Skype/internet help please

14 years ago

Hello!

I have not been in these forums in ages and am so glad to see that they are still around! My boyfriend and I are having a weird skype issue and I wondered if any computer or skype gurus were out there who might be able to help us.

My boyfriend and I both have our skype set up so that when we log onto our computers, skype starts up automatically. We do this because we skype each other now and then during the week when we are not together.

The other day, my bf went home from work and showered, played a game or two of xbox, and came to my house for the night. Later in the evening I went online and I saw that he was logged into skype, but he was at my house. So I said that he must have gone online before he came to see me and his computer stayed logged in and had not gone idle, but he told me he never went online at all after work.

The next morning we woke up and I logged onto my computer and it did not show him on skype. So I assumed his computer went idle or was in screen saver mode or something. But then about half an hour later, it showed he was logged into skype. Wtf! He had just left my house and was on his way to work.

Does anyone understand why he shows up in skype when he's not even at his computer or has been on it?? We are both baffled by this. I mean I'm sitting at my computer and suddenly a little box pops up telling me that he just came on skype, but he is driving to work at the time. Thanks so much for your help!

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homebound
14 years ago
Is he using the skype app on his cell phone?
homebound
14 years ago
Btw...if that turns out to be the case, I'd say he's busted. Time to move on. (sorry.)
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littleredhen
Original Author
14 years ago
No, he doesn't have a "modern" phone with apps to do that. Also, I'm 100% sure he doesn't have another girlfriend! We have been together for a year and are together constantly. Believe me, I was married for ten years to a man who stepped outside of the marriage. This is not that guy. I'm just wondering if there is something weird with how skype works, not whether or not I should leave my relationship.
homebound
14 years ago
Time for a new password, then see what happens.
littleredhen
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14 years ago
New password for him to log on to skype? Not sure I understand you, homebound.
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14 years ago
If you or boyfriend suspect that someone else has your Skype name and password.

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owbist
14 years ago
It is possible the computer started itself looking for updates. If he is set to auto update this will happen.

On the issue of Skype itself the program seems to have gone to h*ll in a handcart since Microsoft bought the company. A text was Skyped to me on a Tuesday but it never arrived till Friday yet both of us had been online during the time span. Transmission delays are a bit more frequent these days but usually arrive a few hours later. Texting with Skype used to almost guarantee the message would be there when the recipient came online, this seems to be no longer the case.

Hopefully MS will put some effort into getting it back to the great program it used to be.

I understand the service is free and I appreciate that, grateful for the gift. I use it extensively but service seems to have deteriorated.
littleredhen
Original Author
14 years ago
I appreciate all of the input. Owbist, if his computer is not logged on, it still does things like that? I am not familiar with that, though I am not overly computer savvy.
owbist
14 years ago
From my post above:-
It is possible the computer started itself looking for updates. If he is set to auto update this will happen.

I should amend that statement a little. If your computer is shut down I do not believe it can self start. My computer is rarely shut down but goes to sleep leaving nothing running. In this sleep mode with Windows 7 (and possibly Vista?) Microsoft has the ability to start and update the computer.

My apologies for that confusion, I wrote that assuming all computers are equal and they are not as we all individualise our machines to personal preferences.

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