title: SVN checkout fails/client freezes under Windows7 64-bits
body: <p>I want to check out a SVN repository but it times out.
  My environment is Windows 7, 64-bits.
  I tried:
  1) TortoiseSVN, a shell-integrated plugin,
  2) RapidSVN, a GUI
  3) Cygwin by using the commandline </p>
  
  <pre><code>svn checkout http://ticpp.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>(I have tried other repositories so it is not that one in particular)
  Note that the repository is browsable by simply typing the address in Mozilla Firefox.</p>
  
  <p>Whatever I try it fails: app freezes and has to be killed. I cannot even browse the repository or view revision versions.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried turning my firewall off but it did not help.</p>
  
  <p>What could be the cause / what else should I try?</p>