How do you stop Skype from automatically updating?

Answer 1

In skype ... Tools > Options > Advanced. In the "When a new verison of skype is available ..." section uncheck the "Automatically download and install it" check box.

If like me your camera stopped working after an update then installing version 4.0.1 (get from web) and unchecking this option will mean your camera will keep working and you won't be forced to go out and buy a webcam that skype is getting a kickback from.

Answer 2

to stop skype auto-updating you need to do the following in regedit.exe

Goto the entry "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" and expand it, then expand "SOFTWARE" and finaly expand "Policies"

Create a new entry called "Skype"

and then a new entry inside that called "Phone"

The status bar at the bottom of regedit will show the following if you entered it correctly.

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Skype\Phone

Now add a new dword, call it "DisableVersionCheck"

and set the value to 1 (leave it set to hexadecimal)

now your skype wont update, if in future, you want to update, you need to set the value to 0