Microsoft ending support for classic Skype (version 7) N̶o̶v̶e̶m̶b̶e̶r̶ ̶1 January 8

PPCB · January 8, 2019, 7:21pm

that’s very sad, oh well R.I.P skype 7

anon74637124 · January 8, 2019, 7:59pm

THATS WHY I DISABLE THE SKYPE UPDATER SERVICE IN SERVICES.MSC! (also im not screaming)

veso266 · January 8, 2019, 8:53pm

wait will the message history be gone too or will it just be converted to the new skype?

BTW: skype is long gone from what it used to be (light weigh), so how worse can it become now, it lags even when version 7

xsychoreese · January 8, 2019, 11:45pm

you’re absolutely right

Jarhead_Gamer38 · January 8, 2019, 11:59pm

i found a way to sign in still but you need a skype address

PPCB · January 9, 2019, 2:23am

skype 7 never lagged to em, but skype 8 is extremely heavy

OhHelloThereImTheGuy · January 9, 2019, 12:10pm

Well there goes the last decent Skype clients.

anon74637124 · January 9, 2019, 12:47pm

Nah,still working for me

PPCB · January 9, 2019, 1:52pm

probaly because you are on windows XP and windows XP dont support skype 8

Sintezza · January 26, 2019, 2:55am

@TReKiE

Like you posted in your article the 7.36 version still works,
but for how long who knows?
I also tested version 7.39 which doesn’t work either.
So the update push code isn’t only in the 7.4x versions only.

Scott · January 26, 2019, 9:54am

No, it really isn’t. Now I am concerned as it is trying to activate from somewhere specific. I installed a much older version and it is pushing this.

TReKiE · January 27, 2019, 7:33am

Hey Scott, may we know what version(s) you’re trying and which of the upgrade messages you’re being pushed?

Sintezza · January 27, 2019, 8:59am

I don’t know which particular versions @Scott has tried allready.

But i tried:

7.41.
7.40.0.103
7.39.

Non of these work.
Unfortunately i dont have any other versions then those i think.
Maybe 7.37, 7.38 versions might be worth trying, if you still have those arround.

One interesting thing if you downgrade to 7.36, its getting installed along side skype 8.
Skype 8 doesn’t get uninstalled.

I’m not sure up untill which version of skype still has windows xp or vista support.
But maybe that might have something to do with that?

anon74637124 · January 27, 2019, 9:28am

The last version of skype for xp/vista is 7.36(7.38 nags you to upgrade)

Maxime · January 27, 2019, 11:11am

how make work skype classic 7 in xp ?

Jarhead_Gamer38 · January 29, 2019, 9:55pm

i use skype 6 on my windows 7 computer

Jarhead_Gamer38 · January 29, 2019, 9:59pm

i do have contacts i just edited them out

Sintezza · January 30, 2019, 12:40pm

That might be the reason why that particular version still works.
And versions later then that dont.

The only thing is wenn you need to downgrade to 7.36, you will have install it offline,
then disable the auto update service in msconfig.
Then wenn you sign in then you directly need to disable the auto update function that sits in the client aswell.
Otherwise it will update itself anyways.

anon74637124 · January 30, 2019, 12:48pm

I know that

veso266 · February 3, 2019, 8:22pm

can someone post Skype 7.36 offline installer?