Funky start-up icons next to cursor in KDE

Folks, Is there any way to shut off the funky little icons that appear next to the cursor in KDE when a program starts? Perhaps it was the late hour, but when I combed the documentation for clues last night, I found no help. (KDE on SuSE 9.0) Best, Pete. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter N. Spotts Science and technology correspondent | The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115 Office: 617-450-2449 | Office in Home: 508-520-3139 pspotts@alum.mit.edu | www.csmonitor.com | www.peterspotts.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~