Studio XPS 1640 surface buttons

I recently restored my XPS to it's factory image and am in the process of removing all of the odd bits-and-ends that came packaged in the computer. However, I am unable to remove this blue icon that pops up whenever I use the surface touch-buttons which control the volume, and a similar icon pops up whenever I use the wireless networking on/off button. A picture of what I'm talking about can be found at: http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/7200/newbitmapimagemx.png

I wouldn't particularly mind it if not for the fact that it pulls me out of the few non-windowed video games I've tried so far. I do not rmemeber this icon ever appearing before; I used to be able to mute and unmute succesively in games without any problems. I was wondering if there is a "button function editor" somewhere similar to what standard keyboard quicklaunch-keys sometimes bring up. Barring that, is there any other way to disable these icons?

 

it's Dell's QuickSet software. You could probably uninstall it if it bothers you that much...

 

Alright, thanks.