Hi,

Does this problem persist after logging-out/logging-in and restarting?
Sometimes the Dock becomes confused, and can cause transient problems
with the Desktop. The Dock can be gracefully quit via the Activity
Monitor (Applications > Utilities), and it will be automatically
re-launched. If this does not work, perhaps both of you have corrupt
Dock preferences? Maybe there is an app that causes this, and both of
you have used that app?

James.