No longer have Windows List (kubuntu, not MS)

[tom bell]

I now no longer have a windows list at the bottom of my screen.  Instead
I have some programs that take up almost half of the panel, while the
clock/time display takes up most of the rest.  I have the menu and other
icons, desktop list and trash can, but that is all.
Does anyone know how I can get the windows list back to view the
minimized and maximized programs currently running???
If it was something I did I can't imagine what since I don't mess around
with the windows list and panel beyond having added a program or two to
the panel.
Also, I have been unable find anything anywhere that will allow me to
hide the panel except when the mouse moves over the bottom of the
screen.  It worked in HH/KDE 3, but not in II/KDE 4.
Thank you!

Tom Bell
-- 
“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when
we created them.”
-- Albert Einstein, Physicist (1879-1955)