I still have had no reply/solution provided over a year since posting on a thread (now locked with no solution) regarding contacts being unable to see me online. The problem seems common. When I merged I was 'appearing offline' on my status in messenger. Have been permanently invisible to all my messenger contacts ever since when logged on via Skype using messenger credentials. Skype contacts can see me just fine. I should point out I CAN SEE ALL MY CONTACTS BOTH MSN AND SKYPE just fine (for some reason the original thread was going on about them not being visible, but they are quite visible to me, it is just me that is not visible to them).

Is there actually a solution to this problem? I went through all the steps asked over a year ago and had several private message conversations giving countless amounts of info and was eventually told it was being sent elsewhere for urgent consideration. Urgent. Am still waiting over a year later for someone to actually tell me what the solution for this is or where it's at! Seems the other thread was locked at some point without any solutions that worked being offered and I admit I just gave up trying as was hitting my head against a brickwall the whole time. Someone please help!

This was the original thread I believe: 

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/messenger-signin/my-messenger-contacts-can-not-see-me-online-when/3fff985b-5c86-45d9-8793-01733e2f31ab?page=15&tm=1405949466089

If I have somehow managed to miss the solution being posted somewhere, then please point me to it (none of the old ones from that thread please because they do not work at all). If there is no solution then how about an update at the very least please on what's being done?

Cheers,

Kate