You can now upload a photo for your Skype profile. Microsoft/Skype has created your account.The last step, Microsoft/Skype wants to be sure there is a real person behind the registration, to prove you are real pinch yourself on the cheeks and enter the sequence of characters you see on the screen.Go back to Skype installation and enter the code you received per email.Microsoft sent you an email with a 4-digit verification code.Never mind! Enter your Country and date of birth. Skype is a bit impolite, and asks information that shouldn’t be asked, like your age.Enter a password that is easy to remember for you, maybe including your name, a date, and a symbol.

And click Next.įor info, Max Mustermann is the John Doe of Germany 😉 You can now enter your email address, for example.Enter your telephone number OR click on Use your email address instead. On the first screen, you are asked to enter your telephone number. Do you already have a Skype account? Great, enter your email or nick in the Sign In section.In a few seconds, you are ready to go and Skype show you the login screen.Ĭongratulation, you have installed Skype on Windows! Creating an account.Now it is the turn of Skype installer to ask you if you want to install Skype.Don’t be alarmed, in other words, it is asking if you want to install Skype. After you click, Windows asks you if you want to allow the program to make changes to the PC.If you are using another browser head to the download directory and double click on the downloaded file. If you are using Chrome, click on the downloaded program Skype-8.58.0.98.exe.

When it finished with the download you see the file Skype-8.58.0.98.exe (your version might be different) on the bottom left of your browser’s window, like in the image below.Ĭongratulation, you have downloaded Skype for Windows. Choose a location where you want to save it, the folder Download for example and click Save. Skype is now downloading on your PC.Īfter clicking on get Skype for Windows, depending on the browser you use, you might be prompted to save or open the file.

Open your web browser, Chrome for example.

This is a very simple visual guide to download, install and use Skype on your Windows PC. Don’t forget to install Skype before your first Skype lesson of German.

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