[Snowhog]

Well, that does result in the option being checked by default, but it doesn't affect the behavior here. Text is still being converted to smilies. Also, even though you can uncheck the option, it isn't remembered.

This isn't a real big deal, so i set the code back to the default. Even in this configuration, when I create a post/reply, and click on Go Advanced and check Disable smilies in text, conversion still happens.