notification area

There are icons in the notification area that I never need to see: Numbers Lock, Scroll Lock, Caps Lock. I know that I can hide them. I have set them to "hide" in "Customize Notification Icons". But what I would like to do is get rid of the icons permanently. Is this possible?

Hi everybody, i am expiriencing some network problems after awaking my computer from the sleep mode. The Notification Area Icon of the network connection displays warning. So i have no access to the network, even if i wait for 5 minutes. To get access to the network again, i have to enter...

Hello everyone, yesterday, I was exploring the properties for the notification area in Vista Home Premium. Within the "Hide Inactive Icons / Customize area, I found a list of hidden icons. All is well however i noticed there were hidden icons from programs I had long since "uninstalled". I...

Previously I had a program installed. I removed the program completely but it still shows up in the "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Notification Area Icons" as HMonitor.exe. I ran a complete search and nothing comes up anywhere. How can I remove this entry from the Notification Area Icons?

HEy i need some help in the active icons in the bottom right hand corner of my start menu it usually shows the Wireless connection icon, the one that shows that i am connected and what i am connected to, also i used to have a volume button that i could adujst the volume with. These things...