X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: "Gerrit P. Haase" Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:56:24 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Win7 64bit, why so slow? To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Hi Reini, > I have a similar laptop here. Ultrafast new Win7 laptop with latest cygwin, > but 32bit only. > cygwin is slower than on XP but not THAT slow. > 64bit is reported to be slower but not THAT slow. But it is that slow here, make on xmlroff-0.62 is still running now after 17 hours ;) > Maybe you are accessing network paths (// prefix)? > Try disabling the network, cards or service. Well, I have this wireless adapter to connect to internet, but this should be not a problem, I have also no network paths attached. Norton Security is running, this may well be a problem, I'll try to disable this for now. Gerrit -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple