Losing user account Icon in Windows XP

[steptoe]

Help please.  I keep losing one of my user account icons.  I am running windows xp, sp2 on a dell dimension 2350. If I go thru Start, Explore, and the C drive, the account is still listed there.  I just keep losing the Icon from the desktop page.I have tried using system restore but it doesn't hekp.  Can someone please help as I am not too smart about these things.  Thanks, David

[Neil]

What type of account is this? Sometimes there is a hidden admin account for "emergancy" usage that only appears in safe mode. Look in User Accounts in control panel.

[steptoe]

 have 4 accounts, Me,  my wife, my son, and the grandkids.  I keep losing the grandkids account icon.  It is the only one without admin privilages.  Does this help?

[Rob Pomeroy]

What do you mean by "desktop"?  Is the icon vanishing from the Welcome screen?

[steptoe]

Sorry, I said the "desktop" and meant the "welcome screen".  Yes, it's gone but if I do a search thru the "C" drive,  the account is still there.