donut problem with Skype

Following pmj's instructions I downloaded Skype, saved it in My Docs Added
it in Add & Remove programmes set the dropdown box to all files. I have
one Icon on the desktop (Blue blot with a white S) and a little black
arrow. During download I was never asked to enter a user name or password;
or to give my e mail address.
When I click on the icon I am asked for User Name and Password and when I
enter what I thought I would use I am told that the User Name and Password

pmj...

When you say "what I thought I would use", can you tell us what made
you think that was the UserName & PassWord to use?
Have you already Set up a Skype Account, with that UserName & PassWord
then?

are not recognised.

Troy's Human...

I think Skype is asking for an existing User Name and Password. There

pmj...

Yep.

should be another option there to set up a new account. Is there somewhere

pmj...

Yep, there is.

"Don't have a Skype Name ?" That's what you need to click on.

donut...

Done that bit now TH and have tried to test my microphone - at the test I
could hear the test voice but could not hear my own voice.

pmj...

So that means that it's all Connecting up OK through the Internet!
:-)

You can Initiate (Make) a Call OK & it Answers OK & the *Receiving*
(Incoming) Sound is fine...
So it's looking good so far!
:-)

If the *Outgoing* Sound isn't working properly, there are several
things you can do to suss it out & get it all sorted...

Go to Menu>Tools>Options...>Sound Devices

& Post up with what you have Set in there.

It *should* work fine with "windoze Default Device" Set in all 3 of
the DropDown Lists - the one that matters for your own (Outgoing)
Sound is the "Audio Out" one - what Choices are there in the Dropdown
List?
& what have you got Set there?

What have you got Set for the Box...
[/] Let Skype adjust my Sound Device Settings ?

If it's UnTicked, try Ticking it & if it's Ticked, try UnTicking it.

I presume that you do actually have the Microphone Plugged into the
right (correct) Socket on your PC?
Is it working OK, when you use Netmeeting?
Have you Run the NetMeeting "Audio Tuning Wizard" thingy?
Does that all work OK?

Have you tried going to the Sounds & Audio Devices Control Panel Applet?
Switch to the "Voice" tab & makie sure that your Sound Card is Selected
in there.

Click the [Volume] Button (in the "Voice Recording" Section0 & that
will Open up the windoze Sound Mixer Applet - make sure the Microphone
is Selectred as the Input.

back in the Sounds Control Panel thingy, Click the [Test Hardware...]
Button & Run through the Tests there.
then try the echo123 Skype Test thing again.

Try calling someone on Skype as well - then yo ucould use the TextChat
thing, while you get the Sound sorted out.

You could also get on M$ NetMeeting & sort it out - Skype works
perfectly well at the same time as M$ NetMeeting!
:-)

BTW have got holburn as my skype name.

Troy's Human...

Brilliant :-)))

Donut and me have just had a Skype chat :-)

Steve...

Make sure your headset jack plug is fully home.

I can only find 1 holburn on Skype and they are in the US of A

donut...

Hi Steve was just replying to this post when pmj called on Skype. So now I
have had teo Skype calls - you may very well find me in USA :-)))

noreen...

Mine is !! noreen2005! I think you have to add some numbers but maybe not

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

Mine is *flyingnun1st* if anyone cares to have it.

JoeH...

Got it already thanks :))

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

I knew a few had - but thought donut may have wanted it too.

JoeH...

The more the merrier when you're new to the game :))

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

Now what sort of party have I heard that said before? LOL

JoeH...

I couldn't possibly comment :))

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

What a sheltered life you must have led then. LOL

JoeH...

No I just wasn't *commenting* LOL

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

Is that short or long term amnesia then? :)

JoeH...

It's got *nothing* to do with rice pudding ;-)

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

Dyslexic too then!! :)

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

So who is this noreen742004 on my Skype contacts list I wonder? :)

noreen...

Now Fn that was me !! then for some reason Skype wouldn't accept it so had
to change it to
noreen 2005

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

I wonder why they did that to you then? :)-
Heard melodies are sweet, but those Unheard melodies are sweeter
flyingnun@tiscali.co.uk FN 2°°5 +, Mungo Brandybuck of Buckland

JoeH...

Noreen has had a couple of reincarnations :-)

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

It appears to be the in thing these days, dunnit?

Yep! just done a search for noreen and that one don't exist anymore.

JoeH...

It does if you search for it *exactly* - just came up in a search by
me.

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

So it did, but no mention of any other details though.

JoeH...

Right-click and choose "Profile" and it says something about "user has
not been online for a long time" LOL

noreen...

Don't know where it gets that one from !! cos I am on most nights , you can
try me ;-))))))

;-))))

pmj...

I could only find a Username of "holburn" listed as being in the
U S of A - I don't think that's you?

My Skype UserName is voip.p-m-j.net

so the "callto" URL is...

callto://voip.p-m-j.net

You can try calling me on that? (That same Name also works with
M$ NetMeeting, cos I have set that as my IP Address in the DNS)

Copy & paste that URL into the AddressBar or the Start>Run Box -
it works with either Skype or M$ NetMeeting

pmj...

That Link [Don't have a Skype Name?] is shown on the "Sign in to Skype
Window.

Clicking it Opens up a Window where you can Enter a UserName (that
you can choose) & PassWord (that you can choose) - You don't *have*
to Enter an eMail Address, but if you don't you can't then ever get
your UserName/PassWord Details Sent to you if you forget them.

You can also choose whether or not to Set it so that it remembers
your Username & PassWord & then Automagically Signs in to the Skype
Network when you start Skype.

If the UserName that you want to use is already taken, it will tell
you & let you choose another one.

Once you have Set up a Skype UserName & PassWord, then you just Enter
them into the normal Skype Login Box.

Can anyone help please