I have pinned down the bug to one of the following three updates. My suspicions are with the Internet Explorer update. I am surprised this bug isnt listed at Microsoft as it is a signifiicant and very annoying problem which must have been experienced by others. Temprorarily I have been able to rollthese three back to w a functioning environment Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (Windows 2000)* 330994: April 2003, Security Update for Outlook Express 5.5 Service Pack 2 Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Express Install for End Users*