I was always charmed by bigger workspaces. The need was underlined when I realized that I spent most of my time on a laptop with meagre 14.1" display. I was glad when I got to have another 17.1" monitor that I could use as an 'extended desktop'. I was happy with the set-up as such -- lots of real estate to utilize, until I realized an irksome issue: Windows does not extend the taskbar to the extended monitor. Thus, if one minimizes an application, s/he has to get back to the