Angel, have you ever used the spell-checker here before? Even when you apply changes (after clicking the "Check spelling button") it won't change what you've actually written in a post... you've got to copy and paste whatever was changed in the pop-up box and replace what you've written here (if you made a mistake). I hope I made that clear enough.
Pachyderm, if you automatically have red lines appearing under the words... that's your browser, and you're probably using Firefox. (That's what I use, it has an automatic spell-checker option).