diff --git a/skins/default/common.css b/skins/default/common.css
index 95a52a748..4faf79dfa 100644
--- a/skins/default/common.css
+++ b/skins/default/common.css
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ img
   right: 0px;
   width: 600px;
   height: 24px;
-  background: url(images/taskbar.gif) top right no-repeat;
+  background: url(images/taskbar.png) top right no-repeat;
   padding: 10px 4px 5px 0px;
   text-align: right;
   white-space: nowrap;
diff --git a/skins/default/ie6hacks.css b/skins/default/ie6hacks.css
index ee8200731..3fad4f37f 100644
--- a/skins/default/ie6hacks.css
+++ b/skins/default/ie6hacks.css
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 /* CSS hacks for IE versions 5,6 */
 
+taskbar
+{
+  background: url(images/taskbar.gif) top right no-repeat;
+}
+
 img
 {
   behavior: url(skins/default/pngbehavior.htc);
diff --git a/skins/default/images/taskbar.png b/skins/default/images/taskbar.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fa366023
Binary files /dev/null and b/skins/default/images/taskbar.png differ