How does SQL Server order results when joins are used?

Question

How does SQL Server figure out the order of the records in the result set of query execution?

I am trying to make heads or tails of it but find myself scratching my head. When I change the fields I am selecting the order also changes. When I execute the below SQL with a SELECT * I get the same records but in a much different order.

 SELECT TOP (900)
    AD.ATTACHMENTID,
    AD.NAME,
    AD.ISINLINE,
    AD.INSERTEDDATETIME,
    ATMT.ATTACHMENTBLOB,
    U.UFID
  FROM ATTACHMENTDETAIL AD WITH (NOLOCK)
  INNER JOIN MESSAGEATTACHMENT MA ON MA.ATTACHMENTID = AD.ATTACHMENTID
  INNER JOIN ATTACHMENT ATMT ON ATMT.ATTACHMENTID = AD.ATTACHMENTID
  INNER JOIN MESSAGE MSG ON MSG.ID = MA.MESSAGEID
  INNER JOIN MESSAGEDETAIL MD ON MD.MESSAGEID = MA.MESSAGEID
  INNER JOIN [USER] U ON U.ID = MD.USERID
  LEFT OUTER JOIN XmlExtractionMapping XM ON MA.MESSAGEID = XM.MessageId
    WHERE AD.FILEBOXTOKEN IS NULL 
    AND (XM.XMLEXTRACTIONDATE IS NOT NULL OR 
         (MSG.MESSAGESOURCEID = 1 AND MD.FolderId <> -4))
    AND AD.ISINLINE = 'FALSE'