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    Nathan Parker
    AskWoody_MVP
    September 14, 2016 at 2:07 pm #506915

    I purchased a new Surface Book (i7) and installed the Windows 10 Anniversary Update on it. I’ve noticed it gave me a program called “Skype Preview”. With that program, do I still need to install the “regular” Skype program, or does “Skype Preview” do everything the “regular” Skype program does?

    Thanks!

    Nathan Parker

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    • joep517
      AskWoody MVP
      September 14, 2016 at 6:41 pm #1577754

      You do not need to install the legacy Skype program. The Skype preview is a UWP (Universal Windows Program). It does all the normal stuff Skype users do. It may be a little rough around the edges since it is new and a preview.

      --Joe

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    • Nathan Parker
      AskWoody_MVP
      September 15, 2016 at 6:18 pm #1577865

      Great! Thanks for the info! Much appreciated!

      Nathan Parker

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      • AtraEquus
        AskWoody Plus
        November 14, 2016 at 10:41 am #1584059

        I have discovered the Skype Preview is more than “slightly rough around the edges”, thanks to my Win10 Mobile phone. Preview does not access the contact lists from multiple accounts at the same time, for instance a pre-Microsoft Skype account that I happen to have and my Microsoft Account. So you should not be surprised that your “presence” label in the Preview is completely different from that in the “classic” desktop Skype. I thought I had to add my contact list fresh on the Preview, when one of my test contacts messaged me asking who I was!

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        • bharder
          AskWoody Lounger
          November 14, 2016 at 5:23 pm #1584100

          …one of my test contacts massaged me asking who I was!

          If your test contacts will give you a massage without even knowing you, you are most persuasive. Most persuasive indeed! May I inquire as to your technique?

          :):

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          • AtraEquus
            AskWoody Plus
            November 15, 2016 at 2:07 pm #1584198

            *facepalms* Oey, sorry about that…I meant “messaged”. *grumbles about being dyslexic at inopportune moments*

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