Question/Survey about Microsoft Update

[TheFlash428]

I don't know if this has been brought up here before--I searched for it, but didn't really find anything on this subject.

Ever since moving from "Windows Update" to "Microsoft Update", whenever the service runs it slows my PC to a halt! My laptop is normally pretty fast (1.8GHz, 1.25 MB RAM, P4), but whenever updates begin to download my whole system seems to lock up. I don't even have them automatically install, I use the setting to download and install manually, so it's not like there should be that much of a process running the background. At first I couldn't figure out what it was, but I've definately noticed that the problem seems to always occur when the update client is running. I also usually have a "SVCHOST" running at 99% at the same time.

Has anyone else encountered this, and more importantly, know a way to fix it?

[cluberti]

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[TheFlash428]

Thanks--I had searched the KB, but didn't actually see that one. I don't (or haven't) ever experienced any errors, and my problem usually resolved itself eventually, but it can be quite annoying when it happens. I'll check my system to see if this is the fix I'm looking for.