So I finally broke down and downloaded IE8. (yes, I hate change) Now I have 3 "rows" of stuff at the top of my screen where before I was able to consolidate everything into just one. I could fit the page back, page forward, address bar, menu bar, and command bar all on one line... or row, not sure what you'd call it. IE8 won't let me do that anymore. It just keeps creating a new row everytime I try to move stuff.

And how do I get rid of that stupid Favorites icon star? I've turned off the Favorites Bar and turned off tabbed browsing, but I can't get that useless star to go away.

Here are a couple of screen caps that might help with my explanation. The first is how it is now and the second is how it should be.