Thanks Marcus, Peder and Neil, Neil I have tried to follow Crazytechtricks website suggestions and others. It wouldn’t work for me because the 4 digit number code Skype sent (?) never arrived on my phone. However, after much frustration suddenly I could enter my old user name and password. It’s all working now - without getting a MS account.
A friend tried to install the new Skype last night. He ended up getting the MS account, but his new user name from now on is his phone number. His contacts are not listed. Nobody will be able to find him. He is wondering if he can still change the user name to his old one. Yes Marcus, I am using WhatsApp all the time. I like it and it does everything for my requirements - but it won’t work on the desktop computer. Thanks again Walter > On 19 Jun 2018, at 22:54 , Marcus Harris <cryptodo...@me.com> wrote: > > Have you tried WhatsApp? > Marcus > > Marcus Harris 74 iPhone7 > >> On 19 Jun 2018, at 12:38 pm, Neil Houghton <n...@possumology.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Walter, >> >> Skype was bought by MS in 2011 and, like Google and Facebook, MS would >> prefer that you do as much as possible via their MS account login ;o) >> >> However AFAIK you do not HAVE to use Skype by signing in via an MS account. >> >> A quick google of "use Skype without a MS account will bring up many >> articles but, since terms and conditions and operating parameters change >> frequently for these online services, I find it always best to filter to >> newer articles. Sometimes these articles are spot-on, sometimes they are >> rubbish -up to you how much time you want to spend investigating these - my >> yardstick tends to be how much can I mess up if I get it wrong - so lots of >> reading/research before messing with system settings or delving too far in >> terminal. >> >> However you just want to use Skype so, for any solution that does not >> involve downloading dubious software or connecting via unknown sites, I >> would tend to just try it out. >> >> This article >> <https://crazytechtricks.com/use-skype-without-microsoft-account/> is not >> particularly well written but it is fairly recent and the suggestions fairly >> simple. Basically it offers two approaches: >> 1 Create a Skype account without creating a MS account, >> 2 Just use Skype without any account. >> >> Personally, I have an Office 365 subscription (can't live without Excel) so >> I do have an MS account - so I have no idea if/how well these methods work. >> You would have to decide which one you would prefer depending on how much >> you intend to use Skype - I would imagine a Skype account is useful if you >> intend to use it a bit, especially from more than one device. >> >> So maybe just give it a try? >> >> >> HTH >> >> >> >> Neil >> -- >> Neil R. Houghton >> Albany, Western Australia >> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 >> Email: n...@possumology.com >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: <wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au> on behalf of FW >> <whae...@iinet.net.au> >> Reply-To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au> >> Date: Tuesday, 19 June 2018 at 09:17 >> To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au> >> Subject: Skype >> >> Good morning Skype users. >> >> I was trying to have a Skype contact on my wife’s iMac. >> >> After opening Skype it told me I had to upgrade to the next version. >> I downloaded and installed the next version 8.23. >> >> The setup procedure ended in a road block because it asks me to: >> “Sign in with a Microsoft account”. I should create one if I don’t have >> one. >> I don’t have such an account and don’t want to create one. >> >> Is there a workaround ? >> >> Thanks and cheers >> >> Walter >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
