I am offline to contacts when I'm online (not blocked)

[Michi]

Several days ago, I had some trouble while adding 2 contacts to my msn. Af
first, neither of us can see the other being online when we talked. But right
after I re-added them for like 30+ times continuously, their nicknames and
display pics became visable to me. However, I am still appearing offline on
their list. One of the contacts used another computer to sign into his
account, I finally appeared online! But when he logs back on to his own
computer, I am still shown offline. Why is this happening? Can this problem
be resolved? Thanks.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Mitchi,

Tell them to shut down Messenger entirely by right-clicking on its icon in the notification
area and choosing Exit, then download and run this .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/remove_wlmpolicies.reg

Then after signing in again within 30-40 seconds it should refresh all the contacts,
including yours.

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"Michi" > wrote in message
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> Several days ago, I had some trouble while adding 2 contacts to my msn. Af
> first, neither of us can see the other being online when we talked. But right
> after I re-added them for like 30+ times continuously, their nicknames and
> display pics became visable to me. However, I am still appearing offline on
> their list. One of the contacts used another computer to sign into his
> account, I finally appeared online! But when he logs back on to his own
> computer, I am still shown offline. Why is this happening? Can this problem
> be resolved? Thanks.