Okie, contact applet can be disabled by installinng cmd-navigator from above link. But what about presence applet WITH your accounts enabled. Because this thread is about screenshots and im mysterious (or a prick ), i'll leave you with a screenie:

I have fixed my prickish ways. I actually was going to write up a guide but as soon as I saw it needed root access and vi, I thought it would be easier on n00bs to create a deb:
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...d.php?p=153051

Enjoy.