Now I am really not a fan of the colours on the task bar, especially considering they stay there after I have moved my mouse away from them. Any way I can remove them?
I don't understand what are you talking about! what colors? can you show us some screen shots it may help us understand! just press "Print Screen" to take a screenshot, then open paint and paste inside.... then upload it here for us to see..
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
home made
OS
Windows 7 7264x64(main), 7260x86(secendary), XP SP3 Triple Boot
ok that happens sometimes for an unknown reason. my fix is to open up task manager (CTRL+SHFT+ESC), and kill explorer.exe. Then go to 'Applications' tab and click 'new task', then just type 'explorer' and press enter. This restarts explorer, and should resolve that issue (for the time being).
Strange. I don't have this problem on the RTM build, and I don't remember having it on the RC or on 7201 either. Like akramh asked, what build are you using?
My Computer
OS
Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1
CPU
Intel Core i5-2500K
Motherboard
Gigabyte P67X-UD3-B3
Memory
8 GB Corsair Vengeance Blue DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1 GB GDDR5
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster T220HD
Screen Resolution
1680x1050
Hard Drives
120 GB Corsair Force SSD + 320 GB Seagate Barracuda SATA2 + 2 TB My Book Elite