The Notification Area, located in the bottom corner of your desktop, displays several icons, some of which you may never use. You can clean up the Notification Area in Vista by removing such icons.

To remove an icon from the Notification Area in Vista:

1. Right click an empty area of the notification area and click Properties.
2. The dialog box that appears allows you to show or hide the system icons.
3. Click the Customize button to show or hide non-system icons.
4. Locate the program icon you want to remove from the notification area.
5. Use the drop down arrow beside the program and click Hide.
6. Click OK.

The icon for the particular program you selected in the above steps will no longer appear in the notification area.