right-click the start bar, uncheck "lock the taskbar" if so checked, click somewhere on the taskbar that is unused, and drag it to the top,bottom,right, or left, and voila, new location.
its actually a carryover from when i tried vista out.. just put it up there, made the round start button more... in place.
and now its in my winxp. can run more programs without it bunching it up..
also, i have the 'vb projects' folder as a toolbar, so its a quick linker to any visual basic programming projects i am currently working on ( as you can see on my desktop, there is a file called "splc.txt".. that stands for 'simple programming language compiler' or the program i am working on to compile a language i designed into machine language that the computer understands. ) a very useful think that other toolbar option is.
also, on the time/day/date thing, i can see all of that info, without double clicking the time to learn it as i would have to do if the taskbar was on the bottom or the top of the screen.