InDesign CS4 freezes when minimized

As soon as I minimize InDesign CS4 I cannot restore it. If I try to restore it the only thing that happens is I can see a palette (eg charactor formatting) or sometimes a control panel. I then can only shut InDesign down using Windows task manager.
I have no issues with Illustrator or Photopshop CS4 and the problem occurs even if I have no document open in InDesign. I also tried with no applications running and it still happens. I have reinstalled InDesign but that has not helped either. I am not using the Windows "Aero" apprearence (which sometimes causes strange problems). Any suggestions?
I am running Indesign 6.03 on a Dell Inspiron 9400 with Intel Core Duo 2GB of RAM @2GHZ Vista Ultimate

Seeing the same here with version 6.0.4 on Windows 7 Professional 64bt, running NVidia GT8600 graphics card(latest drivers).
Same fix above cures it, but still annoying that it happens at all.
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