Why won't Skype let me open an account?

moxieman99 · 11-14-2011, 08:26 PM

OS agnostic question

I want to set up a Skype account. I get to the sign in page and fill in the indicated required field for setting up a Skype account, click on the I accept button at the bottom, and all the account creation page does is scroll back up to the top, with no indication as to what information is missing.

I am not filling in mobile telephone numbers, since skype will be used on one computer, nor an I filling in personal information.

What's wrong?

vharishankar · 11-14-2011, 08:28 PM

What browser are you using? Maybe it's a browser related issue.

SigTerm · 11-14-2011, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moxieman99

OS agnostic question

Typical solutions are:

Disable adblock and try again.
If you use /etc/hosts to get rid of some advertising websites (by assigning 127.0.0.1 to them), disable it and try again.
Try different browser.
Contact support.

moxieman99 · 11-14-2011, 08:46 PM

contacted support. Using IE9 on Win7 while upgrading linux computer hardware.

Skype wants somthing, and it won't tell me what.

sundialsvcs · 11-15-2011, 06:59 AM

(Shrug...) Who can say? Contact them again.

yooy · 11-16-2011, 11:52 AM

try going to library or friend and make a skype account there