Windows Vista Issue Skype 4.0 Conflicts with MA 3 - Page 2

dom5885 · 02-23-2009, 12:36 AM

Below is the reply I received from Skype about this conflict. I have followed their suggestion and, thus far, it is working.

"Our development team is aware of this issue and working hard on fixing it. Currently you may try following solution.
1. Open Skype main window.
2. Choose "Tools" > "Options" > "General settings"
3. Under "Visual style of the window" please choose "Classic Windows".

We truly apologise and hopefully problem is solved in our next hotfix. At the moment we are not able to provide you with the exact date."

Jim Sachs · 02-23-2009, 12:47 AM

Thanks for following up on this.

dom5885 · 03-12-2009, 04:28 AM

There is a new release of Skype (4.0.0.215) that appears to have fixed the problem.

jimkraz · 03-12-2009, 07:59 AM

I was out my sisters yesterday, loading in a new game for her, it kept dropping to task bar, would not run, that has happened to two of my other games she said, what has been installed recently, my nephew had installed Skype, I un-installed it, all her game now function correctly, so it's not JUST, screensavers it nackers. Jim

feldon34 · 03-12-2009, 08:18 AM

It's clear they stumbled into DirectX without realizing that they'd tie up the entire Direct3D graphics subsystem.

But they're not the first. That was Microsoft with their NetMeeting software. That led to many a tech support phone call for SereneScreen I assure you.

02-23-2009, 12:47 AM	#22
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	Thanks for following up on this. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

03-12-2009, 07:59 AM	#24
jimkraz Registered Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Troon, Scotland Posts: 125	I was out my sisters yesterday, loading in a new game for her, it kept dropping to task bar, would not run, that has happened to two of my other games she said, what has been installed recently, my nephew had installed Skype, I un-installed it, all her game now function correctly, so it's not JUST, screensavers it nackers. Jim Something Fishy Going On

03-12-2009, 08:18 AM	#25
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	It's clear they stumbled into DirectX without realizing that they'd tie up the entire Direct3D graphics subsystem. But they're not the first. That was Microsoft with their NetMeeting software. That led to many a tech support phone call for SereneScreen I assure you. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

02-23-2009, 12:36 AM	#21
dom5885 Registered Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17	Below is the reply I received from Skype about this conflict. I have followed their suggestion and, thus far, it is working. "Our development team is aware of this issue and working hard on fixing it. Currently you may try following solution. 1. Open Skype main window. 2. Choose "Tools" > "Options" > "General settings" 3. Under "Visual style of the window" please choose "Classic Windows". We truly apologise and hopefully problem is solved in our next hotfix. At the moment we are not able to provide you with the exact date."

03-12-2009, 04:28 AM	#23
dom5885 Registered Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17	There is a new release of Skype (4.0.0.215) that appears to have fixed the problem.