Skype not working

yogimotorsport

My Skype isnt working for past few days,every time i go to log in it tells me that Skype is not working and windows is trying to resolve the problem anyone having the same trouble?

Sparks

Moved from Servers&Systems.

yoyo

The solution is to delete the shared.xml file as explained here. Same this happened my Auntie and this fixed it

Nick

yogimotorsport

Your a Gent Nick,This is what makes this forum so good!!!!!!!!

icywind1980

I'm also having a problem with skype, just started today. It's not exactly the same as above, so if I should make a new thread, just tell me.

What happens is this: I open skype, type my username and pass and it just loads and loads and then tells me there was an error logging in. I've tried on two computers, one with XP and one with Win 7-64 bit, same issue. Just started today. I uninstalled on the Win 7 machine, been trying to reinstall for hours, still downloading. Any ideas?

Gone Drinking

icywind1980 wrote: »

I'm also having a problem with skype, just started today. It's not exactly the same as above, so if I should make a new thread, just tell me.

What happens is this: I open skype, type my username and pass and it just loads and loads and then tells me there was an error logging in. I've tried on two computers, one with XP and one with Win 7-64 bit, same issue. Just started today. I uninstalled on the Win 7 machine, been trying to reinstall for hours, still downloading. Any ideas?

Skype are having a few problems this morning but they are working on it apparently. Give it a few hours and try again.

JonathanAnon

yeah I'm having issues with Skype this morning.. I'm on the Three mobile broadband network..

icywind1980

Gone Drinking wrote: »

Skype are having a few problems this morning but they are working on it apparently. Give it a few hours and try again.

thanks for letting me know!

icywind1980

Update: Finally got skype working on my Win XP machine. I had to uninstall and reinstall then delete the shared.xml file on my Win 7 machine to make it work, but it's back. Thanks for this thread and the link!

redser76

Can someone PLEASE help?
I have tried the solution given above but have had no joy. I deleted the shared.xml, .lock, .journal and temp files but nothing seems to work. I was having problems with IE 8 not playing audio, which I tried to resolve but couldn't, and started using Firefox. This is when the problems started, I think. I have since uninstalled Firefox which has done nothing. I have uninstalled Skype, deleted all files and reinstalled. Still nothing. I have updated IE. Nothing. I have tried to find the event log of the error but don't know where to look.
Any and all help appreciated.

icywind1980

Are you using Win XP or Win 7? I am in Win 7 and have to run everything as an admin and in compatibility mode. You could try that.

redser76

icywind1980 wrote: »

Are you using Win XP or Win 7? I am in Win 7 and have to run everything as an admin and in compatibility mode. You could try that.

Thanks. Tried it but didn't work. Running Win 7 on Samsung NC10 netbook.

icywind1980

Hmm are you using the most up to date sound drivers? That's another thing worth looking into.

redser76

All drivers up to date. I have tried all the fixes from this forum:
http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=820893
but nothing works.
I can't see any error notification in then event viewer but then again I don't really know what to look for!

icywind1980

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling? Have you tried making another user account on your computer and seeing if the issue is the same?

kingofburt

This problem is affecting me today, was using Skype fine last night but this morning it keeps crashing. I've followed most of the advice here, deleted skype.xml, uninstalled and reinstalled skype but no joy.

In the compatability tab I can't choose windows 7, which is what I'm running, does anyone know why and if this is the problem? I'm not too good with computers so the simpler the advice the better.

Thanks

Edit - just installed microsoft updates and everything is running fine now.:cool:

Daithi2004

I seemed to be having a problem with my Skype. I can't talk to anyone. I can just text. I tried all another set of earphones, it didn't work. I uninstalling / re-installing it, didn't work either.

I tried using the Echo/ Service to test connection but doesn't let me ring out. Can anyone help?

yoyo

Who's your internet provider? Some mobile providers have issues with skype

Nick

Daithi2004

yoyo wrote: »

Who's your internet provider? Some mobile providers have issues with skype

Nick

It is eircom.