When I need to make a skype call, I

• Set my status on MSNWindows Live Messenger to (In a call)
• Set my Skype status to DND
• Set my desk phone to DND
• Maybe, log it in my time tracking system (Excel)
• Pause iTunes
• Say "hang on a min mate" in all my active MSNWindows Live Messenger & Skype Chat windows

...then I can make a call.  Why can't this stuff all just work together.

When I lock my PC (as I do when ever I get out of the my chair) I need to:

• Pause iTunes
• Set my Skype status to Away
• Set my MSN status to Away
• Set my Desk Phone to DND
• Say "be right back" in all my active MSNWindows Live Messenger & Skype Chat windows

Guess what?!  Not all of that happens every time :-(

I know it *can* play well together, like MSNWindows Messenger knows what song I am listening to in iTunes because it is visible in my status!