How to stop the !New icon from appearing in SharePoint Lists

I had this weird requirement from my client to remove the !New icon when a new document or item is added to a list.I followed these steps also outlined in the Microsoft support blog:

To stop the !New tag from appearing for new entries on your Windows SharePoint Services Web site, follow these steps, as appropriate for your version of SharePoint Services.
-Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web site
To stop the !New tag from appearing next to new entries on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web site, use the Stsadm.exe tool to change the "Days to Show New Icon" property to zero.

To do this, follow these steps:
1)Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
2)Type the following commands, and then press ENTER after each command:
cd /d %programfiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN
stsadm.exe -o setproperty -pn days-to-show-new-icon -pv 0 -url [Your Virtual Server's URL]

-Windows SharePoint Services Web site
To stop the !New tag from appearing next to new entries on a Windows SharePoint Services Web site, use the Stsadm.exe tool to change the "Days to Show New Icon" property to zero.

-To do this, follow these steps:
Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
Type the following commands, and then press ENTER after each command:
cd /d %programfiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\60\BIN
stsadm.exe -o setproperty -pn days-to-show-new-icon -pv 0 -url [Your Virtual Server's URL]

-SharePoint Team Services Web site
To stop the !New tag from appearing next to new entries on a SharePoint Team Services Web site, use the Owsadm.exe tool to change the "New Item Display Cutoff" property to zero.

To do this, follow these steps:
Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
Type the following commands, and then press ENTER after each command:
cd /d %programfiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\50\BIN
owsadm.exe -o setproperty -pn NewItemDisplayCutoff -pv 0 -p [Your Virtual Server's Port]