Ellie, in either Internet Explorer or Netscape, there should be a tool bar at the bottom of your screen (or side, or top, or wherever you put it.) The extra smilies hide there You should see two "Active Lowcarber" bars/boxes/thingies. Click on the one that isn't active, and you'll get the smilies.

I just did it to check. What happens is that you click the Extra Smilies, use one, and go back into your post. That makes the post the active window, and makes the Extra Smilies disappear. But you can get them back by looking down at that bar. (That's why they're on your desktop. When you close out of this forum and your browser, they're now exposed. But they've been there all the time.)

Hope that helps!