Skype allows you to remove the boundaries and communicate without obstacles at any distance of the interlocutors from each other. Like any application installed on the computer, it must be updated periodically. This will allow the program without failures, sometimes the update brings new bonuses in the work. It is also useful to know how to upgrade Skype when the message and affordable updates are constantly on the screen, which can irritate the user.
Manual update
In the event that the automatic update function is disabled, follow the relevance of the version yourself. At least once a few months should be checked if the update came out. If it really appeared, then you need to adhere to the algorithm:
- Log in to the program and choose "Help" - "Check availability of updates".
- A window will appear on the screen with a proposal to download a new update, you should select "Download".
- When the download is completed, you need to click on the "install a new version", and the update will take effect.
The advantages of this method - the update will not break the course of the program, the account will not be accompanied, and the money, if there is in the account, will remain in place.
Automatic update
A similar procedure, which was described above, the program can automatically exercise. Usually Skype is always configured so that it can be updated without user permission.
If it does not happen, the automatic update can be configured as follows:
- log in to Skype and select the Tools tab;
- after - "Settings";
- you should find "Additionally" and select "Auto update";
- install "Enable" in the window that opens.
Not always automatic update can be called an advantage. It happens that the computer does not have a permanent connection to the network and at the moment when you need to use the Internet, the computer spends strength to update the program. At the same time, the remaining processes can "hang" for a while.
Use the Windows Update Center
The update center allows you to track topical versions of many programs from Windows. This fate and Skype did not go around.
If this program is noted in the update center, as a priority, the update will come automatically. It will not even affect the fact that such a function will not be installed in the Skype itself.
In the event that the program will not be given this characteristic, the user will be able to choose, update it or not.
Software recommendations
Sometimes the system itself reminds the user that it's time to update Skype. Then the message about the available new version of the program pops up.
The peculiarity of this method is that the subsequent version will not be available until the proposed.
If the user agrees to the update, you just need to select "Download" and wait for the end of the process.
When the Skype was not updated for a long time, then the proposed versions are obsolete. Then the user can see a message that the update is already outdated and not available. Then you should click on the message and follow the instructions. The system will indicate how to get a more relevant update completely free.
Monitor programs should always be monitored. This does not need special skills and skills. It's just enough to update the utility on time, and then it will always be in the ranks.