"Windows Wireless" Program takes 5 minutes to load

I'm not sure if I'm the only one having this problem but I don't see it
around on this forum.

When I try to connect to any wireless connection, I need to use either IBM's
Access connections program or just the "Connect to a network" button using
Windows Wireless. However, both these programs freeze when I open them. They
say "Not Responding" for at least a full 2 minutes before either of them show
me the list of available networks. Then, when I click "connect", it freezes
into the "Not Responding" and 2 minutes later, it'll unfreeze and connect.

I'm not really sure what's going on here. I'm using a Thinkpad T43 and both
the Thinkpad program and the Windows program seems to be freezing. My drivers
are updated. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks