Skype 5.0 for Windows goes Gold
I'm proud to report to you that Skype 5.0 for Windows is now Gold, and we're ready for everyone to start enjoying the new user experience and features offered in this release.
Principal new features:
* Group video calling (beta)
* Skype Home
* Integration with Facebook
* Offline instant messaging
* New contact search and improved contact adding
* Enhanced call quality experience
* User interface refresh
We recommend that you upgrade straight away, as some of the new features - Group Video Calling and Offline IM - are only available for people when all participants are using the latest version.
Start downloading it now and let your friends know about it.
Before talking more about the new features I would like to thank all the people who have given their feedback to us - it matters a lot. One good example is the fact that we have made showing avatar pictures in the contact list an optional feature.
Please continue to give us feedback on this new version of Skype - just comment this blog post, talk on our forums or report issues in our issue tracker.
Group Video Calling
In Skype 5.0 we support group video calling which enables families and businesses in multiple locations to meet with each other over video. Group video calling requires a modern computer and broadband internet connection.
Skype Home
Skype Home is a new area in Skype which provides relevant updates for you, including information about your purchases, your friends' mood message updates, and videos to help new users get started with Skype.
Integration with Facebook
We have introduced the Facebook news feed, where you can keep track of the people and communities you care about. You can also see your Facebook phonebook, which lets you call and SMS your friends on Facebook. You can also comment on and 'like' wall posts, just like you can in Facebook itself.
Offline IM
Now you can send and receive messages from your friends who are offline. Messages will be delivered when you sign in to Skype, even if your friend is not online anymore.
This feature works only for the people who are on the Skype version which supports it.
Enhanced call quality experience
In this new version we have considerably improved the call experience if something goes wrong with your Internet connection.
Skype will inform you about potential issues with the call and offer advice about how to improve your call quality. Skype also tries to re-establish your connection to the person you're calling automatically to avoid call drops, and if the call should still drop, we inform you about it and automatically redial the call for you.
User interface refresh
We have made numerous updates to Skype's UI, including a new profile and mood message area as part of Skype Home; the Contact list, which now shows your contacts' profile pictures; Recents list, which is a merger of the former Conversations list and History; and other minor tweaks and improvements.
Full release notes for the release build 5.0.0.152 are:
Changes:
| Category | Description |
| Calling | Removed post call experience |
| Contact list | Added an option to disable avatar pictures in contact list. |
Fixed issues:
| Category | Description |
| Accessibility | Accessibility in Call Phones tab was not properly supported. |
| Accessibility | Accessibility was not fully supported in Call View. |
| Accessibility | It was not possible to accept or reject a contact request via keyboard. |
| Accessibility | Labels in Add people widget were not visible to Jaws. |
| Audio | When the user redialed within 10 seconds the audio was sometimes silent. |
| Browser plugin | During Skype update it was impossible to change language for Skype browser plugin. |
| Browser plugin | Skype browser plugin was wrongly interpreting US vanity numbers that exeed 11 digits. |
| Browser plugin | Sometimes the browser plugin dropdown menu was shown in the wrong place on the screen. |
| Call phones | Call Phones tab showed wrong information about subscriptions when user did not have reccurring payments enabled. |
| Call Phones | Call to invalid number message was not cleared. |
| Call phones | Calling rates under subscriptions were sometimes not correctly shown. |
| Call phones | Header area in call phones tab sometimes showed some messages in text format instead of graphical. |
| Call Phones | Numberpad on call phones was not displayed properly on low screen resolutions. |
| Call phones | Sometimes the rates lookup drop down list appeared in wrong place when using Skype in compact mode. |
| Call Quality Indicator | Call Quality Indicator did not warn user if he mutes microphone in Windows settings. |
| Call Quality Indicator | Call Quality Indicator stated unknown connection speed. |
| Call Quality Indicator | Call restablishment message will remain on a call which appears to be fine, though available bandwidth is very low. |
| Call quality indicator | The call quality indicator sometimes incorrectly reported medium quality when in fact the video call was in high definition. |
| Call transfer | Call transfer to a phone number not in contact list did not work. |
| Call Transfer | Video was not transmitted after call transfer. |
| Call view | Occasionally the call view had white boxes instead of texts. |
| Calling | In rare occasions Skype crashed after changing microphone. |
| Contact List | Creating a Skype Out contact from recently dialled numbers was malfunctioning. |
| Contact list | There were some text formatting errors in Recents list. |
| Contact search | Avatar picture was not displayed in Public profile view. |
| Contact search | Sometimes, Add contacts buttons text was only partially visible. |
| Contact search | User search, based on e-mail and phone number, did not display partial results if full matches were present. |
| File Sending | On rare cases file receiver saw a erroneous message 'The file isn't available'. |
| File transfer | Skype sometimes stopped responding when accepting File Transfer in group conversation. |
| Group video call | Message box that appears so users can activate a free trial remained even after trial is activated. |
| Group video call | Often when adding a third participant to a video call the host was not notified about the need to activate a free trail in order to use group video calling. |
| Group video call | Placing a group video call with no free trial appears to other participants as missed conversation. |
| Group video call | Video could sometimes freeze for some participants on Group video calls. |
| Localization | There was no support for languages read right to left in profile view. |
| Login/Logout | Skype opened in focus if Skype was set to autostart. |
| Miscellaneous | Skype sometimes crashed when switching Windows user under Windows 7. |
| Miscellaneous | Skype was starting as maximized during autostart process. |
| Miscellaneous | When opening main menu Skype asked user to install Flash player if user did not have it previously installed. |
| Screen sharing | During screen sharing, the shared area may be partially cropped when resizing it. |
| Screen sharing | Netbooks with Mobile Intel(R) 915GM/GMS,910GML Express Graphics Chipset and Windows 7 sometimes had problems when receiving large screen sharing resolutions beyond 1322 x 823. |
| Screen sharing | Receiving a large resolution screen share could have artefacts on screen. |
| Screen sharing | When receiving screen sharing from Skype for Mac version 2.8, sometimes the screen does not load on the 5.0 side. |
| Skype Access | The Skype Access connection display did not pop-up correctly when trying to connect to supported hotspot after starting Skype up. |
| Skype Home | In some cases, avatar pictures were missing from Skype Home feed. |
| Skype Home | Occasionally mood message update displays may be disrupted when the network connection is momentarily lost. |
| Skype Home | Skype Home is not scaling very well to small and big window |
| Skype Home | Sometimes there was a connection error when trying to open account panel from client alert in Skype Home. |
| Skype Home | Un-sent mood message updates within Skype Home will not be saved when navigating away from Skype Home. |
| Video | Clicking on the webcamera settings may cause Skype to crash. |
| Video | In rare cases users video may not start correctly when using Logitech webcam pro 9000. |
| Video | In rare cases, video may not be received by the other party even if the local preview is working correctly |
| Video | Skype crashed if user quit Skype during an active call. |
| Video | Skype may not work properly with virtual cameras |
| Video | Switching between USB camera and HP Virtual webcam locks the camera |
| Video | The call receiver may not see HQ logo on their side during HQ call |
| Video | The receiver may not see HQ logo in the local preview while the receiver sees the logo on his side. |
| Video | The Skype video snapshots feature is not working on Windows XP SP3. |
| Video | This version of Skype (5.0) has increased CPU usage which may effect video quality on some computers. |
| Video | Under some circumstances upon ending a Skype Video call the webcam can still be capturing video even though it is no-longer in use. |
| Video | Video call picture quality was sometimes lower than expected in good conditions. |
| Video | Video calls may not work with virtual machines. |
| Video | Video calls on a secondary display causes higher CPU load compared to usage on the primary display. |
| Video | Video may stop if you lock and unlock your computer while on a call |
| Video | Video might freeze in calls with H.264 devices. |
| Video in mood | DailyMotion videos which have been added to a mood message are not being displayed to other contacts. |
| Voicemail | Calls go to Voicemail for offline users even if they have disabled it from Options. |
| Voicemail | Message that display's "Item has been deleted from conversation history." sometimes appeared after sending Voicemail. Voicemail itself will be sent without problems. |
travelling.viagens commented Wednesday, Oct 20
Speed dial is very important feature to me. Do you pretend to add the speed dial again?
elon.newstrom commented Thursday, Oct 21
I am a student at Thompson Rivers University in kamloops, British Columbia. My course assignment is to write about ways that Skype 5.0 is going to be helpful to tourist operators, particularly booking services. Could some of you help me out with ideas, suggestions or sources, please.
Storymonger (not yet assigned)
ctribble commented Thursday, Oct 21
Unfortunately I can't install Skype 5 on my Windows 7 64 bit machine. Consistent error message code 2 - "the system cannot find the file specified". Very frustrating as I can't revert to Skype 4 so I'm locked out completely.
Help!
nelson..garcia commented Thursday, Oct 21
I need to go back to version 4.2 as upgrading to 5.0 has resulted on a total disaster. I cannot log in to Skype at either of my computers running 5.0. I can only log in by using the only one with 4.2 still.
I have not received any help from Skype support team whatsoever.
michael.connor197 commented Thursday, Oct 21
YOU SHOULD MAKE CLEAR THIS NEW RELEASE LEVEL IS NOT SUPPORTED ON WINDOWS/XP! I just bought a HP webcam, downloaded this latest version of SKYPE and could not get it to work. Last night I spent over 2 hours with HP support. The problem resolution was that V5 does not work with XP. HP support installed SKYPE V4 and we got it working. Your download web page just says install with WINDOWS. This is not the case. Please make this clear so other new XP users do not have to suffer through what I did.
anton..belov commented Thursday, Oct 21
have an issue w skype 5 and my win 7 64bit . skype crashes while starting
brianhuddleston commented Friday, Oct 22
I tried upgrading to Skype 5 and when I tried to change some settings under the options menu it consistently froze up, three times in one morning. Had to revert back to my 4.2 version. Will try again, but this is a relatively new computer, nothing else was running, and I had to change my microphone settings in Skype but it kept freezing up.
dad.marflow commented Friday, Oct 22
Skype 5 effectively forces win98 users off Skype. Result is dreadful.
How do I remove the constant pop-up window.
What "security" issues are involved here since apart from pop-up there is no mention of this anywhere!
szitac commented Friday, Oct 22
Did you guys fix the voicemail deletion issue present in 4.x ?
(Had to keep using 3.6 to manage my voicemail, specially DELETING IT !)
chudo1001 commented Sunday, Oct 24
Just uninstalled skype 5.0. Horrible update, broke everything that worked in skype 4
wilford.tibbetts commented Sunday, Oct 24
I tried version 5 for about an hour. There were some cool looking things, but I prefer compact for my friends list, the buttons, and who need that big of a close button - and redundant to boot - when Windows already provides a close button?
Also, I don't use Facebook, so the button that used to drop down your own info and avatar, is useless and annoying to me. Should be an option to use the classic.
Until version 5 improves, I've gone back to version 4.2. Hopefully, in a few months, they will get version 5 right. Right now it's just clunky. They are trying for an iPhone look, and it looks off. I recommend taking it back into the Beta stage and shrinking/removing a few things.
Regards,
Wilford Tibbetts
xlidavidilx commented Monday, Oct 25
For some reason i cant use my 16:9 on my logitech c510.. on the last version i used the "hack" to get the skype 4.2 on widescreen.. is there widescreen support or wil there be one??
craig121speech commented Monday, Oct 25
I am trying to sign up for Skype prime, but there is no link for it. i went to your help section and told me to look for it under the tools tab. There is nothing there for prime, did someone forget??
ipqwks commented Tuesday, Oct 26
It seems there is a difference in the way Skype 5 connects to the server. It is blocked by our firewall - where the previous Skype 4 is not... what has been changed?
jagath.gamini.mawathagama commented Tuesday, Oct 26
I Love This New Skype.Good Luck You Guys.God Bless You.
redevil1987 commented Wednesday, Oct 27
finally! Offline instant messaging has welcomed Skype. I have been waiting for this moment 2 years or more. Thank you guys!
odieforbernice commented Thursday, Oct 28
The new 5.0.0.152 is crap! It takes forever to load (either XP or Vista), and the Logitech Web Cam Pro 9000 won't kick in it's video. That was supposedly on the list of fixes, but it's still broken. I will most likely either go back to the Beta version, or drop Skype unless they can fix this.
miniroast commented Thursday, Oct 28
Hi , I like to point out skype 4 "check update" does'nt seem to detect major version update (e.g. 5.0). It would have fix my logitech webcam c200 white lines issue.
robert.johnston28 commented Monday, Nov 1
how do i log into text messager only for skype to skpe communication with other skype friends..please let me know step by step..i have a problem with thid system please jelp me thank you robert.johnston28 12kachina34
douglas.a..west commented Monday, Nov 1
5.0 upgrade will not load. Tried a 2nd laptop with the same results. Skype 5.0 crashes before opening.
michel.ropion commented Tuesday, Nov 2
I cannot start Skype.(whatever the version and with or without Firewall ON). Instead I get the following error "Exception EAccessViolation in module Skype.exe at 0002E016. Access violation at address 0042E016 in module 'Skype.exe'. Read of address 00000000." Can somebody help?
My OS is Windows Vista Home Edition and AVAST is my Antivirus.
zhi.jiang2 commented Tuesday, Nov 2
The new skype is quite laggy, i am using win xp 1.7 ghz and 1 gb ram
wdunford commented Wednesday, Nov 3
ver 5 seemed to work for a week with my 64 bit Windows 7 machine, but now it is impossible to sign in. There used to be a site for old versions of Skype, but that seems to have disappeared. I'll have to dig up an old computer, but perhaps i will have to switch to something else.
chevyvanman6 commented Thursday, Nov 4
*Hi. I have innstalled Skype 5.0.0.152 on my computers. Works great for me in Windows 7 64 bit and on Windows XP Prof.
skype2test commented Thursday, Nov 4
Silly questiion? Can anyone help me. I'm running Skype 4.2.0.187 under Windows 7 (64 bit). That's a free version. Function is divine. Does upgrading to 5.0 mean that I go to a version where I need to pay?
mattia.sangiorgi.tv commented Friday, Nov 5
Hey where is screen sharing? I installed 5.0.0.152 on a Windows7 32 pc, and all I find in the chat toolbar is 'send file'. How can I share screen with other people? is it not supported in ver 5 or simply moved elsewhere in UI?
d.a.ash commented Saturday, Nov 6
I've just installed Skype 5.0.0.152 on a Dell Studio XPS laptop. This is a 64-bit machine with integrated webcam controlled by Creative Technology's "Dell Webcam Central" version 1.40.35. Skype works fine for voice calls, but video is unfortunately only one way, i.e. I can see them but they can't see me. The forums seem to be full of this problem, with claimed "fixes" of varying degrees of credibility. Rather than work my way through all of these, could I have official comment from Skype on how to make the software work properly? I need to begin serious video conferencing next week. The error message which appears in the webcam window says "Can't start video renderer. Check you've got a valid DirectX installation", but that turns out to be an inaccurate and unhelpful message -- this is a new computer with DirectX 11 in good working order.
d.a.ash commented Saturday, Nov 6
I should have mentioned in my recent post, above, that I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1 build 7600) on this Dell Studio XPS.
d.a.ash commented Saturday, Nov 6
Cured! I seem to have solved my problem of no outgoing video on Skype version 5. Recent Dell laptops have a face-recognition feature called FastAccess which allows users to log-in without password by showing their face to the integrated webcam. If you have this program on your machine, and are having video problems with Skype, try (on the Skype menu) going to Tools/ Options/ Video Settings and changing the webcam drop-down selection from "Integrated Webcam to "FA Virtual Cam". Alternatively just disable the FastAccess feature permanently -- I personally have found it useless as it recognises my face, literally, about once in a thousand log-ins. I suspect this conflict between Skype and FastAccesss might be what's troubling many owners of recent computers.
nikos.demetriou commented Saturday, Nov 6
Hi.
I have got two issues to report about skype 5.
First a small accessibility issue.
In skype 4.2 when chatting to people we could press shift+tab only once to go to the history of messages that we send and recieved during the chat.
Now with skype 5 we need to press shift+tab 4 times i think.
Also when using skype 5 on 2 computers the chats we had on the first computer appear as new chats when we sign in on the second computer.
Hope it makes sence.
michlmay commented Sunday, Nov 7
I downloaded and installed skype version 5 on my windows 7 laptop. During the install my screen went black!! Now the screen is constantly black. It is so damn dim that i can't see anything. I can very faintly see parts of the desktop in the background. Adjusting the brightness does not work at all!! What am i supposed to do now? I expect a freaking resolution!
maurazio33 commented Sunday, Nov 7
this new skype sucks hard, interface is really horrible, the older was really better
im looking for a 4.0 installer now
ckmobilebh commented Monday, Nov 8
1) Screensharing changed not really into a good way. I used to share two or three things but now I can only either share the entire screen or just one window. maybe bring back selective sharing again? (eg: resize share)
2) Voice/Cam has gone way down. It keeps saying to me and the one I cam with that our connection is bad (red, sometimes yellow) while we both have quite good connections and never really had any problems with it.
3) The microphones suddenly pick up more than with previous Skype versions. Did you get rid of the noise cancellation or whatever it was that didn't give us this much static in the previous versions?
All in all good reasons to go to oldapps.com and download the old Skype again.
cascy... commented Monday, Nov 8
why I cant run skype? Now I downloaded my skype 5 on Windows 7 and i cant run it, all is working, but when i wrote my nick and passwd it shows small bar where is actualizating...but when it shows skype just shut down, sorry for my english...can you help me??
ckmobilebh commented Tuesday, Nov 9
Back to Skype 4.1.0.141 and all works perfect again. Good Noise cancellation, good quality sound and video and screen sharing is sweet again!
Sorry to the programmers on Skype, but 5 just didn't do the trick.
wsierocinski commented Saturday, Nov 20
version 5 is not working on one of my XP machines, 32 bit... and then it works on another XP 32-bit laptop.... perhaps Skype could state the system requirements more precisely, whether it is hardware or software (i.e. XP SP.. )
The machine with Skype 5 problem displays Skype window with no menus. Takes voice calls but cannot obviously originate any. Video doeas not work either way. I am waiting for Skype to come up with patches...
jvmann22 commented Saturday, Nov 20
The static i get since i have downloaded the new version is awful. I have written Skype to try and resolve this and after 4 emails still no response. So i guess not only is their new version horrible, but their customer service definitely reflects the quality of the new version. Thanks Skype for making this soldier have an even harder time of talking to his family.
ray.orman commented Saturday, Nov 20
I cannot log into skype after upgrading to version 5. I don't what is the cause my password and username are correct, what could be the cause and how can it be corrected
mpm1958 commented Sunday, Nov 21
I'd still love to see the re-introduction of Speed Dial. I'm stuck on an older version, as Speed Dial is incredibly important to me.
canarin-andreatta commented Sunday, Nov 21
where can I download an old skype, new one does not work on XP. Thanks for not warning me!
proud1801 commented Sunday, Nov 21
in skype 5 it's impossible to search for worldwide contacts like in earlier versions.
but at supoort pages it's described how to do it by "contacts" and "actions"!!
I sent an email about this to skype. but all time the same: doens't come any reply like all time!!!
what's going on?
I'm going to install an elder version again.
josevadakkel commented Monday, Nov 22
i downloaded skype 5 but my window says "cannot find proc address d3dperf_setoptions d3dg.dll" what must i do?
i am using xp professional
please help
sauvignon..blanc commented Wednesday, Nov 24
Downloaded "Skype 5" and installs ok. but crashes each time that I try to sign in
Not impressed, Skype team ! I have Windows Vista 32 bit with all recent updates
Thankfully I have Skype 4.1.0.141 saved somewhere
tina11287 commented Thursday, Nov 25
hi,
why i can't see my own avatar with Skype 5 ?
i did see it when i had Skype 4 ^^
rowechambeau commented Monday, Nov 29
I wish I could use Skype 5.0, but it completely breaks the sounds playback engine. Instead of futuristic phone rings and other funny noises, all I hear are annoying crackles and distortion. Back down to 4.2 for me until they can get a handle on the new version.
graham-starkey commented Monday, Nov 29
Skype 5 is a shocker. The interface looks good but works badly when multi tasking. When you scroll for people to add to a group chat you end up calling them. The system is slower, the listing of people with images is poor and the welcome page looking like a facebook or Twitter message board is not necessary. Skype is skype is skype. Stop being something your not. I will now look to go back to version 4.2
charlesbargar commented Tuesday, Nov 30
I have the same problem with Win7 64 bit. Crashes during sign on.
Anyone have a copy of 4.1.0? The newest version I have a setup for is 3.8.
Is the Skype programming group working on this COMMON Win7/64-bit problem?
welshwizard261 commented Thursday, Dec 2
YOU SHOULD MAKE CLEAR THIS NEW RELEASE LEVEL IS NOT SUPPORTED ON WINDOWS XP. I downloaded this latest version of SKYPE today and spent over 4 hours trying to get it to work. The problem appears to be that V5 does not work with XP. I am having to reinstall the earlier version V4 to get it to work. Your download web page just says install with WINDOWS. This is not the case. Please make this clear so other XP users do not waste their time as I have today uninstalling everything from the registry as per your online instructions. I am not very happy. At least have the decency to warn other users of this problem. Up until today I have been very pleased with Skype but am sadly disappointed with the update.
muhammad.usman.tanveer commented Sunday, Dec 5
I like new feautures like Group Video call and facebook add on. But I am continously facing problem of disconnection with skype. During one to one video call, my skype logouts quite frequently and it is annoying. Previously with older version I had never been experienced such problem since last 3 years. I don't know the reason but I am sure that it is not due to internet connection (or its downlink uplink speed) as I have very fast internet connection since last 3 years.
samuraj242 commented Tuesday, Dec 7
same connection speed, faster computer, better camera, worst than before. 5.o is not good, sorry
antoineabdou commented Tuesday, Dec 7
I just installed 5.0.0.152 on a Windows7 ultimate 64, it is working fine with me .. except for a very small detail .. it is working as 32 bit only .. is there a version for 64? would it work faster? or consume less ram space?
neon-ix commented Wednesday, Dec 8
Disappointed with the new version 5.0 ... I do not like the new contact search ... The old one was much more convenient ... You could search by country towns, over the age of man. I beg to return sary search polzovateley.I still did not like the quality of video .. all the time freezes video buddy .= (I had to return to the old 4.2 version = (
jturner49 commented Thursday, Dec 9
Skype 5 doesn't with HP Webcam HD-3100. It does with Skype 4. Let me know when it's fixed in 5 and I'll upgrade.
marcoconti1960 commented Friday, Dec 10
Switched on PC. Skype 5 upgraded automatically the older version, that worked perfectly.
New skype 5 does not work. I refreshed all my camera software +directx + all new patched of XP Prof. and uninstalled and reinstalled many times. Nada..Niet..Nothing.
Skype 5 starts and freeze at sign in or immediately after.
mohit..sharma commented Friday, Dec 10
SKYPE PEOPLE>>>WHEN ARE U GOING TO PLUG THE ISSUE OF SKYPE CRASHING????ITS HORRIBLE>>>>WHAT I COULD GATHER WAS THAT SINCE MY NAME HAD TWO .. it created problem...
mohit..sharma commented Friday, Dec 10
SKYPE PEOPLE>>>WHEN ARE U GOING TO PLUG THE ISSUE OF SKYPE CRASHING????ITS HORRIBLE>>>>WHAT I COULD GATHER WAS THAT SINCE MY NAME HAD TWO .. it created problem...
avery.ranney commented Friday, Dec 10
Screen sharing feature doesn't work for my I have Skype 5.0, the last Skype had screen sharing and I need it, help what do I do?
athena24601 commented Saturday, Dec 11
I really don't like skype 5. It automatically updated me and didn't give me a choice not to do it. The format is really awkward. How can I switch back to the older version?
lisannejonkman commented Saturday, Dec 11
How can you get back from 5.0 for windows to 4.2? i got an automatic update but i really don't like 5.0. i don't know how to change it back. can anybody help me?
hook2k commented Saturday, Dec 11
For all of you struggling with new Skype 5.0 you have a choice of:
http:// www oldapps com / skype.php
and BTW it worked for me with Win XP x64 PC with no probs and completely fails to install and work with Win 7 x64 (wtf?!?) anyway I'll keep trying.
marcoluzzati commented Sunday, Dec 12
After update to 5.0 cannot use it anymore (with 4 everything ws perfect). when I call a contact (including EchoTest Service) after the "tut tut" whwn connects, it takes down to zero Audio master volume : I do not hear anithing. If i try do put it up it stays one second, and goes down. Only after end of connection I can regulate it again. No way to use skype. No posible to use anymore voip phone, that worked well till skype5 arrival.
PLS HELP ME!.
Suggest a solution to get thge audio or tell me how can I downgrade to skype 4
rizashamilzain commented Sunday, Dec 12
The new skpe is horrible with slow connections... becoz it thinks the call has dropped even before it has and tries calling the other person again. the old one would just get stuck for a few seconds and work. Is there any way of cancelling the autocall back function.
juts16 commented Monday, Dec 13
hello, i think skype 5.0 is realy rubbish , it cant start on windows 7¬ . where can i get now 4.2 ???
deuel... commented Monday, Dec 13
Upgraded to 5.0! Since then I can't get it to work!!! Uninstalled few times - the same! Skype is crushing every time I start it! Was trying to install the previous version, the same! What happened!! Need Help!!! Mine is Windows 7 64 bit
reiba_ch commented Monday, Dec 13
I tried Version 4 und tried Version 5 – and every time went back to Version 3.8.
I am MISSING:
a) show camera-Symbol within the contact-list please
b) show in the contact-list, when the contact was last "seen" in Skype
c) make it possible, please, to definitely DELETE the history, and not only hide it
.......
dtischle commented Tuesday, Dec 14
I have equipment that works with "speed dial", so I am forced to stay with version 3.8 
ole_lobato commented Tuesday, Dec 14
I'm still loving 3.8.0.188 !!! runs XP with no problems and easy overview!
joanna.aka.waya commented Thursday, Dec 30
I just downloaded it today so don't have much experience with it yet. One feature I really need that the last couple of upgrades hasn't included is the option to have back the old "History" tab, with the whole history of incoming/outgoing calls along with the voicemails received. Thank you.
ko3epor commented Friday, Dec 31
I am really tired of Skype 5 crashing on sign on and when I am about to access some function. I believe this started with v. 5 - with GUI change. Horrible. I am already using Gmail whenever I can but some friends seemed to be hooked on Skype... for now. If this goes on Skype is signing its own death warrant by delaying the fixes to this horrible release.
ramzi.m.hassan commented Saturday, Jan 1
Happy New Year!
I'm running Skype v5.0.0.156 on Windows 7 (32 and 64) without any problem !