I have no idea what's wrong, but my desktop isn't showing at all and whenever I try to issue the "show desktop" command (from quick launch) it provides the following message: "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator." My desktop is completely blank. I can't right click on it. I'm running windows 2000. My account is of the type "Administrator", so I'm even more confused than I normally would. *sigh* any ideas?