svchost / wuauclt.exe spikes CPU at login

I recently installed a WSUS server (latest and greatest with SP1).
Completely patched and deployed the configuration to use this server
through
Group policy. I have around 300 + client computers, mainly XP, some
2K.
80/20 mix between desktop/laptop.

After deployment I started receiving calls from users regarding having
a
VERY slow login time. (sometimes up to 2 minutes for the comptuer to
become
usable). The medium of the machines are fairly new, 2gHZ+ proc, at
least 1/2
gig ram, large HD's. The slowness was reported on both laptops and
desktops,
from a variety of users. (some that have lots of "start-up" items,
others
that are very clean). (what I mean is, google desktop, yahoo pagers
that run
at startup, etc....)

Again, they never complained about slowness until AFTER i put in WSUS
updates in place.

THe computers that had complaints did get some updates made to their
machines, (so I figured the 1st reports of slowness was due to the fact
that
the computer needed updates and it was installing them, etc.), but they
still
are reporting slowness even though every update is installed on their
machine.

The detection frequency was set to the maximum of 22hrs, with an
auto-installation everyday at midnight. The users that complain the
most
seem to be ones that turn off their comptuer every night. It seems
that when
they turn on their computer, the wuauclt runs to , (what I'll assume),
to
check the local WSUS for new updates. (Since this is done every 22hrs,

pretty much, everytime they turn their machine on, it does this.)

Is there a way to INCREASE this time, (to say, once a week), so the
computer
only slows down once a week during detection, rather than once a day?

Perhaps try the WSUS Newsgroup
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...pdate_services


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|I recently installed a WSUS server (latest and greatest with SP1).
| Completely patched and deployed the configuration to use this server
| through
| Group policy. I have around 300 + client computers, mainly XP, some
| 2K.
| 80/20 mix between desktop/laptop.
|
| After deployment I started receiving calls from users regarding having
| a
| VERY slow login time. (sometimes up to 2 minutes for the comptuer to
| become
| usable). The medium of the machines are fairly new, 2gHZ+ proc, at
| least 1/2
| gig ram, large HD's. The slowness was reported on both laptops and
| desktops,
| from a variety of users. (some that have lots of "start-up" items,
| others
| that are very clean). (what I mean is, google desktop, yahoo pagers
| that run
| at startup, etc....)
|
| Again, they never complained about slowness until AFTER i put in WSUS
| updates in place.
|
| THe computers that had complaints did get some updates made to their
| machines, (so I figured the 1st reports of slowness was due to the fact
| that
| the computer needed updates and it was installing them, etc.), but they
| still
| are reporting slowness even though every update is installed on their
| machine.
|
| The detection frequency was set to the maximum of 22hrs, with an
| auto-installation everyday at midnight. The users that complain the
| most
| seem to be ones that turn off their comptuer every night. It seems
| that when
| they turn on their computer, the wuauclt runs to , (what I'll assume),
| to
| check the local WSUS for new updates. (Since this is done every 22hrs,
|
| pretty much, everytime they turn their machine on, it does this.)
|
| Is there a way to INCREASE this time, (to say, once a week), so the
| computer
| only slows down once a week during detection, rather than once a day?
|