Old versions of Skype?

[riahc3]

Is there somewhere I can download old versions of Skype? I want to test a compatibility issue.

Thank you

 

[Chiefcrowe]

This site should have it:
http://www.oldversion.com

 

[shimpster]

Almost every version here

http://filehippo.com/download_skype

 

[riahc3]

This site should have it:
http://www.oldversion.com

For some odd reason, it lists all the Skype versions but I cant download them. When I try, it just redirects me back to the description page of the old Skype I am trying to download.


Does this happen to you?

 

[riahc3]

On filehippo the oldest I see is 6.18 which isnt even that old....

 

[schmuckley]

I think Skype has stopped the older versions from being able to connect..
http://www.oldapps.com/skype.php

 

[shimpster]

On filehippo the oldest I see is 6.18 which isnt even that old....

After performing a Google search for 'old versions of skype', the following results appeared;

https://www.google.com/search?q=old...la:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb

 

[John Connor]

You more than likely won't be able to use an old version of Skype as it will want to update. I wish I can still use the old version of Skype. But I really don't use it anymore and rely on more secure VOIP solutions.

 

[John Connor]

I haven't used Skype in a long time. I just tried signing in to Skype and I couldn't so I clicked the "can't connect" link and I changed my password and still couldn't connect. So I uninstalled Skype and installed the latest and then I was able to connect. So with old versions of Skype you more than likly can't even sign in.

 

[riahc3]

Old versions still can connect.


BTW; Im not talking about 1.x or anything. Im lookingat the 5.x series.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

Hmm, there is something wrong with that site then.. maybe try file hippo?

For some odd reason, it lists all the Skype versions but I cant download them. When I try, it just redirects me back to the description page of the old Skype I am trying to download.


Does this happen to you?

 

[Dude111]

You more than likely won't be able to use an old version of Skype as it will want to update. I wish I can still use the old version of Skype. But I really don't use it anymore and rely on more secure VOIP solutions.

I dont blame you.... Since M$ bought it,it is not secure at all!!!!!

 

[John Connor]

I have a Teamspeak server using encryption for VOIP. But there are others I can't remember off hand.

 

[maxi007]

I am unable to connect via old version ? how can you do that

 

[riahc3]

Hmm, there is something wrong with that site then.. maybe try file hippo?

I wanted something a bit older...

 

[Virgorising]

Just to say, recently, Skype kept nagging me bigtime to get update. It was VERY ANNOYING. I resisted until the version I was running stopped working, I could not log in.

 

[Virgorising]

I dont blame you.... Since M$ bought it,it is not secure at all!!!!!

Had not seen above, so just posted similarly. I had no clue MS bought Skype. No wonder it suddenly got Fascistic and messed up.

 

[zokudu]

You can't connect with anything under 6.13 I don't believe. They swapped from a p2p based network to a back end server network to improve their instant messaging capability. Older versions can't connect to the new server network and the p2p network has been closed down for a couple months at this point.

 

[VirtualLarry]

You can't connect with anything under 6.13 I don't believe. They swapped from a p2p based network to a back end server network to improve their instant messagingspying capability.

Fixed that for you.

 

[zokudu]

Fixed that for you.

Skypes p2p network was insecure already anyway. You could sniff the traffic as it passed through your machine and you're deluding yourself if you though it was secure. Adding the backend servers made it so you can IM people who don't actively have Skype open. Before that messages sent when someone was offline got lost.

 

[Dude111]

You can't connect with anything under 6.13 I don't believe. They swapped from a p2p based network to a back end server network to improve their instant messaging capability.

Ya mean to improve thier SPYING capability!

 

[Virgorising]

Ya mean to improve thier SPYING capability!

Sigh. I believe this.

But I can't live without it, including for my work.

 

[Victorian Gray]

Had not seen above, so just posted similarly. I had no clue MS bought Skype. No wonder it suddenly got Fascistic and messed up.

It was 3 years ago, spring of 2011.

 

[Virgorising]

It was 3 years ago, spring of 2011.

Thanks! I had no idea. And that is no biggie.:biggrin: Not that interested in musical chair ownership changes in general....and thankfully, have no need to pretend I know things I have yet to learn.

 

[riahc3]

Lets not get offtopic