The problem is that when i start skype or turn on pc/skype starts/ my computer starts to lags and i can't do nothing , till my pc crashes.
I hardly opened the task manager
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as u see - 100% CPU usage :shock: And that happens sometimes and some times it's normal.
Is that some kinda virus or skype problem ?

same problem here, right after i start my pc skype turns on and then everything collapse cpu usage 100% and hole system crash
i uninstalled skype and everything is fine now
wtf?

I uninstalled skype several times and the same problem ocure every time i run the program!

horde eeassss

Please check CPU temp:

First check
1) Total Recorder
One of the most common reasons Skype might start using 100% of CPU if you have Total Recorder software installed and it is set as default Input/Output device for Skype. To avoid this change the I/O devices to your soundcard or USB Phone in the Skype options menu or change the default Windows I/O device from the Windows Control Panel to your soundcard or USB Phone. In most of the similar cases it has turned out that the reason is incompatibility with some other software components installed on the computer (for example: antivirus Nod32, network monitoring software like Net limiter).

Also, be sure to turn off Windows XP speech recognition feature. The speech recognition engine kicks in when you begin a call and can cause your CPU to run at 100%. Turn off the speech recognition by opening the Control Panel and selecting Regional and Language Options. On the Languages tab, under Text services and input languages, click Details. Under Installed services, click Voice Recognition under the language you are using, and then click Remove.

2) Zone Alarm
Are you running that?

3) CPU Temp
Is this a note book or Desktop PC?
Recently we have been identifying the reason for sudden high CPU usage is the PCs CPU overheating, this is normally caused on notebooks by the fan vents getting blocked but it can also happen on desktops.
Please check CPU temp.
Use Speedfan for this
http://www.computerbase.de/downloads/softw...chung/speedfan/
If temp of CPU is over 70% suspect your fan or air vents. Only cure is a clean out of the vents.

[b]4) PC Issue (CPU Temp)
Many PC manufacturers have issues with cooling, its always worth checking their website for known issues, for example a "must have" for Dell laptop.
http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/

http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/manual20/index.html

Of course these DELL tests can be run on any PC.

5) Echo Correction uses a lot of CPU power
To switch of EC see below:
Try toggling AEC and EC via the config.xml.
(You need to quit SKYPE first):

To find Config .xml copy and paste the section in bold:
%AppData%Skype in the address bar of Windows Explorer or IE and it will display all the files in that folder regardless of whether they’re hidden or not, you will see a folder with the same name as your Skype username, double click this folder to open it and you will see the comfig.xml file you have to alter.
Right click on the config.xml file.
Choose open with.
Choose Program.
Select Note Pad.
Tick Always use the selected program………….

Find one entry in the <GENERAL>
<General>
<AEC>0
ADDITINALLY
To control EC (echo control):
In the same config.xml file insert
<EC>0</EC>
under:
<Lib>

<Call>

[b]6) Under Test (New Tip)
Try the following:
Select Start-->Control Panel-->system-->advanced-->performance-->settings-->performance options advanced-->virtual memory-->change
-->select no paging file and reboot.
Then set custom size to your ram i.e. 512mb set 512mb etc (I have 1024mb so set to 1024).
This has fixed my problem CPU usage now running at max 60% with video on.

#1 - I really didn't understand what are you talking about If u can repeat that with right instructions

#2 , #3 , #4 - no problems with them

#5 - tried , didn't work
#6 - same as #5

help please....

Please explain/define?

[quote]#2 , #3 , #4 - no problems with them[/quote]

well i dont have problems with these things , tried the other suggestions - still the same sh*t

[quote=horde]well i dont have problems with these things , tried the other suggestions - still the same sh*t[/quote]

So what is your CPU temp when running Skype.

[quote]#1 - I really didn't understand what are you talking about If u can repeat that with right instructions [/quote]

Please check this....

1. Audio settings all versions

Skype:
Skype-->Tools -> Options -->Sound Devices-->audio device/USB/etc Audio Device (do NOT use windows default device)
You can also tick the ring pc speaker check box as this is a good backup to alert you even
if the main speakers are off or turned down.

Windows:
Start-->Control panel-->Sound and Audio devices
On the audio tab set the default playback device to your main soundcard (AC97/Audio-chip/add-on-adapter), etc.
Your installed audio device must be present there.
If not, reinstall audio device

There is nothing more to add to this [quote]Also, be sure to turn off Windows XP speech recognition feature. The speech recognition engine kicks in when you begin a call and can cause your CPU to run at 100%. Turn off the speech recognition by opening the Control Panel and selecting Regional and Language Options. On the Languages tab, under Text services and input languages, click Details. Under Installed services, click Voice Recognition under the language you are using, and then click Remove.
[/quote] just follow the instructions.

Computer is fine. Having issue on multiple computers.

Uninstalled, reinstalled. Same issue

CPU temp is fine, fire wall is fine, antivirus also fine - issue persists.

Created a new account - GET RIGHT IN - NO ISSUES AT ALL

Try logging in with my old account - Wheels spin - Hamster Still dead and taking my computer with it. Been in the industry for years. So. Whats wrong on Skypes End?

I followed all the instructions , corectly - i start skype , all ok , i msg a friend random thing and boom - 100% cpu usage....

Curiously, I note memory usage is reading at 5,884k with this new account. Sending and recieving messages, no problem.

Try logging in with my old account, memory usage is 24,884k and system gets sluggish, and I never get into it.

I find it curious that memory usage would increase connecting to my old account, which never successfully logs in.

Changed password, obviously. Any ideas here would be appreciated as the issue now exists ONLY on my old account.

If done all this, please downgrade to latest 2.5 BETA or old 2.0
see here
http://forum.meinskype.de/forum22.html
Old Versions

Gerhard

Can log in with newly created account

CAN NOT LOG IN WITH OLD ACCOUNT

Does not work in Latest version
Does not work in 2.5
Does not work on other computer
Can't get that thing to come alive.

It does not work its not on our end
So its on the main server, go fix it friend!

Lymric in the spirit of Dr. Suess
this proggy is really biting my caboose

[quote=drakefyr]Can log in with newly created account

CAN NOT LOG IN WITH OLD ACCOUNT

Does not work in Latest version
Does not work in 2.5
Does not work on other computer
Can't get that thing to come alive.

It does not work its not on our end
So its on the main server, go fix it friend!

Lymric in the spirit of Dr. Suess
this proggy is really biting my caboose[/quote]

Skype reset

[b]Warning you must remember your Skype username and password before you do this otherwise you will not be able to log in when you restart Skype because the link to your username and password details will be lost when you delete config.xml and all options are reset to default.

[b]First logoff Skype and shut it down.

Delete config.xml and shared.xml
You need to select "show hidden files" in folder options
To be found in
C:
Documents and settings
Your profile name
Application data
Skype -->delete shared.xml
Skype User name --> delete config.xml
Your access to your old chats will be lost (they will not be deleted, only access is lost)
any changes manually edited in this config.xml will be lost

Your access to your old chats will be lost (they will not be deleted, but access to them is lost --> the pointer is saved in config.xml)
All manually changed settings in tools/options or directly in config.xml are lost and have to be redone again.
This config.xml will be rebuilt without any data loss, but hopefully error free, with next start of Skype.
You only must log in newly and Skype will rebuilt a new and correct config.xml
and will download all your contacts.
Note: Think about your contact. If he/she has this problem as well!!!!

ok , thank u all guys the problem seems to be ok now

gl hf

[quote=horde]ok , thank u all guys :D the problem seems to be ok now :D

gl hf[/quote]

Can you please tell us
WHAT solved your issue?

Gerhard

[quote=gerhard33628][quote=horde]ok , thank u all guys the problem seems to be ok now

gl hf[/quote]

Can you please tell us
WHAT solved your issue?

Gerhard[/quote]
i downloaded skype old version 2.0

gherard i did this too, old version seems to be a bit more stable than current no more 100% cpu usage

Thanks for reporting back

Gerhard

Oh this morning skype started and boom .. 100% cpu usage again :/
i will try to download older version

I beg the skype team/support to make some kinda patch to fix that problem , because it seems it's global :/

The problem ocures when i type something in chat , when i push enter - boom 100% cpu usage

horde

What is your CPU temp please download Speedfan 4.28 from here and check http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

[quote=rocketman]horde

What is your CPU temp please download Speedfan 4.28 from here and checkhttp://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php[/quote]
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hi all,

I've installed the latest version of skype and get the same problem: cpu goes crazy and then I lose the sound.

I'll downgrade and hope it works

Thanks for your support
Beo

There is a utility that sometimes can be helpful in isolating problems like this called DebugView by SysInternals, it may show some errors being logged which normally might not be logged elsewhere, you can download it here:

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/DebugView.html

Please let us know if you see any errors using this which might help isolate your probelem.

http://img93.imageshack.us/my.php?image=omgg7em.jpg
if u can understand something

[quote=horde]http://img93.imageshack.us/my.php?image=omgg7em.jpg
if u can understand something[/quote]

Well there seems not to be anything really bad in that example, you would need to run this and catch the output when you see you problems.

It also has a log feature, so that you can save the output as well.

well nothing more than that shows :/
Skype was ok till that morning , maybe tomorow will run normal again.
There is one solve - format disck , but i dont want to.

[quote=horde]well nothing more than that shows :/
Skype was ok till that morning , maybe tomorow will run normal again.
There is one solve - format disck , but i dont want to.[/quote]

I would try to run this utility with logging, I would NOT re-format there should be methods to isolate the problem without the need to do that.

Many of the messages this utility logs are informational, and are no cause for alarm, but it can catch messages that are logged by applications via thier debug output, which in most cases are not logged anywhere else and can sometimes help isolate probelems which otherwise are complicated to diagnois.

Are you saying that the problem happened again, while the DebugView utility was running and that these are the only messages you show?

yes

[quote=horde]yes[/quote]

OK using Task Manager, and selecting the process list by CPU busy, what do you see chewing up the most CPU times, I know that Skype will be up there, but what other processes are using the most CPU time?

CTRL -> ALT -> DEL and click CPU to sort by most busy.

Hi All,

I have just spent a horrible few days with nothing but probs with Skype.

I posted to the Forum (thread is: 'Skype Probs (Now Falls Over, So What's Changed?').

Every single prob was cured at a stroke by removing version 2.5 and going back to version 2.0.0.90. The friend I did this with, who'd responded to my thread, also scrapped version 2.5 and installed 2.0.0.90. Her problems vanished, too. There's no way this is a coincidence.

Here's what I finally posted in my thread, in response to Rocketman:

*********************************
Hi Rocketman,

Thanks again for your posting. I appreciate it hugely.

I am glad to say that all problems with Skype are now resolved. Yup, the whole whack!

What I did was get together with Quetzel. She was experiencing a load of probs with Skype and she had also just upgraded to v2.5. Prior to that, just as with me, everything had been fine.

The probs were too many to list here. Just take it that her Skype and mine were both lurching and crashing all over the place.

We concluded that we'd both remove Skype altogether, and then install an earlier version (2.0.0.90) and check to see what then happened to us both.

Result? Not a problem in sight! Not one, for either of us!

When I'm online with Skype, I don't keep seeming to pop back on line on her machine over and over again. If I call her (Skype-to-Skype) her dualphone now rings, just as it always did, instead of it not ringing and her Skype locking up. I could go on and on, but just take it that we both hit a multitude of problems with Skype 2.5 and now that we're running v2.0.0.90 everything is fine. Call forwarding, which we've both tested, is fine with 2.0.0.90, whereas when we both set it up with v2.50 it wasn't working for either of us. SkypeOut now runs perfectly for both of us once more, and so on.

So, there we have it.

We collected Skype 2.0.0.90 from www.oldapps.com/skype

We have both set our Skype options not to check for upgrades.

We may be missing a few new mods/facilities, but I'll go for that any day with Skype actually working for me again.

Quetzel has asked me to say 'thank you'. I do that gladly, along with my own thanks and appreciation.

Adrian
*********************************

That's my tale. Going back to v2.0.0.90 fixed the whole darned lot for me.

To me, Skype is a dream come true. I've always rated it. But when I collected the upgrade to v2.5, the dream became a nightmare.

Now, with v2.0.0.90, I'm living the dream once more and it feels good.

Hope this helps.

Adrian

2.0.0.09 = 100 % cpu usage = same shit :/
can u skype team just patch the damn problem

Are you running some kind of software like
Norton/Symantec and/or Mcafee internet security,
= AV software with integrated firewall?


Gerhard

[quote=gerhard33628]Are you running some kind of software like
Norton/Symantec and/or Mcafee internet security,
= AV software with integrated firewall?


Gerhard[/quote]
No , nothing.

[quote=horde]2.0.0.09 = 100 % cpu usage = same s**t :/
can u skype team just patch the damn problem[/quote]

Yes, Horde, I agree with you entirely in that Skype is certainly very heavy when it comes to CPU usage.

How long this may have been the case for me, I really don't know. That's because I never had the need to run a check on CPU usage until I was running Skype v2.5.

When I started to run v2.5, that's when it all fell apart.

That's when I checked my CPU usage, only to find that the time-graph was showing 100% flat-line. And when that happened (usually at coming up to 3 mins of call time) that's when Skype fell over, every time.

By going back to v2.0.0.90, what's now happening for me is that there's still very heavy usage of my CPU, but the flat-lining at 100% I had with v2.5 isn't happening. What's now happening is that 100% is often reached, but the former flat-lining isn't there any more; there are sufficient dips below 100% to bring about that Skype runs just fine, with no loss of a word of speech (let alone crashes) over many calls, both in and out today, that have lasted for anything from 30 mins to an hour or so.

All I can say is that by going back to v2.0.0.90, I no longer have any of the probs I had with v2.5. In fact, to call them 'probs' is an understatement - version 2.5 simply didn't run on my machine in any meaningful sense!

In short, if I hadn't started running v2.5, it wouldn't have occurred to me to take a look at the CPU usage.

I shan't be going back to v2.5, or any later version, until the CPU usage is contained. I'll be staying with v2.0.0.90.

Best wishes,

Adrian

My problems ocured with 2.5 too :/ But i installed it and 2-3 weeks no problems...skype was flying
and 1 day , i typed something in the chat and gg...100% cpu usage

GOD DAMN HELP I DONT WANT TO DELETE SKYPE....

You disabled ALL other software?
start
Run
type: msconfig
start up tab
uncheck ALL
reboot
Run Skype only

Gerhard

[quote=gerhard33628]You disable ALL other software?
start
Run
type: msconfig
start up tab
uncheck ALL
reboot
Run Skype only

Gerhard[/quote]
100% CPU usage skype only
it seems i will format :/ or backup ..

horde

If possible can you do a system restore back to the time you first did the update and you were not having any trouble.

I know it is frustration when it all worked to a few weeks then went wrong but I think it must of been something you did even though you did not realise you had done it because if Skype was going to give you 100% CPU problems it should/would of started the minute you upgraded.

If you are doing a clean restore the way that has been suggested back to 2.0 which you say you are and still getting the problem then that leads me to think that it is a PC setup problem.

Which versions already is installed?
You updated your audio driver?

You tried reinstalling with registry cleaning before.
http://forum.meinskype.de/forum22.html
Reinstall With Full Cleaning

Gerhard

I´ve been troubleshooting this issue for a long time as well, with no real solution, but I have figured out a few things and would like to share my experience.

1. Yes, thinking back I think it started with v2.05 so I will either wait for an update or revert to v2x.
2. System temperature *does* matter as discussed in this and other forums; my Skype experience certainly improve when sys temp is low. Do not ignore this issue.
3. Hardware firewall is much better than internal, like Norton. Switching to a router with firewall has improved my CPU performance, also with Skype.
4. Unplugg all other appliances from the USB ports. Try different ports if you are using a USB headset or mic etc. Unplugging a wireless mouse got me sorted. Reinstalling Intellipoint solved an issue I didn´t even know I had before I saw how performance improved by unplugging. And that´s when I keep an eye on the Task Manager throughout the day.
5. Disabling QoS as suggested in a Skype KB about system tweaks about voice quality seem to have helped me as well.

That said, all systems have their own issues. Could only wish Skype would make a better effort to help their users by writing up some good tutorials for setting the system to work with Skype -- the key is *with* Skype since very few seem to be reporting any headaches with the system otherwise.

Performance has improved after taking many steps but Skype 2.5 is not without flaws on my system. Until Skype is patched, I find an earlier version or get a new PC, I think the best I can do is to keep Skype for the chat and incoming calls, but use another product for Outgoing calls (if I find one that works better and I like...).

Bnaut

Thank you for your input on the this long running problem, the point you have made are very valid but many people seem not to want to take them into consideration.

[quote=gerhard33628]Which versions already is installed?
You updated your audio driver?

You tried reinstalling with registry cleaning before.
http://forum.meinskype.de/forum22.html
Reinstall With Full Cleaning

Gerhard[/quote]
what that does mean
"Purge folders
C:Temp or
C:Tmp if available
C:WindowsTemp
C:WindowsPrefetch
"
purge = clean = delete ?

horde

Purge = delete all files from those folders DO NOT delete the folders.

same problem here too.
my experience is a bit more strange....

all started when my girlfriend formatted her pc and installed skype 2.5 (1 week ago)
1st problem - no video - it apeared in the 'test webcam' but not in the call, the place was left blank :? .
My version was 2.0.0.105, and as I use to keep my install files locally, so i sent it to her. No more problems.

A few days ago my version (also 2.0.0.105) started to consume 100% of the processor. I use to watch once in a while the cpu load, mostly when the fan is very loud, to see what's causing it. Generally skype calls use up to 20% - 25% cpu with no video and 55%-70% with video.

I decided to try 2.5. Exactly same problem!

My pc needed a format, so i did it yesterday, and still the problem remains.

It happens a bit after the call... it is normal, and then - up we go!
You can see a screenshot here.

I have a P4 2.8Ghz with 512MB ram
My girlfriend's has an AMD 2000+ with 256 ram

nunop

You should also check your CPU temperature with speedfan from here http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php speedfan 4.28 and CPU usage with Task Manager in windows.