


If your password is too weak, Skype will not let you use it. Since Skype will have your friends’ and family’s contact information, it is important to create a password that is strong yet memorable. You cannot change your Skype Name later, so if you don’t like what you select you will have to create a new account. This name is displayed to other users, and is one way for people to look you up. This information helps Skype determine how people use their services. You can select between business and personal use. If you’re an international traveller, choose the country where you will be using Skype most frequently. Optional information includes your birthday, gender, city, and mobile phone number. In order to create your Skype account, you will need to enter your first and last name, an email address (which remains private), your country, and your language.

If you are creating an account just for Skype, read on. If you are logging in with a Microsoft or Facebook account, all you need is your login details for that account and you can start using Skype. You can use Facebook, your existing Microsoft account, or you can create an account just for Skype. You have three different options when it comes to Skype accounts. This will take you to the “Create an account” page. Click on the “Join Us” link in the top-right corner of the page. Launch a Terminal and run the following command: Rather than creating a new user account for Skype, you can run additional copies of Skype on your same user account and point each of them at a different data folder. You could create a secondary user account for each version of Skype you want to use, but there’s a better, cleaner option that makes each Skype program run under your same user account. Common methods for doing this recomend you use the “sudo” command to run Skype as the root (administrator) account - don’t do that, it’s a very bad idea for security. Skype doesn’t offer a built-in way to do this on Mac OS X as it does on Windows. You can keep double-clicking this shortcut to open additional instances of Skype. Give the shortcut a name like “Skype (Second Account)”. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" /secondary For example, on a 64-bit version of Windows, it should look like: In the Target box, add /secondary to the end. Go to your desktop, right-click the Skype shortcut you created, and select Properties.
