And now it's all working properly again. I really have to fix this Win2k weirdness. If anyone is reading this (hah!), the problem is....

My user accounts (a poweruser and a user) get these weird happenings. Text disappears in the title bar on active windows; it's almost impossible to use dialog boxes because the text disappears (eg. File -> Open and then enjoy the fun as you can't see anything but the dialog box and empty windows); javascript disappears in IE 6.0. This happens system wide within these accounts. None of this happens in my admin account.

I've repaired the installation with my repair disk but no dice. I guess I'll try reinstalling and maybe that will work. Who knows? Not I at any right...