ok I think I found the problem. I installed 6.5.x and not 6.5
Here is the original taskbar page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=671203
I think this taskbar is awesome, also very nice write up and full compatibility with cdma roms. I just tested it out and so far so good! Windows icon and speaker are both there.
Anyone looking for a taskbar should go check it out, it also changed your animated cursor which I like better than the default.