Skype issues

[Zoorana]

Anyone here having problems logging in to Skype? I haven't been able to for a couple of days now. Any help to fix this bugger is truly appreciated.

I googled a bit to see if i could find ways to solve the issue and found this: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...crosoft-buyout

That's probably why it's crashing all the time. whahhaha

[AWH-Gemma]

Yeah, my Skype is fine but some of my colleagues weren't so lucky http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_867332.html

That was the same thing I said lol about it crashing

[xecutable]

I still use version 3.6 on my Win 7 machine, no problems at all, and version 3.8 on the Xp ones, no problems there either. I'd give em a try, as they represent the last of what Skype used to be. I'd never change to the new interface a.k.a version 4+. 3.8 hangs on win7 machines, that's y I use 3.6

If you are a fan however of the new versions, good luck on a solution

[Zoorana]

I'm not a fan of the new versions or however you want to call it. I just want it to work. Simple as that. I have no idea which version i've got. For some reasons, I just click Yes whenever there's a pop up to upgrade. I just had to - It's the only way they'll stop ballooning at me no matter how many times i clicked Cancel. It never used to give me problems up till now.

Well, I'm gonna try out your method and install to the versions you mentioned. Hope it'll work, thanks

[xecutable]

I'd turn off Update notifications in the Advanced option section, cause Skype tends to try to update ur version quite often. If you can't login from the first time, try it a few times. Whenever I install an older version I get that from time to time, that the first login is unsuccessful. Hope it works.

[Zoorana]

Ok my skype's working now! Wooohoooooooo!!

I couldn't find the versions you suggested though. What i did was i removed the program and re-installed it. It didn't work the first time. Nor the second time. I was just about to give up as it's taking way too much of my time but then i thought hmm maybe the third time it might work. And yep, it BLOODY WORKED on the third attempt. Unbelievable..

It'll be a relief to my sister who lives on the other side of the planet. Two days of not being online, i got FIVE worried emails from her :S lol

[Gabriel_LCP]

Yeah Skype can be a problem sometimes! What happens to me all the time is that i'll send a message to somebody throught skype and they'll receive it 20 mins later, its very frustrating! Im glad you could get connected!!

[Zoorana]

Gabriel, you should definitely try reinstalling it.

[vinism]

In the future, this is the best place to track Skype issues.

http://heartbeat.skype.com/

[xecutable]

Glad it all worked out well .

[LuckyBettors - Jamie]

Same thing happened to me. So i downloaded an old copy from www.oldversion.com and then upgraded it and now it works fine.

[Niti Nielsen]

I had the same issues with skype yesterday, I went to http://heartbeat.skype.com/ and followed their instructions on deleted the shared.xml file and all was good!