disable notifications?

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I'm wondering how to disable the "notification" I get when I miss a call, get a voicemail or a text message. I tried disabling it in settings -> sounds/notifications but whatever it is still takes over my left soft key until I view or dismiss it. I looked through registry hacks and used it to disable the text message sent notification, but sometimes I just want a missed call to sit there until I want to return it. I have HHC and it'd be cool if I could just get them to hang out in the icons designated for them, without the on screen notification/icon at the top. Is there a way to do this? I didn't know if this was a mogul or WM6 issue, I assume WM6 but I wasn't sure.
Thanks, sorry for the newbness