Disk I O Error Skype 4.2
Português Português (Brasileiro) Русский Türkçe 中文 (繁體) Help CommunityCategoryBoardUsers turn on suggestions Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for Search instead for Did you mean: Community ➝ Skype for computer and Xbox ➝ Windows archive ➝ Unable to sign in- Disk I/O error. Tried everythin... Unable to sign in- Disk I/O error. Tried everything SOLVED Go to Solution Topic Options Subscribe to RSS Feed Mark Topic as New Mark Topic as Read Float this Topic to the Top Bookmark Subscribe Printer Friendly Page This topic has been archived. To keep discussions in the Skype Community relevant we archive topics that haven't seen activity in the past 6 months. Read more about about archiving Zoogie Novel Adventurer 24-11-2013 15:44 Options Mark as New Bookmark Subscribe Subscribe to RSS Feed Link to this reply Print Email to a Friend Flag for a Moderator 24-11-2013 15:44 Hi,Today out of the blue I couldn't log in anymore, due to a "disk i/o error". So far I have tried (in this order):1) Restart Skype2) Restart Computer3) Follow this guide to delete my skype user file https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA10143/why-do-i-get-a-disk-i-o-error-when-i-try-to-sign-in-to-skyp...4) Deleted my user (fresh made from failed login) AGAIN, then rebooted computer before opening skype5) Deleting user, uninstalling skype6) Deleting user, uninstalling skype, going into appdata/roaming and deleting entire skype folder7) Cry and whine at my monitorI'm out of ideas, what should I do?Thanks! Solved! Go to Solution. Flag for a Moderator Message 1 of 17 (37,680 Views) 2 Kudos 1 Accepted Solution Accepted Solutions ruwim Community Ambassador 24-11-2013 17:07 Options Mark as New Bookmark Subscribe Subscribe to RSS Feed Link to this reply Print Email to a Friend Flag for a Moderator 24-11-2013 17:07 Solution Accepted as a solution by Zoogie 28-08-2015 11:00 Try oncemore to delete all Skype settings.Quit Skype or use Windows Task Manager to kill any Skype.exe process. Go to Windows Start and in the Search/Run box type %appdata% and then press Enter or click the OK button. The Windows File Explorer will pop up. There locate a folder named “Skype”. Rename this folder to some
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a software title... to downgrade to the version you love!Windows » Communication » Skype » Skype 4.2.0.152 Get Updates on SkypeTweetSkype4.2.0.15218,137 DownloadsSkype4.2.0.152 0 out of 5 based on 0 ratings.File Size: 21.89MBDate Released:Feb 25, 2010Works on: Windows 95 / Windows 98 / http://www.oldversion.com/windows/skype-4-2-0-152 Windows Me / Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 Doesn't Work on: Add info License: Add info Official Website: http://www.skype.comCompany: Skype Technologies S.ATotal Downloads: 18,137 Rating: 0 of 5 Rate It! (0 votes) Tested: Free from spyware, adware and virusesSkype4.2.0.152 Change Log New Features Improved video disk i quality in low bandwidth conditions Skype now supports 720p video calls with the new encoding web-cameras that will available soon Incoming authorization requests are now shown when a users returns to Skype after having been away for a while The Video call button is now always visible, even if there isn't a web camera disk i o detected. The default privacy settings for Instant Messages changed from "anyone" to "people in my contact list only" Improved contact importers Improved the localization of Arabic and Brazilian Portuguese Fixed Issues Holding and resuming a video call sometimes caused a black screen to appear instead of the actual video. An Asus GSB virtual video device used for capturing a screen caused Skype to freeze when attempting to make a call. Skype rarely crashed when clicking the "show messages from" button during a video call. Video froze on specific hardware for user. An incoming call from a mobile to an online number was not mapped to the Skype contact that the mobile number was saved for. When user received a call and wanted to transfer the call to a Skype contacts phone number, the number could be selected from the drop-down menu, but the call still went through to the contact's Skype account. Users on the "lite version of Skype" were d