Hi Loretta, Thanks for letting us know there was a problem. I updated skype to 3.5 last evening and thought this was the problem when I could not connect. I hope I did not do wrong as I went into update on the menu and it started to download. Do we need scripts for Skype as Stuart said before they were not necessary? Thought I had lost everything over weekend as lightening damaged my computer, apparently, came through the phone line. The phone card had to be replaced but otherwise all is well. I have been told there is a special 6 way, surge protector to prevent this happening which costs €20 which I have ordered. I had the overriding computer socket switch off at the time and thought this was sufficient. Anyway, all is well that ends well. Noreen ----- Original Message ----- From: Loretta Conaty To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:17 PM Subject: [vip_students] Skype Hi all, Just to let you all know that today I am having problems with Skype connecting to the Internet and I have tried different ways of trying to solve this but to no avail. So as I am on a Skype mailing list I found the below information and thought it might be of some help to anybody that is having the same problem: Start: Subject: Skype login problems Some of you may be having problems logging into Skype. Our engineering team has determined that it’s a software issue. We expect this to be resolved within 12 to 24 hours. Meanwhile, you can simply leave your Skype client running and as soon as the issue is resolved, you will be logged in. We apologise for the inconvenience. End As you can see from the above I think it best for me to just give it a chance and perhaps it will be resolved by Skype it self. Hope ye are all ok with your connections! Best regards, Loretta ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eleanor McLoughlin Sent: 16 August 2007 18:59 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] Placing a google shortcut on the desktop Hello Paul, In relation to step 9 to12 to create a shortcut for google, could you please advise why I am not able to complete the shortcut. Step 10. Focus on google by pressing g as previously mentioned on step 9, but step 10 going into properties, pressing alt +enter brings me into google properties not volume properties, which gives me web document page. I would be grateful if you could assist with the above query. Kind regards, Eleanor McLoughlin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.19/955 - Release Date: 15/08/2007 16:55