Slow/sluggish response ("system" task at 50%)

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Gene Smith wrote:
> Over time my cygwin responsiveness seems to have diminished. When 
> compiling a project I can see that "system" task (not the system idle 
> task) is running a lot at 50%. I don't know if this is normal or not. 
> Possibly there is some corporate security s/w slowing it down now, I 
> don't know. Or would possibly a reinstall of cygwin help?
> 
> I have tried closing all other windows, rebooting etc but it is always 
> slow. I don't notice a problem with other apps, just cygwin. Any other 
> suggestions on what this could be?

Typically?  <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA> is always a good guess.
If that's not it, I recommend reviewing the problem reporting guidelines
at the link below:

> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html



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