How to set up Skype on a laptop

The Skype program remains one of the most popular votor and video calls to their friends, relatives and colleagues. You can use it on your computer, any mobile device and laptop. If you decide to install Skype on a laptop, the program will need a slight setting so that your communication takes place is most comfortable. In this article you will learn how to configure the Skype program for a laptop, create your account and use it in the future. Do not forget that you need your own email.

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How to configure Skype on a laptop - download and configure account

• First of all, go to the official website of the company: https://www.skype.com/ru. And download Skype for your system: Windows or MacOS. Click on the big blue "download Skype" button.

• Installation of the program will take you a couple of minutes. All you need: This follows the instructions of the installer on the screen.
  Once the program opens, you will see the entry field. If you do not have an account, you can easily create it by clicking on the "Create Account" link.

• By default, you will redirect you to the Microsoft Mailbox page. If you already have your own email, then it is better to click on the link "Use an existing email address".
• If you do not have your drawer, then create it here. Mail from Microsoft is quite comfortable: it does not have spam, a flexible interface with settings and a minimalist design.

• Enter your mail address, come up with a password on the second line of the window. Do not forget that the password from Skype should be extremely difficult: enter the letters of the Latin alphabet, numbers and symbols.
• Remove the checkbox from the advertising mailing from Microsoft.
• At the next stage, you will have to come up with login to log in as desired - this will simplify the login procedure in the future.

• Now you are ready to enter the program using your login and password. You can use mail if you do not want to invent login.

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How to configure personal information

To find friends and acquaintances to find you, enter your real name and surname in the account, deliver the avatar and add your city. This can be done without leaving the main Skype window.

Find the Skype tab on the toolbar and click on it.

In the drop-down list, you need "Personal Data". Do not click on it, but only hover the cursor from above. There will be several new rows nearby.

• Going on the "Change My Avatar" item, you can make an instant photo from webcams or upload your photo from the computer.
• "Sound signals" are heard only to you, these are simply different sets of alerts about events within the program.
• "Edit My Data" - a special field in which you specify personal information about yourself.

Go to the "Edit My Data" menu.

Here you will see an avatar if you already put it. Also, you can also change the snapshot. In personal information, you can operate as public data that see everything and private, if you want to hide some information from strangers.
Fill in all fields of the questionnaire. If you are going to call from Skype to mobile and stationary phones, then it is better to immediately specify the method of payment for calls.

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How to configure contacts in Skype on a laptop

The program has its own address book, where you add other Skype users to have quick access to them. To start searching for your friend and add it to yourself, click on the "Contacts" field in the program header.

In the drop-down list, select the "Add Contact" string, and then "search in the Skype directory".

You need to know either the full name of the owner, or its login to find the account faster. Enter the data you know, click "Search in Skype".

As soon as you find the right person, click once by his name and click on the "Add contact list" button.

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How to set up the main options in Skype on a laptop

Skype is a rather deep program in terms of technical capabilities, so there is a lot of settings. In this article you will learn how to set up the most important of them.

Click on the "Tools" field and go to the settings.

In the first tab, "General Settings" you can specify the default program

• Carefully read the lines of points and check the ticks where you think it is necessary. For example, if you remove the checkbox in the "Run Skype when Windows startup", the program will not load the sam when you turn on the computer.
• Put the checkbox on the "Automatic Authorization when starting Skype" to do not enter the login and password each time.

The next tab will be "Security" and the Security Setup section. Here, put an acceptable privacy for you to call and video. Specify from whom you want to automatically receive video messages or prohibit them at all.
Put a check mark near the "Allow cookies in Skype browser".

Go to "Call" section in the "Call Setup" subsection. Check the desired item if you do not want to receive calls from strangers.

Do this in the "Chats and SMS" section, but already in posts.

In addition, you need to enable automatic update so that the program itself updates its components. If you use your mobile Internet on your laptop and traffic for you, it is better to turn off automatic updates.

It remains only to choose the appearance of the program. In the "View" menu, place the "Compact Viewing Mode" or "normal viewing mode" at your discretion.