I hope this works...
To put an emoticon against your name in MSN you need to first of all click on this link and then decide which emoticon you want to use.
http://help.microsoft.com/EN_US/Help...ger&Filter=msn
Then you need to double click on the MSN icon on the bottom right of your screen
Then left hand click on your name and then click on the bit that says Personal Settings
You will then see a thingy that says Options at the top and your chosen user name part way down
Just put your chosen emoticon either before or after your name and click OK.
I hope it works.