Tweaking taskbar

[Dino_Martino]

Hi all,

I'm throwing around my GUI again, and I've place my taskbar at the left side of the screen. (which makes sence on a widescreen monitor, and feels intuitive once you get used to it.)
problem is, that the tastbar just isn't flexible enough to get it the way I want.
Is there a way to:

• get the "start" button at the other end of the taskbar? (on the right, or at the bottom in my case)
  Or infact mirror the entire layout of the taskbar, putting the clock and date at the top/left,...)
• Make the buttons for the programs that are currently running higher
• make the quick launch icons bigger than small, yet smaller than large
• Make the start button bigger

?

Thank you in advance.

[Steve R Jones]

It probably wouldn't hurt to mention which OS your running.

If you move the bar to the right side of the screen the start button would be on the bottom

[Dino_Martino]

XP pro, sorry I forgot to mention .
But the start button is the least of my worries, how can I make those buttons taller?