Thanks Mike, but I don't connect to my XP box from outside so I don't think this might help. I also had the same problem when I had Win2K on this machine.

>Not sure, but this may relate.
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>I run XP Pro at home and connect thru a Win 98 computer running WinProxy using dialup.
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>Since SP1, and now with SP2 I notice that at startup my XP ignores input and the 98 box establishes a dialup connection. Shortly after the connection is established my XP box becomes responsive. I'm not sure what my XP is sending to WindowsUpdate since I have automatic updates disabled (I download updates at work with DSL). I have verified that it is the WindowsUpdate site by watching the WinProxy display.
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>I use W2K at work and have not noticed this behavior.