In not posting this in bug reports because I think it's Windows XP's fault... Even though you can change the Icon mIRC shows as in the taskbar, when XP groups windows it goes back to the default mIRC icon... Is this controlable or a Windows bug?

well if i understand you correctly thats cause whats in the task bar is the icon from the top left corner of mIRC so when it groups or its minimized it will use that icon... khaled would haveta allow us to change htat icon as well before windows would no better.