Restoring Dell Factory Image From Vista DVD (Recovery)

Boot the computer using win Vista DVD and then Try the Steps Mentioned BELOW
1). Click Command Prompt from the System Recovery Options window.
2). In the Administrator window, type the following lines, pressing after each line.
path d:\windows;d:\windows\system32
d:
CD Tools
PCRestore
3). In the Dell Factory Image Restore window, click Next.
4) In the Confirm Data Deletion window, click to select Yes, reformat hard drive and restore system software to factory condition, and then click Next. The message Factory image successfully restored! appears when the process is complete.
5). Click Finish to restart the system.

For Detailed Info click on the link Below
http://tinyurl.com/38hu6f

Turn Off System Tray (Notification Area) to Hide Icons

Step 1
Disable and Turn Off System Tray (Notification Area) to Hide Icons in Windows XP and Vista
1) Click on Start button.
2)In Windows XP, click Run and then type regedit and hit ENTER. In Windows Vista, type regedit into Start Search and hit ENTER.
3)Navigate to the following registry key in Registry Editor:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER >> Software >> Microsoft >> Windows >> CurrentVersion >> Policies >> Explorer
4)Right click on Explorer, and then select New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value (DWORD Value in Windows XP). Type "NoTrayItemsDisplay" as its value name.
Skip this step is NoTrayItemsDisplay registry entry is already available. Note that is NoTrayItemsDisplay, and not NoTrayItemDisplay.
Double click on NoTrayItemsDisplay, and set the value data to 1.
NOTE:- Once set, all program, system and application icons will be hidden and does not been shown. Don’t worry, the applications are still running as usual, just that the icons are hidden. The only thing left is the clock

Step 2
To clear the Past Items list, perform the following steps:
1). Delete the IconStreams and PastIconsStream values from the following registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER >> Software >> Microsoft >> Windows >> CurrentVersion >> Explorer >> TrayNotify
2). Open Task Manager, click the Processes tab, click Explorer.exe, and then click End Process.
3). In Task Manager, click File, click New Task, type explorer, and then click OK.

Step 3 [ VISTA ]
1) Click on Start button
2) In Windows Vista, type regedit into Start Search and hit ENTER. 3) 3)Navigate to the following registry key in Registry Editor
HKEY_CURRENT_USER >> Software >> Classes >> Local Settings >> Software >> Microsoft >> Windows >> CurrentVersion >> TrayNotify
Now you will see two entries in the list: IconStreams and PastIconsStream. Select both of them and delete them. (You may want to make a backup with the export function before you do this)
4) Now we'll need to recycle Explorer.exe by opening up task manager (You can use Ctrl+Shift+Esc), selecting explorer.exe in the list and choosing End Process
5) Now go to the File menu, choose New Task and type in explorer into the open box. Hit enter, and explorer should restart itself. Now your Customize Notification Icons dialog should show you a very clean list of items, but note that any settings you had will be reset to default.

For More Info Click on the Link Below
Disable and Turn Off System Tray (Notification Area) to Hide Icons in Windows XP and Vista
http://tinyurl.com/5fn7tr
How to Clear Past Items from the Notification Area
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q283084
Clean Up Past Notification Icons in Windows Vista
http://tinyurl.com/39xq9c

All Programs Missing

Click on Start >> Run >> regedit >> Click OK.
Then Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER >> Software >> Microsoft >> Windows >> CurrentVersion >> Policies >> ExplorerLook for "NoStartMenuMorePrograms" on the Right side if you find it Right Click on it Click Modify and make sure its set at "0" If a "NoStartMenuMorePrograms" value doesn't exist, go to the Edit menu, select New, DWORDvalue, and create the value. Set the value to 1 to disable or 0 to enable.