Hi all. I recently installed Skype on Win 8 and my video shows a black screen (internal webcam used). However in Win 7 my Skype video shows whole environment clearly (no black screen). I am really puzzled Help would be much appreciated.
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The thread discusses a user experiencing a black screen when using Skype's video feature on Windows 8, unlike in Windows 7 where it worked correctly. A helpful suggestion was to check Skype's settings, but the user resolved the issue by installing the latest Windows 8 desktop version of Skype, which fixed the problem. Overall, the user appreciates the assistance and notes that the updated version addresses the bugs encountered.
The thread discusses a user experiencing a black screen when using Skype's video feature on Windows 8, unlike in Windows 7 where it worked correctly. A helpful suggestion was to check Skype's settings, but the user resolved the issue by installing the latest Windows 8 desktop version of Skype, which fixed the problem. Overall, the user appreciates the assistance and notes that the updated version addresses the bugs encountered.
Solution
I installed the latest Windows 8 desktop version of Skype and it fixed the problem
!!! No more black screen. The normal Skype looks like it has a few bugs with Windows 8. Thanks anyways
I installed the latest Windows 8 desktop version of Skype and it fixed the problem
!!! No more black screen. The normal Skype looks like it has a few bugs with Windows 8. Thanks anyways