Ever want to use Skype again?

[aubincc]

Hi,

After reinstalling Windows 10 Pro N x64 and using these great Debloat tools, I had trouble using Skype. Not the Entreprise version that comes with the OS, just the regular one.

Well I went to the "hosts" file in "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc" and removed the lines where "skype" appeared.

For the users of the Block-Telemetry script, I recommend quoting the lines as follows:

File:

Debloat-Windows-10/scripts/block-telemetry.ps1

Lines:
# "ui.skype.com",
# "pricelist.skype.com"
# "apps.skype.com"

This will save you some trouble. 👍
Have a nice day!

Nicolas / Mole

[pepoweb]

I can second this issue. I have a few Win 10 Pro machines at work who have the same issue.
After the weekend I will try to find a way to reverse this.
Pepo

[pepoweb]

It seems skype also uses c.msn.com So if you have already ran the script you can edit C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts and commend out the following lines:
...
”c.msn.com"
...
"ui.skype.com"
"pricelist.skype.com"
"apps.skype.com"
...
Hope this helps.
Pepo

[aubincc]

Thank you pepo, you're right, I had forgotten "c.msn.com"

[jkalousek]

In my case "s.gateway.messenger.live.com" also caused problems with skype.

[W4RH4WK]

Should I also comment the line containing "s.gateway.messenger.live.com"?

[majkinetor]

I have all those in my hosts file and my Skype works fine.

Skype 7.35.0.101 , my location Serbia/Belgrade.

[jkalousek]

(Disclaimer: I'm using this list in pfSense, so on my firewall - which however should not make a difference).
When I put "s.gateway.messenger.live.com" in blocked list, Skype on Windows 7/10 can't go online (it only shows rotating arrows).

Location: Czech Republic
Skype versions: 7.34.0103 (Windows 7) & 7.35.0.103 (Windows 10)

[majkinetor]

Must be location specific then ...

[majkinetor]

My list comes from https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

[jkalousek]

Btw can any of you actually reach "s.gateway.messenger.live.com" with tracert?

Because I get "Unable to resolve target system name s.gateway.messenger.live.com".

[majkinetor]

Looks like aforementioned github project had the same issue:
StevenBlack/hosts#127

@jkalousek
its reachable from http://www.monitis.com/traceroute

[jkalousek]

Ok, thanks for checking. So it would be good to put comment next to this host so people could find this faster.

[madeso]

login.live.com caused issues for me logging in to the latest skype classic (desktop version)

[ekr1]

Confirm login.live.com required for Skype (Desktop) on Win10.

[pepoweb]

I can confirm that login.live.com is now also required to login to skype.
After taking that line out of C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts, it works again.