It's not only the "Access Connections". I have a tray icon that kind of looks like a column graph, and when I scroll over it, it says "IBM High Rate Wireless LAN MiniPCI Combo Card". I can't really get rid of that icon, but it seems to be part of the "Access Connections" thing, and I cannot find the option to disable this stuff and to just let Windows take care of things...
Sorry if this sounded a little confusing

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