Support Issues with skype.

Discussion in 'Technology' started by Glen, Dec 12, 2013.

  1. Glen Returned from the dead

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    A few days ago, my skype updated itself. On the day it updated, as well as three days after, skype would be super delayed in sending messages (most would take 20 minutes to send just one thing), and the issue would eventually be resolved by having skype open for around three hours, at which point it would resume functioning normally only to have the same issue when I started it up again later.

    It's been fine today (hasn't updated itself either, which confuses me a lot), but I was wondering if anybody had an idea as to why it was like that, and how I can prevent this from happening in future.
     
  2. Amaury Legendary Hero

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    Mine updated itself automatically a while ago, too, and I haven't had any problems.

    There's a possibility it may be your computer, although I'm obviously not 100% sure. What are your specs?
     
  3. Glen Returned from the dead

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    Not quite sure how to find out other things about it lol
     
  4. Amaury Legendary Hero

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    What OS are you runnning?
     
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    I had similar problems when my Skype updated. Eventually I just rolled back to an older version, but you could try going into your options, Advanced > Connection, and toggling 'Enable uPnP.'
     
  6. Glen Returned from the dead

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    Will do, thanks. Here's hoping it doesn't happen again
     
  7. The Twin My, what a strange duet

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    Mine just hates if I have too much running at the same time. Skype? Okay. Firefox? Sure. Steam in the background? You got it. FireAlpaca too? AW HELL NAW.

    Maybe you have too many processes too?
     
  8. Glen Returned from the dead

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    I don't think that's the issue. Everything else works fine, but even when I tried to run purely skype, nothing else, it was still screwing up.
     
  9. The Twin My, what a strange duet

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    Did you toggle "Enable uPnP" like suggested? Also, is it allowed through your firewall?
     
  10. Glen Returned from the dead

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    It's been done, and yes it's allowed through my firewall. As I said in the OP, this is a problem I had that I'm working to try and prevent it in the future, not a current one.