icons spacing

[pike8]

hello, i'm new here.
i've recently migrated to W7 ultimate from XP SP2 and a there are quite a few things that i find hard getting used to.
one of those is spacing between the icons in system tray - it's too big. is there any way to "squeeze" them? i don't want to hide them, i like to have them all shown (there is about ten icons), but they take too much space on taskbar.

 

[adamisoke]

You may increase the number of icons that can be accommodated in the taskbar by increasing the height of the taskbar. Simply drag the taskbar upside to increase the width. I don’t think there is a way to reduce the space between taskbar icons.
here is how my teskbar look like