Why can't I see emoticons on MSN?

when im on msn, my friends usually send me funny emoticons and all i can see is the word they type. example: -if they wanna show me an emoticon of a hand waving, they would type in ...show more

iv already tried things like the tools n downloading msn plus though it still doesn't work! i had trouble with my msn ages ago n i a guy came out an sorted it, but he changed it ...show more

wenever I type or recieve one of the emoticons (smily faces), it just appears as the keyboard shortcut eg. : ) :P (L) <8-) etc. plz help! thankyou!

Hi, On my msn my emoticons are not working If i type in :) i should get the happy smiley but i only see :) If people type an emoticon they can see it on theres but i cant ...show more

hi there,could anyone help me...! Sounds silly but -anyways. I dont know what happend with my computer but i cant send or receive emoticons with my MSN messsenger. I mean i can only see the base sign of the emoticon but not beeing animated They are fun...

when i'm on msn i cant see the other persons display picture..its just a green lil msn man thing. they can see my pic when we're chatting but why cant i see theirs!? :)

I was on msn to a friend & they can see themselves & me i can see them but cant see me on my screen it is grey has a picture of a webcam and a red cross

On My Msn, when you have a converstion on it (On msn Messgaer) I cant see the icons it happened once, so if i put Those :D :S :O Faces It Dont Come up on my Side. Why Cant I see Them?