Shoutbox

I have been experiencing problems with messenger emoticons. Whenever i want to send a emoticon or recieve a emoticon from someone in a conversation, it only come up as the code of the emoticon rather then the picture on my screen.  My friend said the can see my emoticon when i send to them, however when i send to them on my screen it only turn out as the code rather then the picture. I did tried to uninstall and re-install msn messenger but the problem wont go away and still exist.
Can anyone help me out?

In a conversation window- Tool>Show Emotions. Make sure it is ticked.

oh thanks thanks...i didnt even realise it is unticked!!! but this is so strange....why it would untick itself??? anyway thx Mr.Ghost~! hehehe