two questions (blackbox and image editing)

i have two unrelated ques that im looking for some help on. my first would be what plug-in for blackbox do you use to get tasks and sys tray icons on one taskbar. ive tried bbsystembar and systembarex, but neither have the results im looking for. an example would be http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs8/i/2006/163/c/f/City__by_Polidt
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my next ques is how do you make a diagonal striped pattern on an image. ive seen many people use, but ive yet to figure out how to do it. what im talking about is this http://ic2.deviantart.com/fs7/i/2005/244/8/d/Trials_And_Trib
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any help on these two is appreciated.