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giulia wrote:why my skype portable donwload always the update and tried to install even it's disabled
and it's portable

SYSTEM wrote:

giulia wrote:why my skype portable donwload always the update and tried to install even it's disabled
and it's portable

I think there is simply no way to disable automatic checking for updates. In that case, there is nothing John can do.

JohnTHaller wrote:Skype's decision on whether to automatically update is handled via a system-level registry key in the HKLM hive. As such, it can not be adjusted unless you run as admin, which the vast majority of users will have no access to. Your best bet is to use Skype Portable in conjunction with the PortableApps.com Platform. We usually (but not always) push out updates to Skype Portable before they start pushing them out via their update channel as long as our keen-eyed users let us know about a new release.

JohnTHaller wrote:Skype's decision on whether to automatically update is handled via a system-level registry key in the HKLM hive. As such, it can not be adjusted unless you run as admin ...

• If you'd just publish that info, advanced users could test other strategies for disabling it -- like yaP, for instance...

Midas wrote:

JohnTHaller wrote:Skype's decision on whether to automatically update is handled via a system-level registry key in the HKLM hive. As such, it can not be adjusted unless you run as admin ...

• If you'd just publish that info, advanced users could test other strategies for disabling it -- like yaP, for instance...

Midas wrote:Just what I said, if that HKLM key was identified, other users could neuter it without having to use the PAF launcher -- nothing against it, it's just that I like to have different options.

Midas wrote:Just what I said, if that HKLM key was identified, other users could neuter it without having to use the PAF launcher -- nothing against it, it's just that I like to have different options.

giulia wrote:i found that should block auto update 127.0.0.1 download.skype.com ...
but i would create a firewall rule but i don't know download.skype.com IP

• No need to. Search your windows drive for the 'HOSTS' file, open it in a text editor and add a line at the bottom:
  
  127.0.0.1 download.skype.com
  
  Note that you won't be able to access download.skype.com afterwards until you remove that line. Better yet, make it "0.0.0.0 download.skype.com" to avoid burdening your system with timeouts...

giulia wrote:

Midas wrote:Just what I said, if that HKLM key was identified, other users could neuter it without having to use the PAF launcher -- nothing against it, it's just that I like to have different options.

in internet i found that should block auto update 127.0.0.1 download.skype.com ..
but i would create a firewall rule but i don't know download.skype.com IP
thanks

C:\Users\Jyrki>nslookup download.skype.com
Server:  resolver2.dnaip.fi
Address:  62.241.198.246

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    a1306.cl.akamai.net
Addresses:  82.96.58.23
          82.96.58.40
Aliases:  download.skype.com
          download-akm.skype.com.edgesuite.net

SYSTEM wrote:

giulia wrote:

Midas wrote:Just what I said, if that HKLM key was identified, other users could neuter it without having to use the PAF launcher -- nothing against it, it's just that I like to have different options.

in internet i found that should block auto update 127.0.0.1 download.skype.com ..
but i would create a firewall rule but i don't know download.skype.com IP
thanks

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C:\Users\Jyrki>nslookup download.skype.com
Server:  resolver2.dnaip.fi
Address:  62.241.198.246

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    a1306.cl.akamai.net
Addresses:  82.96.58.23
          82.96.58.40
Aliases:  download.skype.com
          download-akm.skype.com.edgesuite.net

(Just to be clear, the IP addresses are the last two. The first IP address in the output is the IP of my DNS server.)