Skype has recently released Skype version 5.5.0.119, which – finally – fixes the bug where Skype Home appears every time the program launches. If you downloaded the KillSkypeHome applet, you’ll now need to remove that from your system after installing the update. The update is available through Skype’s own update system, or from FileHippo.
Tag Archive: fix
Oct
08
2011
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Jun
10
2011
Stop Windows trying to dial a connection
Not many of us use dial-up internet connections any more – gone are the days where we had to rely on internet connections that had a typical download speed of 4-8KB/s. Now we have speedy broadband with it’s always-on convenience and wireless capabilities. However, some of us do rely on mobile broadband “dongles” or mobile …
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Apr
30
2011
Fix iTunes automatically reopening itself in Windows
This is an issue that seriously irritated me for some time. I could run iTunes absolutely fine on both my Desktop PC and my netbook, but on both, as soon as I closed iTunes it would automatically reopen itself again. It might repeat this process three or four times before it actually stopped reopening. I …
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