Possible cause for Cygwin being slow in XP

[Ralf Habacker]

Hi Corey, 

> This sounds like something that may gum up the works for cygwin 
> users.  I know that the way cygwin/Unix behaves (simple commands used 
> in serial to perform complex functions) tends to throw windows for a 
> loop, especially virus scanners.  I can see how this XP issue could 
> cause problems.
> 
> I don't run XP, so I haven't tried this.  Use at your own risk.

Thanks for this pointer. 

Ralf