Thursday, May 26, 2011

That file that silences Skype has affected thousands of people

Ironically, one might say, Skype, instant messaging and telephony services worldwide via the Web just bought by Microsoft for a record $ 8 billion and half dollars, it stops working. Respecting the tradition, or the injury, if you prefer, dell'inaffidabilità Windows operating systems. But this time the damage is global, hence the alarm, even if not about the over 600 million registered users.

At present little is known about the causes that crash the service, the second in a few months after that of Wednesday, December 22, except that several people scattered patchy are having problems with the login procedure. Only applications for Android, the operating system for smartphones made in Google and the iPhone seem to have been immune.

"We are investigating," the company announced. "And we hope to have more details to be provided shortly." The details came in after effects on the Skype website. With so much of a solution to eliminate the problem, the file that creates the problem: shared. xml. If you too are having problems using it, then follow the instructions in English or in Italian and find out below: Windows Vista and Windows 7 1.

Close Skype. a. Right click the Skype icon in the system tray (bottom right of your screen) b. Choose Exit 2. Make sure that "Show hidden files and folders" is checked. a. Click Start, Run and press Enter. b. Type "control folders" and click OK (it should open the sub-Folder Options in Control Panel).

c. Select the View tab 3. Locate the file shared. xml. a. Click Start, Run and press Enter. b. Type% AppData% Skype and click OK. c. Delete the file shared. xml. 4. Restart Skype. The files shared. xml will be recreated. Windows XP 1. Close Skype. a. Right click the Skype icon in the system tray (bottom right of the screen) b.

Choose Exit 2. Make sure that "Show hidden files and folders" is checked. a. Click Start, then Run ... b. Type "control folders" and click OK (it should open the sub-Folder Options in Control Panel). c. Select the View tab and ensure that relevant access is enabled. 3. Locate the file shared.

xml. a. Click Start, then Run ... b. Type% AppData% Skype and click OK. c. Delete the file shared. xml. 4. Restart Skype. The files shared. xml will be recreated. Mac 1. Quit Skype. 2. Go to the folder ~ / Library / Application Support / Skype / 3. Delete the shared. xml file (it will be recreated once you open Skype again, this is fine).

4. Start Skype. Linux 1 Delete the file ~ /. Skype / shared. xml

No comments:

Post a Comment