I noticed almost exactly the same problem, I remember it was about 15 seconds per process, and traced it to IBM Rapport Trusteer (some sequence of words like that) banking app which some banks require be installed and running in order to login and view your account.
All this seems somewhat better with a recent update to that app. If that may be the problem it's not enough to just use the app's "Rapport Manager" shutdown. I had to kill the manager also via the task manager before there was any change. And unless you do some heroics it will all start itself up at boot, it seems to be installed like a virus (usual MS tools can't seem to stop it from starting at boot.) It's not difficult to stop/restart the app when needed though is annoying as it requires jumping through a captcha, task manager, their manager, etc just to see one's bank balance. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | b...@theworld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo* -- 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