Long delay before the updates appear

Hello, I'm accessing WU from IE6. I'm using this path:
ie6/tools/windows update/express.

When I hit express, I get the animation with the green bars as it does
it's thing.
Problem is it takes 6 or 7 minutes before the list appears.
While I was waiting, I used task manager (in windows 2000) to look at
cpu
utilization. One of the svchost.exe was using 98% the whole time.
I opened up sysinternals process explorer and see that this svchost is
associated with
wuauserv.

After about 7 minutes the list appears and I hit "install". The
progress box appears,
and I see the update downloading one at a time. Then it says
"initializing installation"
(or similar). Here it takes another 6 or 7 minutes before anthing
happens. Once again
svchost/wuauser is using all the cpu. Eventually, everything installs
normally.

Any troubleshooting advice appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave

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