skype home unavailable

[bhenderson50]

I am having trouble using skype on my Windows 7 laptop. Until recently, it was fine, in fact it has been working on this laptop for well over a year,but now when I start Skype I get a message saying Skype Home unavailable. On my netbook under Windows 7 starter, it works fine...

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Skype, have doen a system restore, but nothing works. What is going on?

[skrontle]

Hey I have a similar problem. I'm using version 5.8.0 on Winvista and get the "Unavailable" message whenever I first sign in, but after 10-15 seconds, the message goes away and I can use Skype. Sorry I can't help you, just wanted you to know you're not alone...

[bhenderson50]

thanks for the support. Good to know folks actually read these messages......

Still no solutions though...

[ruwim · Accepted solution]

Have you checked your own connection status on Skype? Is it Online? The status icon (the one left of your name) must be solid green with a white checkmark inside. You can try to change the status using the dropdown arrow next to this icon.

[bhenderson50]

brilliant, my friend - problem solved! Thanks so much.......

[largspencil]

I`m having the same problem. Have uninstalled and reinstalled. But still getting message Skype home not available. The green light is on next to my name

[largspencil]

Sorry, I meant to say green light won`t come on. Am suspecting firewall problem. I have Panda security and next to Skype it says custom settings??

[ruwim]

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largspencil wrote:

Sorry, I meant to say green light won`t come on. Am suspecting firewall problem. I have Panda security and next to Skype it says custom settings??

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http://www.pandasecurity.com/enterprise/support/card?id=50010&idIdioma=2

[largspencil]

Thank you for that. But I`m kind of old and this is scary. When I go into the firewall settings, I can change the 3 Skype entries to "allow inbound and outbound connections " Then this message appears----Do you really want to restore communication permission? Keep in mind that the permission you might have set will be lost after installation----

Do I just go ahead and click--yes--?

[ruwim]

Yes. You need to set the permissions to "allow inbound and outbound connections".