Auto-hide the taskbar STAYS UP

[Jake]

I like my Windows XP taskbar in Auto-hide mode, so it's out of the way when I don't need it.  UltraHal seems to want to keep the taskbar visable, as in where a program is telling Windows it requires some attention?  Is there a way around this?  Is this a bug?  If it is a bug, is there a work-around, fix on the way?