Do you want to keep Taskbar and Start Menu in your own design.From this you can able to put your Desktop taskbar from right to left and up and down any where you want and also you can able to change the size of the taskbar.Not only this you can also able to hide the taskbar and when you put mouse cursor than it will automatically appears. Now lest follow this steps to do this.
1.First of all Click on Start icon and Search Taskbar or right click on desktop and click on properties and open for example see below picture.
2.After opening that now start your work see I have putted my taskbar at the top of the
Desktop
3. After customizing Taskbar and Start Menu click on apply and then OK.