Skype won't install - Wins 7 64 bit

[zoe_kk]

I am trying to install Skype on Wins 7 64 bit. Everytime I install it does not complete and I get the error "Skype has stopped working" If I view the problem details it says "Problem Event Name: BEX" I have tried different versions, different fixes I found online. Nothing works. Anyone know how to fix this?

[ruwim]

Please, post the complete error message from Windows Event Viewer -> Custom Views -> Administrative Events. You may copy and paste here the text from the General tab.

[zoe_kk]

Is this what you want to see?

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    BEX
  Application Name:    Skype.exe
  Application Version:    5.7.0.123
  Application Timestamp:    4eba90b3
  Fault Module Name:    Skype.exe
  Fault Module Version:    5.7.0.123
  Fault Module Timestamp:    4eba90b3
  Exception Offset:    01c20000
  Exception Code:    c0000005
  Exception Data:    00000008
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    ebf5
  Additional Information 2:    ebf512f164ef6adf225ebbe748a124b8
  Additional Information 3:    dc7a
  Additional Information 4:    dc7a5d06f3504f80a04062fe93134943

[ruwim]

You are still using the old 5.7 beta version. have you tried to update to the latest 5.10.0.116 version. You can use this download link:

http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-full

[zoe_kk]

Yes I tried the latest version (5.10). The error is the same. I switched to the older version to see if it would fix the problem. I will try the new version again and post the error.

[zoe_kk]

Now I tried the latest version again. Here is the error:

roblem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    BEX
  Application Name:    Skype.exe
  Application Version:    5.10.0.116
  Application Timestamp:    50001496
  Fault Module Name:    StackHash_e98d
  Fault Module Version:    0.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp:    00000000
  Exception Offset:    20202020
  Exception Code:    c0000005
  Exception Data:    00000008
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    e98d
  Additional Information 2:    e98dfca8bcf81bc1740adb135579ad53
  Additional Information 3:    6eab
  Additional Information 4:    6eabdd9e0dc94904be3b39a1c0583635

Here is the info from Event Viewer:

Faulting application name: Skype.exe, version: 5.10.0.116, time stamp: 0x50001496
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x20202020
Faulting process id: 0x1f58

[ruwim]

This one was "much better". Do you have a 32-core CPU on your computer? If so, then see this:

http://community.skype.com/t5/Windows/Skype-won-t-start-win7-64bit/m-p/954212#M70162

http://community.skype.com/t5/Windows/Skype-not-starting-up/m-p/847532#M63401

http://community.skype.com/t5/Windows/Skype-won-t-run-on-a-high-powered-workstation/m-p/823196#M6180...

http://community.skype.com/t5/Windows/skype-not-starting-win-7-64-bits/m-p/838844#M62795

http://community.skype.com/t5/Windows/Skype-wont-launch-Windows-7-Super-machine/m-p/816056#M61343

[Tamim]

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zoe_kk wrote:

Now I tried the latest version again. Here is the error:

roblem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    BEX
  Application Name:    Skype.exe
  Application Version:    5.10.0.116
  Application Timestamp:    50001496
  Fault Module Name:    StackHash_e98d
  Fault Module Version:    0.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp:    00000000
  Exception Offset:    20202020
  Exception Code:    c0000005
  Exception Data:    00000008
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    e98d
  Additional Information 2:    e98dfca8bcf81bc1740adb135579ad53
  Additional Information 3:    6eab
  Additional Information 4:    6eabdd9e0dc94904be3b39a1c0583635

Here is the info from Event Viewer:

Faulting application name: Skype.exe, version: 5.10.0.116, time stamp: 0x50001496
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x20202020
Faulting process id: 0x1f58

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Here is a MR. FixIT

http://support.microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems/

Run this FixIT.

Temporary disable the anti-virus & Do all Windows Updates, including Software and Hardware, not just the Critical Updates. In most cases, this will resolves the issue.

[ruwim]

No "MR FixIt" and even not "Sir FixIT" will help in this case.

See this post on Jira:

https://jira.skype.com/browse/SCW-3789

This is the part of the Report.wer error archive file showing the error message:

Sig[0].Name=Application Name

Sig[0].Value=Skype.exe

Sig[1].Name=Application Version

Sig[1].Value=5.10.0.116

Sig[2].Name=Application Timestamp

Sig[2].Value=50001496

Sig[3].Name=Fault Module Name

Sig[3].Value=StackHash_e98d

Sig[4].Name=Fault Module Version

Sig[4].Value=0.0.0.0

Sig[5].Name=Fault Module Timestamp

Sig[5].Value=00000000

Sig[6].Name=Exception Offset

Sig[6].Value=20202020

Sig[7].Name=Exception Code

Sig[7].Value=c0000005

Sig[8].Name=Exception Data

Sig[8].Value=00000008

Pay attention to the value of the Exception offset (20202020)

Here is the Processor info from the DxDiag.txt file:

Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W 0 @ 3.10GHz (32 CPUs), ~3.1GHz

Pay attention to the number of logical CPUs (32 CPUs).

This was the case in all the threads referred to in the above post.

[zoe_kk]

Are you saying that there is no way to get Skype to work on my machine?