T400 Taskbar Autohide ? Problem, ? Normal

Hello,
Please, some help for a T400 newbie.  I am running XP Pro SP3 on a Lenovo desktop as well as a Lenovo T400
laptop. With taskbar autohide enabled on both, the taskbar disappears completely, as expected, on the desktop. On the T400 the upper 1.0-1.5 mm of the taskbar is always seen, even with autohide enabled. Is this normal? 
Many Thanks to all responding T400 owners.

I guess you use a CRT for your desktop... Yes, this is normal. But it's not specific to the T400, this how Windows XP was designed, i.e. to leave 2 pixels of height (@96 DPI) showing when the taskbar is hidden (so you know on which side of the screen the taskbar is.)
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