Skype crashes

Soldato
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Hey all I am having trouble with Skype.

For over a month now when using Skype, if I open a message window to someone or they send a message to me it crashes the application, initially causing a spinning beach ball but then ending with a crash.

I have tried contacting Skype and Googling but there is no assistance to be found there.

I also tried spotlighting all files with the word Skype including system files and deleted them and the application its self and it still doesn't work. I also tried the latest beta and older versions performing the same delete each time.

I am really fed up with Skype not working and I can't seem to find any help anywhere else, I hope someone can suggest something else to try.

I don't know the exact error it reports back to Apple but its something to do with Kernel Protection Failure.
 
I get this all the time but don't know a fix for it. Would be interested to see if there is a solution. The current non-beta release has been out for ages now.
 
I assume you have uninstalled then re-installed Skype?

I am using Leopard (10.5.7) and have had no problems with it.

If you have Parallels/VM Fusion/VirtualBox, you can run the Windows version of Skype. Not a very elegant solution, but it depends how importantant Skype is for you.
 
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