Windows moving and shrinking when switching users in Mavericks

My wife and son share the same macbook air. When they switch user accounts, often windows are mysteriously moved and made into a smaller size. Seems like some kind of glitch. Is this happening to other people?

Hi there.
I had a similar problem with the Dock. Try my solution mentioned here (use Terminal to 'kill' the Dock).
https://discussions.apple.com/message/26090676#26090676
Killing the Dock might be enough to bring everything else back into line (your background picture looks similar to how mine used to look -- cut off).
Enjoy!

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Aaron Adams (.Mac) wrote:
This problem is STILL occurring with 10.6.6 and ARD 3.4. See this archived thread for prior information:
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