Just 2 thoughts to add to what rkapsi said. If you're now having xtra problems due to os 10.3.9 update then see: 10.3.9 issues

By minimise LW do you mean hide it into the dock or reduce the dimensions of the interface? For the latter, have you tried changing the monitor resolution to something higher under system preferences & then reducing LW's size by dragging the bottom corner. You have 15 seconds in which to do this before the change in monitor size changes back. I need to do that with my browser sometimes. Else I'm using a program that requires the xtra window space.