Question

I am on Windows 7, 64 bit, and have installed msysgit to work with my github repositories. On my old laptop (32 bit, also windows 7), git ran with no problems, but now git bash runs slowly (I type a command and it takes a couple of seconds for it to actually show up, character by character). When I try to push changes it works intermittently, but more often than not a dialog box comes up saying that “ssh.exe has stopped working…”. I click cancel on that, and retry the command. Eventually, it works, asking for my authentication code. Once it gets to that step, it pushes without issue. It’s just getting to that step that is the issue.

So basically, my problems are:

• git runs slowly on most commands, even typing them in is slow before I execute the command
• git bas (ssh.exe) stops working when pushing, works intermittently.

I have reinstalled windows since this issue popped up and that did not fix it.

Answer 1

Regarding the slow typing in git bash and cmd.exe, these other questions might have your answers:

• https://superuser.com/questions/157194/typing-in-command-line-cmd-exe-is-very-slow
• Msysgit bash is horrendously slow in Windows 7

The first has a solution when you’re running a Lenovo Laptop (are you running on one by any chance?).

Since you indicated that even after a Windows re-install you’re having the same issue, I would think it’s related to hardware or some service or piece of software installed for this specific hardware.

I would also try running git bash as Administrator and see if that makes a difference.

Your SSH issue could be dependent on the other one, so I would solve the slow typing issue first.