Many people have complained about Word trying to "phone home." I'm not sure
what the explanation would be in Word 2002, but in Word 2003, where much of
the Help and almost all of the clip art are online, this is understandable
if you have not disabled the online options. And if you have signed on for
the CEIP (Customer Experience Improvement Program), which periodically sends
use data to MS, then this is another reason Word might try to connect
(though it should be doing this only when you are already connected).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Simeon Nevel" wrote in message
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RWN wrote:
What address is it trying for?

It turns out that Word is attempting to contact the primary DNS server
for my ISP (Cox.Net).

I have no idea *why* word insists on doing this and I'd love to be able
to turn off the behaviour.

Simeon