I know WinNT Server 4.0 had to have some sort of NIC adaptor installed to work correctly, and you can get around this by using the MS Loopback adaptor.
But I thought that W2K would do this for you as it tried to detect your NIC and couldn't find one.
But really, a NIC isn't going to cost no more then $30 - $40. If you can afford W2K Server, I'm sure you can afford a NIC.
