Marilyn,
if you fully close down the software - that is, you don't leave it in the
SysTray - you will logically be OFFLINE, and hence this is the status you
will appear with to other users.
Far as I know, there is no way to bakc up your contatct list. Neither any
need to do so. Your contact list, will be tied up with the actual account,
in the Skype system. That is, it is remotely stored. Bhe benefit hereof, is
that you can log in, from any computer, long as you know your username and
password; and all your contacts would be readily listed for you. Otherwise,
how would you ever be able to use your skype account, from public computers
like in the library? So, there is no place on your local system, where these
contact infos are saved. Whether the Skype system has any feature, offering
for you to copy the contact list off their system, I really doubt. Specially
so, since such a feature could ppose a threat to your privacy, in case
others learned how to copy your contact list.
Well, the above info, is taking from my experience with other messenging
softwares. If I am wrong, when comes to the Skype clients, please would
anyone feel free to educate me and the rest of the list.
Hope this put you on ease. Yet, another benefit of a remotely saved contact
list, is that if you decide to re-install your system, or get a new
computer, you don't have to re-enter your whole list of contacts. Simply log
into your account, and the list is all there, ready for you to use.
----- Original Message -----
From: "M and L Dorn" <[email protected]>
To: "Post to GW-Info List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:18 AM
Subject: GWConnect question and comment
When I close the GWConnect program, i.e. Alt-F4, does it show me off line
to others; or am I still considered on line if I did not change my status
within the program?
Is there a file or folder that contains my contact list? I want to be
able to back it up to a disk and/or other computer. If not a file or
folder that I can just copy, how about copying the entire GWConnect
folder? Will that give me the contacts if I had to re-install and then
copied my backed up folder over it?
When I installed GWC 1.03 just the other day, I had a hard time finding
the keystrokes to use to answer a call. It was in the documentation that
I finally read far enough into, but it ought to be a menu option to answer
a call just like the menu that has hang up, mute, etc. I received a call,
and no dialog came up once I was authorized with that person. I had no
idea how to answer his call. This information needs to be much more
prominent and accessible without a long and detailed search.
The other thing I couldn't figure out, even after reading the manual, was
how to add someone to my contact list. After another long session, I
finally decided that I had to do a search for them and then add them using
the search dialog box. There is apparently no way to simply type in the
contact info and add them to my cntact list. If this is really how it's
done, then it ought to be spelled out as such in the manual.
Despite these troubles, I am making use of the GWConnect program and
having some fun with it.
Thanks GW for the program and anyone for any further help...
Marilyn
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