All I see are stars...

You can unpin applications from the taskbar. Skype and Messenger both can be minimized to the system tray. Have a look see through their options. You can disable taskbar window grouping. You can unlock the taskbar and drag it to the right or left of the screen for your vertical layout. You can put shortcut icons in a folder and add a new toolbar to have your icons of other programs. If you actually [i]used[/i] Windows 7 or took the time to, you'd know this.

Someone didn't get theirs today.