MessHits.com, MSNHeaven.com, Muskurahat.com

• 1). Open a Web browser and navigate to one of the the ASCII nickname tools at MessHits.com, MSNHeaven.com or Muskurahat.com (see Resources).
  
  
• 2). Click any of the ASCII characters displayed on the page to select the symbols that you would like to use for your Windows Live Messenger display name. As you select characters, the box at the top of the screen begins to fill.
  
  
• 3). Click the "Copy to Clipboard" button to copy the ASCII display name to the Windows clipboard. Paste the copied text into Windows Live Messenger to change your display name.
  
  

DisplayUS.com

• 1). Navigate to the DisplayUS.com website (see Resources).
  
  
• 2). Type the display name that you want to use for Windows Live Messenger in plain text using the "Nicks/Text Creator #1" window at the top of the page.
  
  
• 3). Click the "Convert It" button to convert your typed text to ASCII symbols.
  
  
• 4). Highlight the generated text using the mouse pointer. Right-click the highlighted text and select "Copy" to copy it to the clipboard.
  
  
• 5). Paste the copied text into Windows Live Messenger to change your display name to ASCII symbols.