Computers are pretty much like old Ford pickups and Craftsman lawnmowers -- the more you swear at them the better they work

On a lighter note, most of the prop hats at the google result tend to lean toward a shortcut to a workaround, instead of a solid fix.

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2007...-hardware-icon/

I would think said newly minted shortcut could then be dragged to the start menu or left side of the task bar, instead of hunting for it on the desktop if the windows key (+ m) is not available.