Raze,

sorry to bother you again with this topic. Needless to say the minimizing has never stopped, then I re-read what you said. So I shut down my firewall and AV since they run in the background. I have nothing running in the background, I even went in to msconfig to see if I could disable anything, but didn't know what was what. So I have no idea why it still happens? Could it have anything to do with the fact my monitor is older and didn't come with the computer? Can you think of anything else it might be?

I really appreciate your help as always
thanks

ficarosso