Eoin got the best solution for this... thanks a bunch 

A special thanks to you guys for helping me solve this http://vistastylebuilder.com/forum/index.php?topic=247.0. I am a bit more acknowledged about hacks now.
I have one more little thing to ask to get closer to perfection. How can i get rid of the 1px horizontal separating line shown in the picture, the one that separates the blue bar from the main white section ?

Thank you guys, both methods worked fine. I am a bit more acknowledged about hacks now.
I have one more little thing to ask to get closer to perfection. How can i get rid of the 1px horizontal separating line shown in the picture, the one that separates the blue bar from the main white section ?

Wanted to delete the help icon showing in the blue bar cos it is useless to me. Thought it was the easiest thing in the world but every time i try to erase the image in shell32.dll i get the ugly black square as in the picture. Any idea ?
Using reshacker the icon is located in shell32.dll > icon group > 24.
Thanks in advance.