Pallets disappear, can't get them back... - Adobe illustrator

I run Illustrator CS on a laptop, which is hooked to a docking station 95% of the time. When docked, it runs at 1280x1024 screen resolution, but undocked at 1024x768 resolution.

I had never used Illustrator undocked until the other day, and now it seems to be messed up. I cannot see some pallets, and when I move the ones I can too far right on the screen, they suddenly jump to the very left of the screen, with only 3 pixels of the pallet available to try to click on and move.

What is causing this problem, and how do I need to go about fixing it? If I didn't describe it adequately, please ask questions for clarification.