Wednesday, November 3, 2010

How to Download Skype

Introduction

This may seem like an odd subject to have in Castle Age Tips, but more and more guilds and organizations are using Skype to communicate.  In our guild and organization (STOMP) we use two rooms.  One to just chat and get acquainted and the other is our battle room where we coordinate attacks and defenses when we are at war.  Below are the steps for downloading Skype.

1.  Open up your Internet Browser.  You do this by clicking on your Internet browser icon either on your desktop or in the main menu of the computer.



2.  Type in the Skype webstie in the URL address box.  The address:    http://www.skype.com/



3.  Click the arrow to the right of the URL box and the home page of Skype will come up.  Look for a white with blue letter sign that says Join Skype in the upper right hand corner of the screen.  Click it.


4.  A form will come up for you to fill in that says Create an account or sign in.  Fill in the boxes with your personal information.  Use your Facebook name for your name, and your Castle Age name for your Skype name and make sure you write down all of this information.   You many have to add numbers to some of your names to make them more secure.  Skype will prompt you on this.





5.  Read the Skype terms of service, fill in the squiggle words, and click that you agree and continue.



6.  When you click the green box (I agree - Continue) a screen will come up that looks like you have to repeat the whole process.  Do not fill everything out again.  Look for the words in the little box that say Sign In.  Click that box. 


7.  Type in your Skype name and password and click Sign Me In.


8.  A screen will come up that says your download is in progress.  Sometimes your computer's security will stop you at this point.  If it does, click the bar just under the menu bars that allows you to run this new program.  Next a box will appear over that screen that asks you if you want to run or save this file?  Click Run.  Then you will need to wait a few minutes while the Skype set-up program downloads.




9.  When it is finished downloading a Hello screen will appear with a link to the Skype End User License Agreement.  Click to read, return to the Hello screen, and click the "I Agree - Install".


10.  Click Continue installing Skype on the next screen.  Downloading the toolbar is not necessary.  Wait while the Skype program downloads.


11.  One more screen will appear that says you have downloaded Skype.  At that point click the button at the bottom that says Finish.


12.  A screen will come up for you to register a second person.  Do not fill it out again, instead click sign-in.


13.  At this point everything is installed and ready to go.  Type in your Skype name and your password and then click Sign In at the bottom.


14.  Your Skype home page will show up.  On the left select Add a Contact.  Enter denise.sylva924 in the Skype Name box, and then click +Add.   Click the View button to view all the matches found..  When you locate the correct contact, click Add Contact next to their name.  This sends a contact request to Denise.  After she has accepted your contact request, she will add your name to the STOMP room and the STOMP2 room which is the battle room.  When that is done, you can send instant messages to each other.  The STOMP1 room is for getting acquainted with other STOMP members.  The STOMP2 room is where we coordinate the battle strategies during a guild battle.



  




















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