Skype sound When I am talking on the mic on the computer with someone we get cut off after 1 to 4 minutes.

No you need to buy a microphone to chat with Skype.

Dear L Bitz,

Kindly follow these steps:

1. you open your skype account
2. and then click the call menu and choose learn the call quality and there you can choose problems hearing each other and then choose which issues you are experiencing and then you can follow the instructions.

On the other hand, you can click run our check your sound wizard and then you can test your mic but first read and follow the instructions first then test your speakers and your video settings.

I'm sure you can now enjoy talking with your husband.

regards,

angel

1. First you must download the skype software and signup for a free account. You can do all of this at http://www.skype.com 2. You must make sure that you have a webcam, either built into your computer or a third party webcam that you bought in order to do video conferencing. If you want to do just voice, you need to make sure you have a mic. USB mics for $10 do a really good job and you can get them from any computer retail shop. 3. Once you sign up and make sure all the equipment is hooked up you need to search/find the person you want to skype with who has hopefully performed the same first 2 steps you have and sent you there username via email or some other method. 4. Once you find them through the skype built in search you should have an option to call that person, click on the icon that looks like a phone. 5. This should ring on the other persons computer and all they have to do is click on the answer button that pops up and you should be talking to each other.
Other than the signup and making sure you have a mic or webcam plugged into the computer all the steps can be done from within the skype software you downloaded above.
Hope this helps you on your way,
Good Luck.

If the person cannot hear you then, either your mic driver not installed or not working OR the mic is not configured in Skype.
To test your mic go to Start - All Programs - Accessories - Entertainment - Sound recorder. Then record your voice and then play it back. If this is OK then the mic need to be configured in Skype.
Normal 0 To configure the mic - Open Skype - Tools - Options - Audio Settings for the Microphone THEN click on Save.

it's gone...many users are victims of this stupid AUTO update from Microsoft....

the update makes changes to the IRQ of the soundcard chip and then the chip gets corrupted.....
the best alternative is to buy a 1$ USB sound adaptor from Ebay....
I am also a victim of this and use the USB adaptor for the past 3 yrs....

Check the windows audio settings from the bottom right , right click , select adjust audio properties , and make sure your microphone is set to it's highest levels , the screech can be caused by feedback so turning down your speakers may help with this. Skype also has audio configuration settings of their own , check the audio settings on skype and configure as required , doesn't sound like a hardware fault tbh

Replace mic for about £20. It could just be a problem with broadcasting connection! Happened to me when had bad internet on skype.

When you are installing the skype software, there comes a time when skype will offer you the option to test your hardware. Here you will try out the speakers and mic, and skype will tell you if they are in skype accepted order.
My friend actually installed it not too long ago, and after the install, I saw that skype gave him the option to make a test call right on the program interface window. We used it, and it made a call to a skype computer voice which advised us that if we could hear her talking, then our speakers are fine, and to now go ahead and speak into our mic, if the mic is working we will be able to hear what we just said into it.
That was a great little way to make sure our speakers and mic were in fact working, and they were.
Try that out on your pc and your friend's pc to test components individually. If you are unable to find the test call option, or the option to test components, you can uninstall skype and reinstall the latest version, which may not be a bad idea to preclude any other weird problems which may be at fault.
Hope that helps.

try vlc player
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
use zoom to talk to your family overseas it is awesome or
skype for video conferencing.
https://zoom.us/
https://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-computer/

Hello, No the Linksys router should not have anything to do with your Skype services. Try the following:

1. Use a different microsphone other than the one you are using now. The mic test in windows is not always reliable.

2. Follow the Skype instructions for test calls not working.

3. Check you sound setting in control panel.