA   (KERNEL32.168)
+ */
+HANDLE WINAPI CreateNamedPipeA( LPCSTR name, DWORD dwOpenMode,
+                                DWORD dwPipeMode, DWORD nMaxInstances,
+                                DWORD nOutBufferSize, DWORD nInBufferSize,
+                                DWORD nDefaultTimeOut, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES attr )
+{
+    FIXME("(Name=%s, OpenMode=%#08lx, dwPipeMode=%#08lx, MaxInst=%ld, OutBSize=%ld, InBuffSize=%ld, DefTimeOut=%ld, SecAttr=%p): stub\n",
+          debugstr_a(name), dwOpenMode, dwPipeMode, nMaxInstances,
+          nOutBufferSize, nInBufferSize, nDefaultTimeOut, attr );
+    SetLastError (ERROR_UNKNOWN);
+    return INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           CreateNamedPipeW   (KERNEL32.169)
+ */
+HANDLE WINAPI CreateNamedPipeW( LPCWSTR name, DWORD dwOpenMode,
+                                DWORD dwPipeMode, DWORD nMaxInstances,
+                                DWORD nOutBufferSize, DWORD nInBufferSize,
+                                DWORD nDefaultTimeOut, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES attr )
+{
+    FIXME("(Name=%s, OpenMode=%#08lx, dwPipeMode=%#08lx, MaxInst=%ld, OutBSize=%ld, InBuffSize=%ld, DefTimeOut=%ld, SecAttr=%p): stub\n",
+          debugstr_w(name), dwOpenMode, dwPipeMode, nMaxInstances,
+          nOutBufferSize, nInBufferSize, nDefaultTimeOut, attr );
+
+    SetLastError (ERROR_UNKNOWN);
+    return INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           PeekNamedPipe   (KERNEL32.552)
+ */
+BOOL WINAPI PeekNamedPipe( HANDLE hPipe, LPVOID lpvBuffer, DWORD cbBuffer,
+                           LPDWORD lpcbRead, LPDWORD lpcbAvail, LPDWORD lpcbMessage )
+{
+    FIXME("(%08x, %p, %08lx, %p, %p, %p): stub\n",
+          hPipe, lpvBuffer, cbBuffer, lpcbRead, lpcbAvail, lpcbMessage);
+    SetLastError(ERROR_CALL_NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           WaitNamedPipeA   (KERNEL32.@)
+ */
+BOOL WINAPI WaitNamedPipeA (LPCSTR lpNamedPipeName, DWORD nTimeOut)
+{
+    FIXME("%s 0x%08lx\n",lpNamedPipeName,nTimeOut);
+    SetLastError(ERROR_PIPE_NOT_CONNECTED);
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           WaitNamedPipeW   (KERNEL32.@)
+ */
+BOOL WINAPI WaitNamedPipeW (LPCWSTR lpNamedPipeName, DWORD nTimeOut)
+{
+    FIXME("%s 0x%08lx\n",debugstr_w(lpNamedPipeName),nTimeOut);
+    SetLastError(ERROR_PIPE_NOT_CONNECTED);
+    return FALSE;
+}
diff --git a/dlls/kernel/time.c b/dlls/kernel/time.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3db968e269f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dlls/kernel/time.c
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+/*
+ * Win32 kernel functions
+ *
+ * Copyright 1995 Martin von Loewis and Cameron Heide
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/times.h>
+#include "file.h"
+#include "winerror.h"
+#include "debugtools.h"
+
+DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(win32);
+
+/* maximum time adjustment in seconds for SetLocalTime and SetSystemTime */
+#define SETTIME_MAX_ADJUST 120
+
+/* TIME_GetBias: helper function calculates delta local time from UTC */
+static int TIME_GetBias( time_t utc, int *pdaylight)
+{
+    struct tm *ptm = localtime(&utc);
+    *pdaylight = ptm->tm_isdst; /* daylight for local timezone */
+    ptm = gmtime(&utc);
+    ptm->tm_isdst = *pdaylight; /* use local daylight, not that of Greenwich */
+    return (int)(utc-mktime(ptm));
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *              SetLocalTime            (KERNEL32.655)
+ *
+ * FIXME: correct ? Is the timezone param of settimeofday() needed ?
+ * I don't have any docu about SetLocal/SystemTime(), argl...
+ */
+BOOL WINAPI SetLocalTime(const SYSTEMTIME *systime)
+{
+    struct timeval tv;
+    struct tm t;
+    time_t sec;
+    time_t oldsec=time(NULL);
+    int err;
+
+    /* get the number of seconds */
+    t.tm_sec = systime->wSecond;
+    t.tm_min = systime->wMinute;
+    t.tm_hour = systime->wHour;
+    t.tm_mday = systime->wDay;
+    t.tm_mon = systime->wMonth - 1;
+    t.tm_year = systime->wYear - 1900;
+    t.tm_isdst = -1;
+    sec = mktime (&t);
+
+    /* set the new time */
+    tv.tv_sec = sec;
+    tv.tv_usec = systime->wMilliseconds * 1000;
+
+    /* error and sanity check*/
+    if( sec == (time_t)-1 || abs((int)(sec-oldsec)) > SETTIME_MAX_ADJUST ){
+        err = 1;
+        SetLastError(ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER);
+    } else {
+        err=settimeofday(&tv, NULL); /* 0 is OK, -1 is error */
+        if(err == 0)
+            return TRUE;
+        SetLastError(ERROR_PRIVILEGE_NOT_HELD);
+    }
+    ERR("Cannot set time to %d/%d/%d %d:%d:%d Time adjustment %ld %s\n",
+            systime->wYear, systime->wMonth, systime->wDay, systime->wHour,
+            systime->wMinute, systime->wSecond,
+            sec-oldsec, err == -1 ? "No Permission" : 
+                sec==(time_t)-1 ? "" : "is too large." );
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *           GetSystemTimeAdjustment     (KERNEL32.407)
+ *
+ */
+DWORD WINAPI GetSystemTimeAdjustment( LPDWORD lpTimeAdjustment,
+                                      LPDWORD lpTimeIncrement,
+                                      LPBOOL lpTimeAdjustmentDisabled )
+{
+    *lpTimeAdjustment = 0;
+    *lpTimeIncrement = 0;
+    *lpTimeAdjustmentDisabled = TRUE;
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *              SetSystemTime            (KERNEL32.507)
+ */
+BOOL WINAPI SetSystemTime(const SYSTEMTIME *systime)
+{
+    struct timeval tv;
+    struct timezone tz;
+    struct tm t;
+    time_t sec, oldsec;
+    int dst, bias;
+    int err;
+
+    /* call gettimeofday to get the current timezone */
+    gettimeofday(&tv, &tz);
+    oldsec=tv.tv_sec;
+    /* get delta local time from utc */
+    bias=TIME_GetBias(oldsec,&dst);
+
+    /* get the number of seconds */
+    t.tm_sec = systime->wSecond;
+    t.tm_min = systime->wMinute;
+    t.tm_hour = systime->wHour;
+    t.tm_mday = systime->wDay;
+    t.tm_mon = systime->wMonth - 1;
+    t.tm_year = systime->wYear - 1900;
+    t.tm_isdst = dst;
+    sec = mktime (&t);
+    /* correct for timezone and daylight */
+    sec += bias;
+
+    /* set the new time */
+    tv.tv_sec = sec;
+    tv.tv_usec = systime->wMilliseconds * 1000;
+
+    /* error and sanity check*/
+    if( sec == (time_t)-1 || abs((int)(sec-oldsec)) > SETTIME_MAX_ADJUST ){
+        err = 1;
+        SetLastError(ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER);
+    } else {
+        err=settimeofday(&tv, NULL); /* 0 is OK, -1 is error */
+        if(err == 0)
+            return TRUE;
+        SetLastError(ERROR_PRIVILEGE_NOT_HELD);
+    }
+    ERR("Cannot set time to %d/%d/%d %d:%d:%d Time adjustment %ld %s\n",
+            systime->wYear, systime->wMonth, systime->wDay, systime->wHour,
+            systime->wMinute, systime->wSecond,
+            sec-oldsec, err == -1 ? "No Permission" :
+                sec==(time_t)-1 ? "" : "is too large." );
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *              GetTimeZoneInformation  (KERNEL32.302)
+ */
+DWORD WINAPI GetTimeZoneInformation(LPTIME_ZONE_INFORMATION tzinfo)
+{
+    time_t gmt;
+    int bias, daylight;
+
+    memset(tzinfo, 0, sizeof(TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION));
+
+    gmt = time(NULL);
+    bias=TIME_GetBias(gmt,&daylight);
+
+    tzinfo->Bias = -bias / 60;
+    tzinfo->StandardBias = 0;
+    tzinfo->DaylightBias = -60;
+
+    return TIME_ZONE_ID_UNKNOWN;
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *              SetTimeZoneInformation  (KERNEL32.515)
+ */
+BOOL WINAPI SetTimeZoneInformation(const LPTIME_ZONE_INFORMATION tzinfo)
+{
+    struct timezone tz;
+
+    tz.tz_minuteswest = tzinfo->Bias;
+#ifdef DST_NONE
+    tz.tz_dsttime = DST_NONE;
+#else
+    tz.tz_dsttime = 0;
+#endif
+    return !settimeofday(NULL, &tz);
+}
+
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ *              SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime  (KERNEL32.683)
+ */
+BOOL WINAPI SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime(
+  LPTIME_ZONE_INFORMATION lpTimeZoneInformation,
+  LPSYSTEMTIME lpUniversalTime,
+  LPSYSTEMTIME lpLocalTime)
+{
+  FIXME(":stub\n");
+  SetLastError(ERROR_CALL_NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
+       return FALSE;
+}
+
+/*********************************************************************
+ *      TIME_ClockTimeToFileTime
+ *      (olorin@fandra.org, 20-Sep-1998)
+ *      Converts clock_t into FILETIME.
+ *      Used by GetProcessTime.
+ *      Differences to UnixTimeToFileTime:
+ *          1) Divided by CLK_TCK
+ *          2) Time is relative. There is no 'starting date', so there is 
+ *             no need in offset correction, like in UnixTimeToFileTime
+ *      FIXME: This function should be moved to a more appropriate .c file
+ *      FIXME: On floating point operations, it is assumed that
+ *             floating values are truncated on conversion to integer.
+ */
+static void TIME_ClockTimeToFileTime(clock_t unix_time, LPFILETIME filetime)
+{
+    double td = (unix_time*10000000.0)/CLK_TCK;
+    /* Yes, double, because long int might overflow here. */
+#if SIZEOF_LONG_LONG >= 8
+    unsigned long long t = td;
+    filetime->dwLowDateTime  = (UINT) t;
+    filetime->dwHighDateTime = (UINT) (t >> 32);
+#else
+    double divider = 1. * (1 << 16) * (1 << 16);
+    filetime->dwHighDateTime = (UINT) (td / divider);
+    filetime->dwLowDateTime  = (UINT) (td - filetime->dwHighDateTime*divider);
+    /* using floor() produces wierd results, better leave this as it is 
+     * ( with (UINT32) convertion )
+     */
+#endif
+}
+
+/*********************************************************************
+ *	GetProcessTimes				[KERNEL32.262]
+ *
+ * FIXME: lpCreationTime, lpExitTime are NOT INITIALIZED.
+ * olorin@fandra.org: Would be nice to substract the cpu time,
+ *                    used by Wine at startup.
+ *                    Also, there is a need to separate times
+ *                    used by different applications.
+ */
+BOOL WINAPI GetProcessTimes( HANDLE hprocess,LPFILETIME lpCreationTime,LPFILETIME lpExitTime,
+                             LPFILETIME lpKernelTime, LPFILETIME lpUserTime )
+{
+    struct tms tms;
+
+    times(&tms);
+    TIME_ClockTimeToFileTime(tms.tms_utime,lpUserTime);
+    TIME_ClockTimeToFileTime(tms.tms_stime,lpKernelTime);
+    return TRUE;
+}
diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/sync.c b/dlls/ntdll/sync.c
index 7409b4a667e..928a244eb02 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/sync.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/sync.c
@@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ NTSTATUS WINAPI NtOpenEvent(
 NTSTATUS WINAPI NtSetEvent( HANDLE handle, PULONG NumberOfThreadsReleased )
 {
     NTSTATUS ret;
-    FIXME("(0x%08x,%p)\n", handle, NumberOfThreadsReleased);
+
+    /* FIXME: set NumberOfThreadsReleased */
+
     SERVER_START_REQ
     {
         struct event_op_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), 0 );
diff --git a/include/ntddk.h b/include/ntddk.h
index 7d7a66d9761..620a4affac5 100644
--- a/include/ntddk.h
+++ b/include/ntddk.h
@@ -912,11 +912,14 @@ NTSTATUS WINAPI NtClose(
 NTSTATUS WINAPI NtTerminateProcess( HANDLE handle, LONG exit_code );
 NTSTATUS WINAPI NtTerminateThread( HANDLE handle, LONG exit_code );
 
+NTSTATUS WINAPI NtClearEvent(HANDLE);
 NTSTATUS WINAPI NtCreateEvent(PHANDLE,ACCESS_MASK,const OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES *,BOOLEAN,BOOLEAN);
 NTSTATUS WINAPI NtCreateSemaphore(PHANDLE,ACCESS_MASK,const OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES*,ULONG,ULONG);
-NTSTATUS WINAPI NtReleaseSemaphore( IN HANDLE SemaphoreHandle,
-                                    IN ULONG ReleaseCount,
-                                    IN PULONG PreviousCount);
+NTSTATUS WINAPI NtOpenEvent(PHANDLE,ACCESS_MASK,const OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES *attr);
+NTSTATUS WINAPI NtPulseEvent(HANDLE,PULONG);
+NTSTATUS WINAPI NtReleaseSemaphore(HANDLE,ULONG,PULONG);
+NTSTATUS WINAPI NtResetEvent(HANDLE,PULONG);
+NTSTATUS WINAPI NtSetEvent(HANDLE,PULONG);
 
 NTSTATUS WINAPI RtlInitializeCriticalSection( RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *crit );
 NTSTATUS WINAPI RtlDeleteCriticalSection( RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION *crit );
diff --git a/loader/task.c b/loader/task.c
index 34ab004cb17..a5b6be1e4e7 100644
--- a/loader/task.c
+++ b/loader/task.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "wine/winbase16.h"
+#include "ntddk.h"
 #include "callback.h"
 #include "drive.h"
 #include "file.h"
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ BOOL TASK_Create( NE_MODULE *pModule, UINT16 cmdShow, TEB *teb, LPCSTR cmdline,
     /* Create scheduler event for 16-bit tasks */
 
     if ( !(pTask->flags & TDBF_WIN32) )
-        pTask->hEvent = CreateEventA( NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL );
+        NtCreateEvent( &pTask->hEvent, EVENT_ALL_ACCESS, NULL, TRUE, FALSE );
 
     /* Enter task handle into thread and process */
 
@@ -600,7 +601,7 @@ void TASK_Reschedule(void)
         pNewTask->priority--;
 
         hCurrentTask = hNewTask;
-        SetEvent( pNewTask->hEvent );
+        NtSetEvent( pNewTask->hEvent, NULL );
 
         /* This is set just in case some app reads it ... */
         pNewTask->ss_sp = pNewTask->teb->cur_stack;
@@ -609,7 +610,7 @@ void TASK_Reschedule(void)
     /* If we need to put the current task to sleep, do it ... */
     if ( (mode == MODE_YIELD || mode == MODE_SLEEP) && hOldTask != hCurrentTask )
     {
-        ResetEvent( pOldTask->hEvent );
+        NtResetEvent( pOldTask->hEvent, NULL );
 
         ReleaseThunkLock( &lockCount );
         SYSLEVEL_CheckNotLevel( 1 );
diff --git a/scheduler/Makefile.in b/scheduler/Makefile.in
index b64b88a6953..a6f8003ab55 100644
--- a/scheduler/Makefile.in
+++ b/scheduler/Makefile.in
@@ -8,14 +8,10 @@ MODULE    = scheduler
 C_SRCS = \
 	client.c \
 	critsection.c \
-	debugger.c \
-	event.c \
 	handle.c \
-	mutex.c \
 	pipe.c \
 	process.c \
 	pthread.c \
-	semaphore.c \
 	services.c \
 	synchro.c \
 	sysdeps.c \
diff --git a/scheduler/critsection.c b/scheduler/critsection.c
index 9c223a7fc42..dabc37c4ef6 100644
--- a/scheduler/critsection.c
+++ b/scheduler/critsection.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void WINAPI MakeCriticalSectionGlobal( CRITICAL_SECTION *crit )
 {
     /* let's assume that only one thread at a time will try to do this */
     HANDLE sem = crit->LockSemaphore;
-    if (!sem) sem = CreateSemaphoreA( NULL, 0, 1, NULL );
+    if (!sem) NtCreateSemaphore( &sem, SEMAPHORE_ALL_ACCESS, NULL, 0, 1 );
     crit->LockSemaphore = ConvertToGlobalHandle( sem );
 }
 
diff --git a/scheduler/event.c b/scheduler/event.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 7df111e6734..00000000000
--- a/scheduler/event.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,230 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Win32 events
- *
- * Copyright 1998 Alexandre Julliard
- */
-
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include "winerror.h"
-#include "winnls.h"
-#include "wine/unicode.h"
-#include "syslevel.h"
-#include "server.h"
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           CreateEventA    (KERNEL32.156)
- */
-HANDLE WINAPI CreateEventA( SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *sa, BOOL manual_reset,
-                            BOOL initial_state, LPCSTR name )
-{
-    HANDLE ret;
-    DWORD len = name ? MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), NULL, 0 ) : 0;
-    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
-    {
-        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
-        return 0;
-    }
-    SERVER_START_REQ
-    {
-        struct create_event_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-
-        req->manual_reset = manual_reset;
-        req->initial_state = initial_state;
-        req->inherit = (sa && (sa->nLength>=sizeof(*sa)) && sa->bInheritHandle);
-        if (len) MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), server_data_ptr(req), len );
-        SetLastError(0);
-        server_call( REQ_CREATE_EVENT );
-        ret = req->handle;
-    }
-    SERVER_END_REQ;
-    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           CreateEventW    (KERNEL32.157)
- */
-HANDLE WINAPI CreateEventW( SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *sa, BOOL manual_reset,
-                            BOOL initial_state, LPCWSTR name )
-{
-    HANDLE ret;
-    DWORD len = name ? strlenW(name) : 0;
-    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
-    {
-        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
-        return 0;
-    }
-    SERVER_START_REQ
-    {
-        struct create_event_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-
-        req->manual_reset = manual_reset;
-        req->initial_state = initial_state;
-        req->inherit = (sa && (sa->nLength>=sizeof(*sa)) && sa->bInheritHandle);
-        memcpy( server_data_ptr(req), name, len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-        SetLastError(0);
-        server_call( REQ_CREATE_EVENT );
-        ret = req->handle;
-    }
-    SERVER_END_REQ;
-    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
-    return ret;
-}
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           WIN16_CreateEvent    (KERNEL.457)
- */
-HANDLE WINAPI WIN16_CreateEvent( BOOL manual_reset, BOOL initial_state )
-{
-    return CreateEventA( NULL, manual_reset, initial_state, NULL );
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           OpenEventA    (KERNEL32.536)
- */
-HANDLE WINAPI OpenEventA( DWORD access, BOOL inherit, LPCSTR name )
-{
-    HANDLE ret;
-    DWORD len = name ? MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), NULL, 0 ) : 0;
-    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
-    {
-        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
-        return 0;
-    }
-    SERVER_START_REQ
-    {
-        struct open_event_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-
-        req->access  = access;
-        req->inherit = inherit;
-        if (len) MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), server_data_ptr(req), len );
-        server_call( REQ_OPEN_EVENT );
-        ret = req->handle;
-    }
-    SERVER_END_REQ;
-    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           OpenEventW    (KERNEL32.537)
- */
-HANDLE WINAPI OpenEventW( DWORD access, BOOL inherit, LPCWSTR name )
-{
-    HANDLE ret;
-    DWORD len = name ? strlenW(name) : 0;
-    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
-    {
-        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
-        return 0;
-    }
-    SERVER_START_REQ
-    {
-        struct open_event_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-
-        req->access  = access;
-        req->inherit = inherit;
-        memcpy( server_data_ptr(req), name, len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-        server_call( REQ_OPEN_EVENT );
-        ret = req->handle;
-    }
-    SERVER_END_REQ;
-    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           EVENT_Operation
- *
- * Execute an event operation (set,reset,pulse).
- */
-static BOOL EVENT_Operation( HANDLE handle, enum event_op op )
-{
-    BOOL ret;
-    SERVER_START_REQ
-    {
-        struct event_op_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), 0 );
-        req->handle = handle;
-        req->op     = op;
-        ret = !server_call( REQ_EVENT_OP );
-    }
-    SERVER_END_REQ;
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           PulseEvent    (KERNEL32.557)
- */
-BOOL WINAPI PulseEvent( HANDLE handle )
-{
-    return EVENT_Operation( handle, PULSE_EVENT );
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           SetEvent    (KERNEL32.644)
- */
-BOOL WINAPI SetEvent( HANDLE handle )
-{
-    return EVENT_Operation( handle, SET_EVENT );
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           ResetEvent    (KERNEL32.586)
- */
-BOOL WINAPI ResetEvent( HANDLE handle )
-{
-    return EVENT_Operation( handle, RESET_EVENT );
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- * NOTE: The Win95 VWin32_Event routines given below are really low-level
- *       routines implemented directly by VWin32. The user-mode libraries
- *       implement Win32 synchronisation routines on top of these low-level
- *       primitives. We do it the other way around here :-)
- */
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *       VWin32_EventCreate	(KERNEL.442)
- */
-HANDLE WINAPI VWin32_EventCreate(VOID)
-{
-    HANDLE hEvent = CreateEventA( NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL );
-    return ConvertToGlobalHandle( hEvent );
-}
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *       VWin32_EventDestroy	(KERNEL.443)
- */
-VOID WINAPI VWin32_EventDestroy(HANDLE event)
-{
-    CloseHandle( event );
-}
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *       VWin32_EventWait	(KERNEL.450) 
- */
-VOID WINAPI VWin32_EventWait(HANDLE event)
-{
-    SYSLEVEL_ReleaseWin16Lock();
-    WaitForSingleObject( event, INFINITE );
-    SYSLEVEL_RestoreWin16Lock();
-}
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *       VWin32_EventSet	(KERNEL.451)
- */
-VOID WINAPI VWin32_EventSet(HANDLE event)
-{
-    SetEvent( event );
-}
-
diff --git a/scheduler/mutex.c b/scheduler/mutex.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 0816d8d2a13..00000000000
--- a/scheduler/mutex.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,143 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Win32 mutexes
- *
- * Copyright 1998 Alexandre Julliard
- */
-
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include "winerror.h"
-#include "winnls.h"
-#include "wine/unicode.h"
-#include "server.h"
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           CreateMutexA   (KERNEL32.166)
- */
-HANDLE WINAPI CreateMutexA( SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *sa, BOOL owner, LPCSTR name )
-{
-    HANDLE ret;
-    DWORD len = name ? MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), NULL, 0 ) : 0;
-    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
-    {
-        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
-        return 0;
-    }
-    SERVER_START_REQ
-    {
-        struct create_mutex_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-
-        req->owned   = owner;
-        req->inherit = (sa && (sa->nLength>=sizeof(*sa)) && sa->bInheritHandle);
-        if (len) MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), server_data_ptr(req), len );
-        SetLastError(0);
-        server_call( REQ_CREATE_MUTEX );
-        ret = req->handle;
-    }
-    SERVER_END_REQ;
-    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           CreateMutexW   (KERNEL32.167)
- */
-HANDLE WINAPI CreateMutexW( SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *sa, BOOL owner, LPCWSTR name )
-{
-    HANDLE ret;
-    DWORD len = name ? strlenW(name) : 0;
-    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
-    {
-        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
-        return 0;
-    }
-    SERVER_START_REQ
-    {
-        struct create_mutex_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-
-        req->owned   = owner;
-        req->inherit = (sa && (sa->nLength>=sizeof(*sa)) && sa->bInheritHandle);
-        memcpy( server_data_ptr(req), name, len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-        SetLastError(0);
-        server_call( REQ_CREATE_MUTEX );
-        ret = req->handle;
-    }
-    SERVER_END_REQ;
-    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           OpenMutexA   (KERNEL32.541)
- */
-HANDLE WINAPI OpenMutexA( DWORD access, BOOL inherit, LPCSTR name )
-{
-    HANDLE ret;
-    DWORD len = name ? MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), NULL, 0 ) : 0;
-    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
-    {
-        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
-        return 0;
-    }
-    SERVER_START_REQ
-    {
-        struct open_mutex_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-
-        req->access  = access;
-        req->inherit = inherit;
-        if (len) MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), server_data_ptr(req), len );
-        server_call( REQ_OPEN_MUTEX );
-        ret = req->handle;
-    }
-    SERVER_END_REQ;
-    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           OpenMutexW   (KERNEL32.542)
- */
-HANDLE WINAPI OpenMutexW( DWORD access, BOOL inherit, LPCWSTR name )
-{
-    HANDLE ret;
-    DWORD len = name ? strlenW(name) : 0;
-    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
-    {
-        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
-        return 0;
-    }
-    SERVER_START_REQ
-    {
-        struct open_mutex_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-
-        req->access  = access;
-        req->inherit = inherit;
-        memcpy( server_data_ptr(req), name, len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-        server_call( REQ_OPEN_MUTEX );
-        ret = req->handle;
-    }
-    SERVER_END_REQ;
-    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           ReleaseMutex   (KERNEL32.582)
- */
-BOOL WINAPI ReleaseMutex( HANDLE handle )
-{
-    BOOL ret;
-    SERVER_START_REQ
-    {
-        struct release_mutex_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), 0 );
-        req->handle = handle;
-        ret = !server_call( REQ_RELEASE_MUTEX );
-    }
-    SERVER_END_REQ;
-    return ret;
-}
diff --git a/scheduler/semaphore.c b/scheduler/semaphore.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a5fee4e506..00000000000
--- a/scheduler/semaphore.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,159 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Win32 semaphores
- *
- * Copyright 1998 Alexandre Julliard
- */
-
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include "winerror.h"
-#include "winnls.h"
-#include "wine/unicode.h"
-#include "server.h"
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           CreateSemaphoreA   (KERNEL32.174)
- */
-HANDLE WINAPI CreateSemaphoreA( SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *sa, LONG initial, LONG max, LPCSTR name )
-{
-    HANDLE ret;
-    DWORD len = name ? MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), NULL, 0 ) : 0;
-
-    /* Check parameters */
-
-    if ((max <= 0) || (initial < 0) || (initial > max))
-    {
-        SetLastError( ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER );
-        return 0;
-    }
-    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
-    {
-        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    SERVER_START_REQ
-    {
-        struct create_semaphore_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req),
-                                                                 len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-
-        req->initial = (unsigned int)initial;
-        req->max     = (unsigned int)max;
-        req->inherit = (sa && (sa->nLength>=sizeof(*sa)) && sa->bInheritHandle);
-        if (len) MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), server_data_ptr(req), len );
-        SetLastError(0);
-        server_call( REQ_CREATE_SEMAPHORE );
-        ret = req->handle;
-    }
-    SERVER_END_REQ;
-    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           CreateSemaphoreW   (KERNEL32.175)
- */
-HANDLE WINAPI CreateSemaphoreW( SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *sa, LONG initial,
-                                    LONG max, LPCWSTR name )
-{
-    HANDLE ret;
-    DWORD len = name ? strlenW(name) : 0;
-
-    /* Check parameters */
-
-    if ((max <= 0) || (initial < 0) || (initial > max))
-    {
-        SetLastError( ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER );
-        return 0;
-    }
-    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
-    {
-        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    SERVER_START_REQ
-    {
-        struct create_semaphore_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req),
-                                                                 len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-
-        req->initial = (unsigned int)initial;
-        req->max     = (unsigned int)max;
-        req->inherit = (sa && (sa->nLength>=sizeof(*sa)) && sa->bInheritHandle);
-        memcpy( server_data_ptr(req), name, len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-        SetLastError(0);
-        server_call( REQ_CREATE_SEMAPHORE );
-        ret = req->handle;
-    }
-    SERVER_END_REQ;
-    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           OpenSemaphoreA   (KERNEL32.545)
- */
-HANDLE WINAPI OpenSemaphoreA( DWORD access, BOOL inherit, LPCSTR name )
-{
-    HANDLE ret;
-    DWORD len = name ? MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), NULL, 0 ) : 0;
-    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
-    {
-        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
-        return 0;
-    }
-    SERVER_START_REQ
-    {
-        struct open_semaphore_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req),
-                                                               len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-        req->access  = access;
-        req->inherit = inherit;
-        if (len) MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, name, strlen(name), server_data_ptr(req), len );
-        server_call( REQ_OPEN_SEMAPHORE );
-        ret = req->handle;
-    }
-    SERVER_END_REQ;
-    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           OpenSemaphoreW   (KERNEL32.546)
- */
-HANDLE WINAPI OpenSemaphoreW( DWORD access, BOOL inherit, LPCWSTR name )
-{
-    HANDLE ret;
-    DWORD len = name ? strlenW(name) : 0;
-    if (len >= MAX_PATH)
-    {
-        SetLastError( ERROR_FILENAME_EXCED_RANGE );
-        return 0;
-    }
-    SERVER_START_REQ
-    {
-        struct open_semaphore_request *req = server_alloc_req( sizeof(*req), len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-        req->access  = access;
-        req->inherit = inherit;
-        memcpy( server_data_ptr(req), name, len * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-        server_call( REQ_OPEN_SEMAPHORE );
-        ret = req->handle;
-    }
-    SERVER_END_REQ;
-    if (ret == -1) ret = 0; /* must return 0 on failure, not -1 */
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           ReleaseSemaphore   (KERNEL32.583)
- */
-BOOL WINAPI ReleaseSemaphore( HANDLE handle, LONG count, LONG *previous )
-{
-    NTSTATUS status = NtReleaseSemaphore( handle, count, previous );
-    if (status) SetLastError( RtlNtStatusToDosError(status) );
-    return !status;
-}
diff --git a/scheduler/syslevel.c b/scheduler/syslevel.c
index 5a7523e406e..e6bb1124a10 100644
--- a/scheduler/syslevel.c
+++ b/scheduler/syslevel.c
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include "ntddk.h"
 #include "syslevel.h"
 #include "heap.h"
 #include "selectors.h"
 #include "stackframe.h"
 #include "debugtools.h"
 
-DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(win32)
+DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(win32);
 
 static SYSLEVEL Win16Mutex;
 static SEGPTR segpWin16Mutex;
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ VOID SYSLEVEL_CheckNotLevel( INT level )
         {
             ERR("(%d): Holding lock of level %d!\n", 
                        level, i );
-            DebugBreak();
+            DbgBreakPoint();
             break;
         }
 }
diff --git a/win32/Makefile.in b/win32/Makefile.in
index e52d5446d33..42c69a40cb3 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile.in
+++ b/win32/Makefile.in
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ C_SRCS = \
 	init.c \
 	kernel32.c \
 	newfns.c \
-	process.c \
 	time.c
 
 all: $(MODULE).o
diff --git a/win32/except.c b/win32/except.c
index 82f3f44a058..a7d4cf9c671 100644
--- a/win32/except.c
+++ b/win32/except.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ DWORD WINAPI UnhandledExceptionFilter(PEXCEPTION_POINTERS epointers)
        attr.bInheritHandle       = TRUE;
 
        TRACE("Starting debugger (fmt=%s)\n", format);
-       hEvent = CreateEventA(&attr, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);
+       NtCreateEvent( &hEvent, EVENT_ALL_ACCESS, NULL, FALSE, FALSE );
        sprintf(buffer, format, GetCurrentProcessId(), hEvent);
        memset(&startup, 0, sizeof(startup));
        startup.cb = sizeof(startup);
diff --git a/win32/kernel32.c b/win32/kernel32.c
index 74fe4da3599..0bbc94f42ad 100644
--- a/win32/kernel32.c
+++ b/win32/kernel32.c
@@ -49,21 +49,3 @@ BOOL WINAPI UpdateResourceW(
   SetLastError(ERROR_CALL_NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
   return FALSE;
 }
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           WaitNamedPipeA                 [KERNEL32.725]
- */
-BOOL WINAPI WaitNamedPipeA (LPCSTR lpNamedPipeName, DWORD nTimeOut)
-{	FIXME("%s 0x%08lx\n",lpNamedPipeName,nTimeOut);
-	SetLastError(ERROR_PIPE_NOT_CONNECTED);
-	return FALSE;
-}
-/***********************************************************************
- *           WaitNamedPipeW                 [KERNEL32.726]
- */
-BOOL WINAPI WaitNamedPipeW (LPCWSTR lpNamedPipeName, DWORD nTimeOut)
-{	FIXME("%s 0x%08lx\n",debugstr_w(lpNamedPipeName),nTimeOut);
-	SetLastError(ERROR_PIPE_NOT_CONNECTED);
-	return FALSE;
-}
diff --git a/win32/newfns.c b/win32/newfns.c
index 11e09994168..3f62d39dfc9 100644
--- a/win32/newfns.c
+++ b/win32/newfns.c
@@ -50,59 +50,6 @@ BOOL WINAPI FlushInstructionCache(DWORD x,DWORD y,DWORD z) {
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-/***********************************************************************
- *           CreateNamedPipeA   (KERNEL32.168)
- */
-HANDLE WINAPI CreateNamedPipeA (LPCSTR lpName, DWORD dwOpenMode,
-				  DWORD dwPipeMode, DWORD nMaxInstances,
-				  DWORD nOutBufferSize, DWORD nInBufferSize,
-				  DWORD nDefaultTimeOut,
-				  LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpSecurityAttributes)
-{
-  FIXME("(Name=%s, OpenMode=%#08lx, dwPipeMode=%#08lx, MaxInst=%ld, OutBSize=%ld, InBuffSize=%ld, DefTimeOut=%ld, SecAttr=%p): stub\n",
-        debugstr_a(lpName), dwOpenMode, dwPipeMode, nMaxInstances,
-        nOutBufferSize, nInBufferSize, nDefaultTimeOut, lpSecurityAttributes);
-  /* if (nMaxInstances > PIPE_UNLIMITED_INSTANCES) {
-    SetLastError (ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER);
-    return INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
-  } */
-
-  SetLastError (ERROR_UNKNOWN);
-  return INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
-}
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           CreateNamedPipeW   (KERNEL32.169)
- */
-HANDLE WINAPI CreateNamedPipeW (LPCWSTR lpName, DWORD dwOpenMode,
-				  DWORD dwPipeMode, DWORD nMaxInstances,
-				  DWORD nOutBufferSize, DWORD nInBufferSize,
-				  DWORD nDefaultTimeOut,
-				  LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpSecurityAttributes)
-{
-  FIXME("(Name=%s, OpenMode=%#08lx, dwPipeMode=%#08lx, MaxInst=%ld, OutBSize=%ld, InBuffSize=%ld, DefTimeOut=%ld, SecAttr=%p): stub\n",
-        debugstr_w(lpName), dwOpenMode, dwPipeMode, nMaxInstances,
-        nOutBufferSize, nInBufferSize, nDefaultTimeOut, lpSecurityAttributes);
-
-  SetLastError (ERROR_UNKNOWN);
-  return INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
-}
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           PeekNamedPipe   (KERNEL32.552)
- */
-BOOL WINAPI PeekNamedPipe (HANDLE hPipe,
-		LPVOID lpvBuffer, DWORD cbBuffer,
-		LPDWORD lpcbRead, LPDWORD lpcbAvail, LPDWORD lpcbMessage)
-{
-  FIXME("(%08x, %p, %08lx, %p, %p, %p): stub\n",
-	hPipe, lpvBuffer, cbBuffer, lpcbRead, lpcbAvail, lpcbMessage);
-
-  SetLastError(ERROR_CALL_NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
-  return FALSE;
-}
-
-
 /***********************************************************************
  *           GetSystemPowerStatus      (KERNEL32.621)
  */
diff --git a/win32/process.c b/win32/process.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 36bdfccb885..00000000000
--- a/win32/process.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Win32 kernel functions
- *
- * Copyright 1995 Martin von Loewis
- */
-
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <sys/times.h>
-#include "winbase.h"
-#include "winerror.h"
-#include "heap.h"
-#include "thread.h"
-#include "process.h"
-#include "file.h"
-#include "task.h"
-#include "toolhelp.h"
-#include "debugtools.h"
-
-DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(win32);
-
-
-/*********************************************************************
- *      Process_ClockTimeToFileTime
- *      (olorin@fandra.org, 20-Sep-1998)
- *      Converts clock_t into FILETIME.
- *      Used by GetProcessTime.
- *      Differences to UnixTimeToFileTime:
- *          1) Divided by CLK_TCK
- *          2) Time is relative. There is no 'starting date', so there is 
- *             no need in offset correction, like in UnixTimeToFileTime
- *      FIXME: This function should be moved to a more appropriate .c file
- *      FIXME: On floating point operations, it is assumed that
- *             floating values are truncated on conversion to integer.
- */
-void Process_ClockTimeToFileTime( clock_t unix_time, LPFILETIME filetime )
-{
-    double td = (unix_time*10000000.0)/CLK_TCK;
-    /* Yes, double, because long int might overflow here. */
-#if SIZEOF_LONG_LONG >= 8
-    unsigned long long t = td;
-    filetime->dwLowDateTime  = (UINT) t;
-    filetime->dwHighDateTime = (UINT) (t >> 32);
-#else
-    double divider = 1. * (1 << 16) * (1 << 16);
-    filetime->dwHighDateTime = (UINT) (td / divider);
-    filetime->dwLowDateTime  = (UINT) (td - filetime->dwHighDateTime*divider);
-    /* using floor() produces wierd results, better leave this as it is 
-     * ( with (UINT32) convertion )
-     */
-#endif
-}
-
-/*********************************************************************
- *	GetProcessTimes				[KERNEL32.262]
- *
- * FIXME: lpCreationTime, lpExitTime are NOT INITIALIZED.
- * olorin@fandra.org: Would be nice to substract the cpu time,
- *                    used by Wine at startup.
- *                    Also, there is a need to separate times
- *                    used by different applications.
- */
-BOOL WINAPI GetProcessTimes(
-	HANDLE hprocess,LPFILETIME lpCreationTime,LPFILETIME lpExitTime,
-	LPFILETIME lpKernelTime, LPFILETIME lpUserTime
-) {
-	struct tms tms;
-
-	times(&tms);
-        Process_ClockTimeToFileTime(tms.tms_utime,lpUserTime);
-        Process_ClockTimeToFileTime(tms.tms_stime,lpKernelTime);
-	return TRUE;
-}
-
diff --git a/win32/time.c b/win32/time.c
index 42d422c71de..fa0a9c29f4e 100644
--- a/win32/time.c
+++ b/win32/time.c
@@ -14,20 +14,6 @@
 
 DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(win32)
 
-/* maximum time adjustment in seconds for SetLocalTime and SetSystemTime */
-#define SETTIME_MAX_ADJUST 120
-
-/* TIME_GetBias: helper function calculates delta local time from UTC */
-static int TIME_GetBias( time_t utc, int *pdaylight)
-{   
-    struct tm *ptm = localtime(&utc);
-    *pdaylight = ptm->tm_isdst; /* daylight for local timezone */
-    ptm = gmtime(&utc);
-    ptm->tm_isdst = *pdaylight; /* use local daylight, not that of Greenwich */
-    return (int)(utc-mktime(ptm));
-}
- 
-
 /***********************************************************************
  *              GetLocalTime            (KERNEL32.228)
  */
@@ -51,69 +37,6 @@ VOID WINAPI GetLocalTime(LPSYSTEMTIME systime)
     systime->wMilliseconds = (tv.tv_usec / 1000) % 1000;
 }
 
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *              SetLocalTime            (KERNEL32.655)
- *
- * FIXME: correct ? Is the timezone param of settimeofday() needed ?
- * I don't have any docu about SetLocal/SystemTime(), argl...
- */
-BOOL WINAPI SetLocalTime(const SYSTEMTIME *systime)
-{
-    struct timeval tv;
-    struct tm t;
-    time_t sec;
-    time_t oldsec=time(NULL);
-    int err;
-
-    /* get the number of seconds */
-    t.tm_sec = systime->wSecond;
-    t.tm_min = systime->wMinute;
-    t.tm_hour = systime->wHour;
-    t.tm_mday = systime->wDay;
-    t.tm_mon = systime->wMonth - 1;
-    t.tm_year = systime->wYear - 1900;
-    t.tm_isdst = -1;
-    sec = mktime (&t);
-
-    /* set the new time */
-    tv.tv_sec = sec;
-    tv.tv_usec = systime->wMilliseconds * 1000;
-
-    /* error and sanity check*/
-    if( sec == (time_t)-1 || abs((int)(sec-oldsec)) > SETTIME_MAX_ADJUST ){
-        err = 1;
-        SetLastError(ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER);
-    } else {
-        err=settimeofday(&tv, NULL); /* 0 is OK, -1 is error */
-        if(err == 0)
-            return TRUE;
-        SetLastError(ERROR_PRIVILEGE_NOT_HELD);
-    }
-    ERR("Cannot set time to %d/%d/%d %d:%d:%d Time adjustment %ld %s\n",
-            systime->wYear, systime->wMonth, systime->wDay, systime->wHour,
-            systime->wMinute, systime->wSecond,
-            sec-oldsec, err == -1 ? "No Permission" : 
-                sec==(time_t)-1 ? "" : "is too large." );
-    return FALSE;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           GetSystemTimeAdjustment     (KERNEL32.407)
- *
- */
-DWORD WINAPI GetSystemTimeAdjustment( LPDWORD lpTimeAdjustment,
-                                      LPDWORD lpTimeIncrement,
-                                      LPBOOL lpTimeAdjustmentDisabled )
-{
-    *lpTimeAdjustment = 0;
-    *lpTimeIncrement = 0;
-    *lpTimeAdjustmentDisabled = TRUE;
-    return TRUE;
-}
-
-
 /***********************************************************************
  *              GetSystemTime            (KERNEL32.285)
  */
@@ -138,98 +61,6 @@ VOID WINAPI GetSystemTime(LPSYSTEMTIME systime)
 }
 
 
-/***********************************************************************
- *              SetSystemTime            (KERNEL32.507)
- */
-BOOL WINAPI SetSystemTime(const SYSTEMTIME *systime)
-{
-    struct timeval tv;
-    struct timezone tz;
-    struct tm t;
-    time_t sec, oldsec;
-    int dst, bias;
-    int err;
-
-    /* call gettimeofday to get the current timezone */
-    gettimeofday(&tv, &tz);
-    oldsec=tv.tv_sec;
-    /* get delta local time from utc */
-    bias=TIME_GetBias(oldsec,&dst);
-    
-
-    /* get the number of seconds */
-    t.tm_sec = systime->wSecond;
-    t.tm_min = systime->wMinute;
-    t.tm_hour = systime->wHour;
-    t.tm_mday = systime->wDay;
-    t.tm_mon = systime->wMonth - 1;
-    t.tm_year = systime->wYear - 1900;
-    t.tm_isdst = dst;
-    sec = mktime (&t);
-    /* correct for timezone and daylight */
-    sec += bias;
-
-    /* set the new time */
-    tv.tv_sec = sec;
-    tv.tv_usec = systime->wMilliseconds * 1000;
-
-    /* error and sanity check*/
-    if( sec == (time_t)-1 || abs((int)(sec-oldsec)) > SETTIME_MAX_ADJUST ){
-        err = 1;
-        SetLastError(ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER);
-    } else {
-        err=settimeofday(&tv, NULL); /* 0 is OK, -1 is error */
-        if(err == 0)
-            return TRUE;
-        SetLastError(ERROR_PRIVILEGE_NOT_HELD);
-    }
-    ERR("Cannot set time to %d/%d/%d %d:%d:%d Time adjustment %ld %s\n",
-            systime->wYear, systime->wMonth, systime->wDay, systime->wHour,
-            systime->wMinute, systime->wSecond,
-            sec-oldsec, err == -1 ? "No Permission" : 
-                sec==(time_t)-1 ? "" : "is too large." );
-    return FALSE;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *              GetTimeZoneInformation  (KERNEL32.302)
- */
-DWORD WINAPI GetTimeZoneInformation(LPTIME_ZONE_INFORMATION tzinfo)
-{
-    time_t gmt;
-    int bias, daylight;
-
-    memset(tzinfo, 0, sizeof(TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION));
-
-    gmt = time(NULL);
-    bias=TIME_GetBias(gmt,&daylight);
-    
-    tzinfo->Bias = -bias / 60;
-    tzinfo->StandardBias = 0;
-    tzinfo->DaylightBias = -60;
-
-    return TIME_ZONE_ID_UNKNOWN;
-}
-
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *              SetTimeZoneInformation  (KERNEL32.515)
- */
-BOOL WINAPI SetTimeZoneInformation(const LPTIME_ZONE_INFORMATION tzinfo)
-{
-    struct timezone tz;
-
-    tz.tz_minuteswest = tzinfo->Bias;
-#ifdef DST_NONE
-    tz.tz_dsttime = DST_NONE;
-#else
-    tz.tz_dsttime = 0;
-#endif
-    return !settimeofday(NULL, &tz);
-}
-
-
 /***********************************************************************
  *              GetSystemTimeAsFileTime  (KERNEL32)
  */
@@ -241,15 +72,3 @@ VOID WINAPI GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(LPFILETIME systemtimeAsfiletime)
     DOSFS_UnixTimeToFileTime( now.tv_sec, systemtimeAsfiletime, now.tv_usec * 10 );
 }
 
-/***********************************************************************
- *              SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime  (KERNEL32.683)
- */
-BOOL WINAPI SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime(
-  LPTIME_ZONE_INFORMATION lpTimeZoneInformation,
-  LPSYSTEMTIME lpUniversalTime,
-  LPSYSTEMTIME lpLocalTime) {
-
-  FIXME(":stub\n"); 
-  SetLastError(ERROR_CALL_NOT_IMPLEMENTED); 
-       return FALSE;
-}