diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index bb4755071..de9794448 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-10-31  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* environ.cc: Set reset_com to false to mimic linux behavior more
+	closely.
+
 2001-10-31  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* dtable.cc (dtable::vfork_child_dup): Revert impersonation
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/environ.cc b/winsup/cygwin/environ.cc
index e311e4b56..fcd126212 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/environ.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/environ.cc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ extern BOOL allow_winsymlinks;
 extern BOOL strip_title_path;
 extern int pcheck_case;
 extern int subauth_id;
-BOOL reset_com = TRUE;
+BOOL reset_com = FALSE;
 static BOOL envcache = TRUE;
 
 static char **lastenviron;
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
index 9fd018e1b..560eab43c 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
@@ -1068,6 +1068,7 @@ signal_exit (int rc)
      causes random, inexplicable hangs.  So, instead, we set up the priority
      of this thread really high so that it should do its thing and then exit. */
   (void) SetThreadPriority (GetCurrentThread (), THREAD_PRIORITY_TIME_CRITICAL);
+  (void) SetThreadPriority (hMainThread, THREAD_PRIORITY_IDLE);
 
   /* Unlock any main thread mutos since we're executing with prejudice. */
   muto *m;