can't display URL links and some emoticons since XP upgrade

[Anna73]

Hi
wonder if anyone knows the answer? since my PC (business machine) was
rebuilt to XP from W2K I no longer get live hyperlinks or some emoticons
(e.g. (%) etc) displaying in my convo wondow. when I type a URL it displays
live, underlined etc in my typing window, but once I hit enter it changes to
normal type. I'm using same font etc as before. Can't find an option for this
under 'options' (use emoticons is ticked). Any ideas?
Thanks

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Anna,

Just to be clear, what version are you using (click Help, then About to check)?

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"Anna73" > wrote in message
...
> Hi
> wonder if anyone knows the answer? since my PC (business machine) was
> rebuilt to XP from W2K I no longer get live hyperlinks or some emoticons
> (e.g. (%) etc) displaying in my convo wondow. when I type a URL it displays
> live, underlined etc in my typing window, but once I hit enter it changes to
> normal type. I'm using same font etc as before. Can't find an option for this
> under 'options' (use emoticons is ticked). Any ideas?
> Thanks