I want all these features completely out my way, disabled, invisible, so that there is no chance I can ever use them. Direct quote from Joel Spolski:

"But wait!" you say. "It's important to have options for advanced users who want to tweak their environments!" In reality, it's not as important as you think.

The article I am quoting from is a must read: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000059.html