Out of the box, NIS 2006 slows down Cygwin/X. I open XWin.exe to run a bash shell. When I type at the command prompt:
ls -h | sort -r The command prompt freezes on my Windows box for awhile. That is no longer the case with the following tweaks to NIS2006: 1. Right click on the Norton Internet Security Tray icon. Select 'Open Norton Internet Security'. 2. Using the drop down arrow on the Options button, select 'Norton Anti- Virus'. 3. In the upper left hand corner, click on 'Auto-Protect'. 4. Click on 'Exclusions'. 5. Click the 'New' button. Type 'C:\cygwin' and check 'Include subfolders'. Click 'OK'. 6. Under the 'Auto-Protect' menu, click on 'Bloodhound'. Uncheck 'Turn Bloodhound heuristics on'. Click 'OK' and you're done! This has made a significant difference in the speed of the bash shell for me. HTH someone. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/