Ever want to use Skype again?

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Ever want to use Skype again?

aubincc opened this issue 8 years ago · 15 comments

Hi,

After reinstalling Windows 10 Pro N x64 and using these great Debloat tools, I had trouble using Skype. Not the Entreprise version that comes with the OS, just the regular one.

Well I went to the "hosts" file in "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc" and removed the lines where "skype" appeared.

For the users of the Block-Telemetry script, I recommend quoting the lines as follows:

File:

Debloat-Windows-10/scripts/block-telemetry.ps1

Lines:
# "ui.skype.com",
# "pricelist.skype.com"
# "apps.skype.com"

This will save you some trouble. 👍
Have a nice day!

Nicolas / Mole

Answer 1 · 2016-11-25T15:24:11.000Z

I can second this issue. I have a few Win 10 Pro machines at work who have the same issue.
After the weekend I will try to find a way to reverse this.
Pepo

Answer 2 · 2016-12-01T12:47:38.000Z

It seems skype also uses c.msn.com So if you have already ran the script you can edit C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts and commend out the following lines:
...
”c.msn.com"
...
"ui.skype.com"
"pricelist.skype.com"
"apps.skype.com"
...
Hope this helps.
Pepo

Answer 3 · 2017-01-06T19:40:08.000Z

Thank you pepo, you're right, I had forgotten "c.msn.com"

Answer 4 · 2017-05-15T06:44:35.000Z

In my case "s.gateway.messenger.live.com" also caused problems with skype.

Answer 5 · 2017-05-15T08:00:03.000Z

Should I also comment the line containing "s.gateway.messenger.live.com"?

Answer 6 · 2017-05-15T08:05:14.000Z

I have all those in my hosts file and my Skype works fine.

Skype 7.35.0.101 , my location Serbia/Belgrade.

Answer 7 · 2017-05-15T08:21:43.000Z

(Disclaimer: I'm using this list in pfSense, so on my firewall - which however should not make a difference).
When I put "s.gateway.messenger.live.com" in blocked list, Skype on Windows 7/10 can't go online (it only shows rotating arrows).

Location: Czech Republic
Skype versions: 7.34.0103 (Windows 7) & 7.35.0.103 (Windows 10)

Answer 8 · 2017-05-15T08:23:19.000Z

Must be location specific then ...

Answer 9 · 2017-05-15T08:28:02.000Z

My list comes from https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

Answer 10 · 2017-05-15T08:29:28.000Z

Btw can any of you actually reach "s.gateway.messenger.live.com" with tracert?

Because I get "Unable to resolve target system name s.gateway.messenger.live.com".

Answer 11 · 2017-05-15T08:32:35.000Z

Looks like aforementioned github project had the same issue:
StevenBlack/hosts#127

@jkalousek
its reachable from http://www.monitis.com/traceroute

Answer 12 · 2017-05-15T08:37:57.000Z

Ok, thanks for checking. So it would be good to put comment next to this host so people could find this faster.

Answer 13 · 2018-05-07T10:44:25.000Z

login.live.com caused issues for me logging in to the latest skype classic (desktop version)

Answer 14 · 2018-06-02T14:23:10.000Z

Confirm login.live.com required for Skype (Desktop) on Win10.

Answer 15 · 2018-06-14T09:20:30.000Z

I can confirm that login.live.com is now also required to login to skype.
After taking that line out of C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts, it works again.