my msn works fine but the last few days every smiley face etc has stopped working for me.

can anybody suggest a solution as to why that is happening?

instead of a smiley face i get :) or :P or whatever else

click on ur name at top where it says

for example...dec available a drop down list sill come down click on options a box appears with colums down the side.

clic on messeges and theres a tick box for show emotions

tick the box and all will be ok

it happens every now and again with msn this gets reset

it wasnt quite as you described it but i got it working again

thanks