Performance issue on Vista x64

[Charles Wilson]

Timo Kerstan wrote:

> Actually cygwin runs on a fresh install of Vista x64 on a Core2Duo@2.4 
> GHz with 4GB RAM. I can't imagine any other
> Application interfering with cygwin because there is nothing installed 
> except the latest patches. The host is standalone and
> not a member of a Domain.

Windows Defender is a BLODA -- and it's shipped as part of Vista, and is 
automatically enabled.  I had luck turning that off, and installing 
instead AVG 8.0.  It's got spyware protection too, but isn't a BLODA.

> The cygcheck is now already running for 1 hour without returning.... It 
> blowed the size of the output to 389 MB...
> It looks like he is running into an endless loop when iterating the 
> Registry. I attached a cutted version of the output....

don't know what to make of this.

--
Chuck

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