Annoying Character Replacements

Some people that send me messages have replaced various characters with
images or animations. Is there any way to disable this so I can actually
read the text I've been sent rather than having to decipher the
hieroglyphics?

Greetings,

Absolutely. Just open up any Messenger window and press the Alt key on the keyboard to bring
up the menu bar. Choose the Tools menu, then Options and then the Messages category.
Uncheck 'Show custom emoticons', click OK, then close and reopen any active conversation
windows for the setting to become active.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"msnews.microsoft.com" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Some people that send me messages have replaced various characters with images or
> animations. Is there any way to disable this so I can actually read the text I've been sent
> rather than having to decipher the hieroglyphics?

Excellent! Thanks for your help.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Greetings,
>
> Absolutely. Just open up any Messenger window and press the Alt key on
> the keyboard to bring up the menu bar. Choose the Tools menu, then
> Options and then the Messages category. Uncheck 'Show custom emoticons',
> click OK, then close and reopen any active conversation windows for the
> setting to become active.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature
> or citation
> --
>
> "msnews.microsoft.com" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Some people that send me messages have replaced various characters with
>> images or animations. Is there any way to disable this so I can actually
>> read the text I've been sent rather than having to decipher the
>> hieroglyphics?
>
>

Hi,

You're very welcome

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--

"msnews.microsoft.com" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> Excellent! Thanks for your help.
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Absolutely. Just open up any Messenger window and press the Alt key on the keyboard to
>> bring up the menu bar. Choose the Tools menu, then Options and then the Messages
>> category. Uncheck 'Show custom emoticons', click OK, then close and reopen any active
>> conversation windows for the setting to become active.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
>> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
>> --
>>
>> "msnews.microsoft.com" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Some people that send me messages have replaced various characters with images or
>>> animations. Is there any way to disable this so I can actually read the text I've been
>>> sent rather than having to decipher the hieroglyphics?
>>
>>