I think I understand what you're saying, but if not, ignore this. Anyway it's just a matter of resizing the window by dragging one of the corner to your desired size. Once that's done everytime you open a new window or explorer it will open to that size. Don't click maximize you have to drag it to the desired size.

Hehe, I am trying to figure this out myself anyone know?!

Btw, I am using internet explorer 6

It isn't a huge problem, just one of those things that can get annoying after a while :)

I've had this problem myself. It took me a while to figure out the drag the corner trick, but every now and then it randomly starts doing it again. It's no biggee, just annoying.

How to open IE maximized every time:

To make IE open the same way you closed it, open IE,only 1 widow, hold down ctrl+shift+alt, drag/set the window as you want it, then close it and release the keys. It will then always open maximized, or where you had it set when you closed it.
I have used this on Windows ME and IE6 ,it works

Happy Holidays
Ron

exactly