customize taskbar

[Racer^]

I am looking for a way (probably a 3rd party utility) to customize the taskbar such that it has more buttons similar to the "Start" menu button. Preferrably, I would like to have a taskbar that looks something like:
[Start][Apps][Games][Utils] ....running programs.... (system tray icons)

The Apps, Games, and Utils menu buttons would open similar to the start menu: click on it and it pops up a heirarchial menu system that I can run programs with. The menus would probably require me to manually put shortcuts there, but I don't mind. I'm just tired of having to traverse 2-3 sub-menus deep to get to common applications.

P.S. I have Windows 2000/XP Pro.

Edit: Oh, and I already know that I can place individual icons onto the taskbar to programs I frequently run. I have too many programs for this. Also, I know that I can place icons in the main "Start" menu, but that is what I am trying to avoid in the first place.