Microsoft email account forced merger problem.

Been using skype on and off for a while, never needed a full account, just used my hotmail, today it wasn't ringing when I knew for a fact it was supposed to be to the point the person called me on a real phone, logged out then in to try to trouble shoot and I've got a screen giving me two options, 1, create a skype account to link to for no reason or 2, log into an existing skype account to link to my email. I've created this new account as the old one has been ruined by the merger, lost all contacts, display name changed etc. I managed to unlink it but now I have three identities apparently. 1, my hotmail (the only one I wanted or ever needed that it refuses to let me use now)2, the spam SkypeID it forced me to create. (no intention of using, ever)3, this one to fix it. I was willing to go with #3 quite happily in the end because I was going to have a stoke trying to fix the issue or kill someone, anyone, for the mess that all my contacts were lost... but... now a new situation has come up, my hotmail account, the original one is constantly telling my lost contacts that I've just logged in every hour or so... Thats interesting because it wont even let me log into it without the forced do you have skype account/make a skype account page. Can anyone offer a simple fix for this horrible mess. As for the version, doesn't really matter, its the same runaround on the website to log in but its current, windows 7 desktop, android, kindle, same forced merger on all.

You should re-post your problem in the more important Microsoft Community forums -
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com
Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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No - I do not work for Microsoft, or any of its contractors.

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