hello,been looking through the threads trying to find answers,but unless im being thick...i can't find it..

my problem is that when i logon to my messenger on my xp pro pc at work,i get the contacts (which have used formatting tags to change colors,etc) in color....but on my home pc (windows 7) or my other office pc (vista business) i get the tags showing (no colour) just shows the html tag style text...

ive been googling this and i can't find the answer,its driving me mad...please can  anyone help

with thanks

Is Messenger Plus! installed on the other computers?

yes.....ive even tried uninstalling msg plus and reinstalling the older version...no good....so im back to the latest version....still show the formatting tags!!!