Not sure I understand what you want, but the one thing I missed from the version before W 7 was the quick launch. I found a solution you might be interested in. I went to my documents and put all of my game short cuts in a folder named games. Then I right clicked on the task bar, then on new tool bar and followed the path to the games folder I made. Now I have another version of the quick launch. I did the same with a folder named tools with the shortcuts I use often.

Maybe as an administrator run gpedit.msc , from the Run command .. go to; User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar. There, you should see something saying "Remove Balloon Tips on Start Menu Items".

Hi dudsiam, I followed mikie's suggestions. In that same frame of notifications tab I see "icons" and under that "system icons". In the "icons" area I have "customize" to the right of "hide inactive icons". If you click this customize option, you should be able to individually choose which icons you would like to "hide" or "show". Thanks for posting this question. I have been wondering how to make my ISP icon show upon start, instead of waiting for it to happen on it's own. Hope this helps you some!!! Sure helped me! Donna

I think what you're looking for is start > run then type msconfig in the box and click ok. Now click on the startup tab. When I want something to startup that's not there I right click on the start button, click open on the context menu double click programs and then double click startup. If you drag a shortcut to a program in there it will start when you start your computer. Hope this helps.