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A Collection of Scripts Which Disable / Remove Windows 10 Features and Apps
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Ever want to use Skype again? #79

Closed aubincc closed 7 years ago

aubincc commented 7 years ago

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

pepoweb commented 7 years ago

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

pepoweb commented 7 years ago

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

aubincc commented 7 years ago

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

jkalousek commented 7 years ago

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

W4RH4WK commented 7 years ago

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

majkinetor commented 7 years ago

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

Skype 7.35.0.101 , my location Serbia/Belgrade.

jkalousek commented 7 years ago

(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)

majkinetor commented 7 years ago

Must be location specific then ...

majkinetor commented 7 years ago

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

jkalousek commented 7 years ago

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".

majkinetor commented 7 years ago

Looks like aforementioned github project had the same issue: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues/127

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

jkalousek commented 7 years ago

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

madeso commented 6 years ago

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

ekr1 commented 6 years ago

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

pepoweb commented 6 years ago

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.