Windows/Microsoft Update takes 10+ minutes to complete.

when i visit the Update site (either the Windows Update or the
Windows/Office Microsoft Update site), when i click on Express or the Custom
update button, IE sits for over 10 minutes (with the animated green progress
bar) before showing any updates.

Windows 2000 SP4 (installed from a slipstreamed disc)
Pentium MMX 233MHz
96 Megs RAM
4 Gig HD

after waiting forever for the page to load the updates, i did install the
Rollup and all other critical updates, but it still takes forever to check
for updates.



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