>>You should be able to run both versions at the same time on the same machine (with a few tweaks)... you can get old versions from here:
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https://skype.en.uptodown.com/windows/old>>
>>I know for sure there is a way to do it -- I did it a while back. You can hack a couple of files and not only get rid of the ads, but also theforced updates. I don't remember exactly how I did it now -- but I found instructions with a google search in a few minutes when I did it.
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>The better question is whether it would be still usable. Either way, if you go back far enough, you either come to a version which talks over M$'s servers and gets a FO response ("your protocol is too old, I'm not talking to you") or a P2P version which still needs a server to find others to talk with and then chat directly with them - and such server may not even exist anymore.
Yeah I didn't think of that :(
>Between the lines, I meant to find a replacement, like I said somewhere upstream of this thread.
I mostly use either google hangouts or facebook messenger for video chat these days -- only time I bother with skype is if the other party requires me to use it.
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