Umm if you have all the lastest Micro$oft updates or at least IE6sp1 I believe the system checks back at Micro$oft.com for system updates. There is a way to shut that down I know it's under System Properties then Automatic Updates tab in Win XP but I can't remember if W2K gets that same tab or not.
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