Windows Update CPU Pegged at 100%

Okay, I know it is a known issue around the various threads on Windows
Update slowing people's machine down. This is known issue even for new
CLEAN installs of Windows XP SP2. If you turn off Windows Update in
Automatic Updates section of System Properties and turn off the Services for
automatic updates in Services, the machines zipps along quite speedily -
turn them on and everything grinds to a halt.

Question:
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(1) When is (or have they yet) Microsoft going to acknowledge this and when
are they going to provide a fix for the Windows Update resource problems?


With so many people complaining about the same thing, it is obvious that
this is a problem. What I also notice this issue is prevalent and more
noticeable in machines with lower specs - for example Celerons with less
than 1.5 GHz and less than 512 MB RAM. I have various clients with
different configurations and setups, but this is the ongoing similar issue.
It is Windows Update causing as shown by Process Explorer (tool by
Sysinternals).


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