[tvandyck7]

Taskbars almost always cause issues for me. You might try a different one and see if it comes back. On the other hand, I personally don't like the notifications screen. I have been looking for a way to disable it. Almost everytime I go to end a call, I get the notifications screen from where my ear pressed the soft key before the proximity sensor turned the screen off. It drives me crazy. In fact, now that you mentioned it, maybe I need to try Spike's taskbar! LOL
Does yours not show everything in the notifications screen? You said, "it still brings up the dialogs or screens referenced by the individual icons (network status, volume, battery, etc.)". Anytime I tap any of the icons on the taskbar it brings up the notifications screen and shows the status of everything. I don't get an individual status. I have a Verizon phone though. It might be different.