I found the problem through trial and error (removing cab tweaks one at a time). It turned out to be gregorz10's bg cab with the 16 tabs added. After removing that, the clock works once again as it should.
As for the taskbar, I found the one I am using on my TP2 works like a charm. It was posted somewhere on here, I think on one of the VZW TP2 tweak posts. It has the files listed in order: 1) sdkcerts, 2) (purians?) modified tsowens taskbar v3, 3) kd 's mod, That works perfectly, even the speaker icons and the notification icons.
So all is well now, till I find the perfect radio cab
