SPS2003 "Add Link To Site" page stops responding

A client of mine is having a problem provisioning new team sites in their SPS2003 intranet portal. After some investigation, the problem is caused by the freezing on the 2nd page during site provisioning, the "Add Link To Site" page that adds a list item in the the Sites list in the Sites area. This page is important as it's the only place with a link from the portal to the team sites. Microsoft KB article 934229 states that it is a known issue and at this time is researching for a resolution. For the time being, the hanged provisioning process of the site can still continued by navigating to the site itself (http://portal/sites/newwsssite). From there, choose a site template and click OK, and the site is created. However, no link is provided in the Sites list. Hope MS comes up with a fix ASAP.