Thanks for that, first post edited accordingly (always remeber to right-click and "Copy Target" instead of highlighting and copying out of fora because they usually only display the shortened link!).
I have that on all the PCs I administrate.
I have yet to check this remedy (read about it elsewhere before but didn't come around to testing).
Thanks all for your positive reoprts, though, makes me less frightened trying some non-final MS patch
In any case, I sort of thought this was intentional (not a bug but a feature...).
I can't even remember when this started, feels as if it'S been forver like this...
It doesn't really affect any of the dual core systems (obviously, since only one core gets full usage) but the slower single-cores mean you cannot use the system for a good 15min after booting.
Also, switching auto update to merely once a week (I am wondering why there is no monthly option, seening as patchday is only once a month anyway and MS refuses to even release critical patches in-between ) does not help, only completely turning it off.
Wouldn't be much of a problem but I'm not always there to apply the latest patches and I don't have a dedicated server I could use for WSUS, yet...
Gonna try the patches now, I'll report back how it went