Mobi Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Since yesterday I have been having serious problems trying to keep Skype on-line on my desktop PC (OS Windows7). When I turn on the PC, Skype initially signs in and then after a few minutes it goes offline without warning.I can’t get it to go back on line – if I try to do anything it just hangs. If I re-boot it will sign in again and be Ok for a few minutes before going off line again. Occasionally it will come back online by itself for a few minutes before going offline again. When it is offline I have hit the ‘Help’ and ‘heartbeat’ options and the website says that everything is working fine and I am online – even though I am not. I also have the same Skype account on my SS smart phone (android) and that is working fine. This has been going on for 2 days now and I can’t find anyone who has a similar problem. Here is what I have done so far: 1. Signed out of Skype on my SS phone just in case I can’t run the same account on two machines at the same time– even though I have been doing this for months. 2. Re-installed Skype and ensured it is the latest version 3. Ensured that when Skype goes off line that I was still connected to the internet. 4. Checked the Windows fire wall and made sure that Skype is permitted to go through it. 5. Turned off my Avast anti -virus software to make sure that it isn't somehow blocking it. 6. Run a whole load of anti-virus, malware and spyware software. I can’t think of why this is happening except maybe some kind of trojan or infection – but everything else seems to be running fine. Any ideas? Anyone else having similar problems? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarn Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Here's a straight-forward set of tips, sorry if you already are aware of this http://community.skype.com/t5/Windows-desktop-client/Skype-Problems-Troubleshooting/td-p/52260 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetphet Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I am on a Mac, and I have had a lot of problems with Skype dropping calls recently. It seems to have started around the time they merged with MSN, ( but that doesn't mean that that is the problem). Do you have any third party Skype plug-ins? Maybe try either updating or uninstalling them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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