Gotta love Microsoft! :) Russell > On Jun 20, 2015, at 3:40 AM, Ed Marquette via Jfw <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have never been a big fan of Skype, but the new features in > Skype, as advertised in an email message I received having a > subject line similar to the above, made it tempting. > > So, I read further. Apparently, the old Skype will no longer be > supported. > > Being one always willing to jump for the bleeding edge, I gave it > a try. In fairness, I didn't try to work with it for very long, > but this has to rank right up there with the most inaccessible > products I've seen on the market in the last decade. The thing > brings up a list of options that one can read, but none of them > works. Even worse, Skype hangs around and cannot be removed even > with Alt-F4. I almost entitled this message, "Is Skype really a > virus?" Fortunately, after going to the Control Panel, it was > fairly easy to get rid of the thing. Now, my computer is working > normally, but I really thought I had inadvertently introduced a > virus to my computer (Windows 8.1). I'm using JAWS 16. > > So, except for those with some sight (probably quite a bit) and > those with psychological needs to inflict punishment upon > themselves, I would recommend to people that they bypass the > tempting advertisements in the Skype email message that is likely > to appear in your Inbox soon - if it has not appeared already. > > > > Sent from my Yoga IdeaPad > > I. Edward Marquette > > Universal Phone: 408.692.5640 > > > > Mobile: 816.812.0088 > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20150620/e3c0f516/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
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