Desktop icons in GNOME

Just installed a fresh copy of Mandrake 9.2 on my system, and it's running fine. But being shades of obsessive-compulsive, I really want to change the names of the mounted device icons on my desktop, which currently read: "CD-ROM, CD-ROM (2), windata, zip," etc. Problem is, GNOME/Nautilus won't let me, not even as root! And I can't seem to find any corresponding preference entry in the GUI or in GConf.

If all else fails, I'd like to get rid of them altogether. Yeah, I can't seem to find any easy way to do that either.

Thanks in advance!