hah i figured it out after so many years, good old google...
Open up a Cygwin Bash Shell and click on Properties in (click top left corner in command window), then the Options tab, and check Quick Edit Mode... Same applies to XP cmd window. open up a cmd window and goto properties, and then Options Tab, and check Quick Edit Mode Enjoy, Arian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/