Yaaay… got the solution! Same one as a later post by panther8778
on Oct.16th.
Answer: Internet Explorer… Tools … Internet options… advanced .. click ‘on’ the “Play animations in web pages”
(just in case anyone’s reading this) yaaaay!!
Good go, panther8778 !
Well, thanks for the feedback. A friend using version 6 “lost” total visibility of her smileys a couple of days ago and has tried deinstall/reinstall of Messenger, with no improvement.
I dunno. At least I can see them. *shrug*