Windows from iDisk

Hello
When I open windows from my iDisk, most often it behaves well but, from time to time, The "minimize" button is disabled so I can't send the windows to the Dock.
When I get this behavior it strikes every iDisk's windows.
Is one of you able to explain this behavior and how may I get rid of it?
Thanks in advance.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE vendredi 19 juin 2009 13:42:48)

I ran Hardware test and after more than two hours it states that all is OK.
If I open the windows at boot_time, their properties are OK.
They may be odd when I open them after a period of use of the machine.
Maybe an application is writing out of its dedicated area.
I installed a script opening the needed windows at boot time.
So they will be OK.
It's just a workaround but, as I have no other track, I will live with it.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE samedi 20 juin 2009 14:02:27)

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