Thanks to Skype, telephone conversations via the Internet are not the future for many onliners, but already long ago. Although the internet phone is not quite as reliable as the old-trusted “office”. But this is something you like to accept, because the conversations are free or at least very cheap.
1. Make the Internet connection free
It becomes annoying only when Skype denies the service, if connections so rushing, one can not hear each other or only badly or conversations completely demolish. What you can do about it, we'll show it to you.
2. Turn off other programs
Skype needs the internet connection - and a nice piece of it. A DSL connection usually suffices. But which rule is without exception? As the largest braking shoe, a bittorrent client running in the background has proven to be the hardest to upload data to the network and make the connection in the sender direction "dense". But also a program, which just online-update a large download on the disk pulls, can impact on Skype calls.
3 .. Check the wireless connection
Therefore, make sure you are aware of which programs are using the Internet connection. They do not even need to run on your computer, but they can also be at home from other family or community members.
5. Buy better microphone
Skype needs computing power. If this is not enough, then the quality of the conversation is good. For this reason, for example, Skype is only a limited means of communication if you want to gamble online games online and have a conversation with your fellow players at the same time. If the virus scanner starts and / or the PC is no longer the fastest anyway, the skype is no longer fun.
If there are connection problems, turn off all the programs you do not need, which can damage the computer. You can identify them in the Windows Taskmanager ("Processes" tab, "CPU" column)
Do you use Skype from a computer that is connected to the Internet via WLAN? Then two problems are waiting for you. On the one hand, the range of your WLAN could be too low. If you are on the edge of your WLAN with your computer, you often notice that the Skype connection is always stuck or even completely broken. In such cases, check the reception quality using the Windows network settings.
In addition, it could be that you run your WLAN on a radio channel, which also uses other WLANs. This can also lead to collisions. Which free WLANs in your neighborhood on which channel spark, reveals the free software Netstumbler. If you use a FritzBox from AVM as a router, the included WLAN monitor shows the same information.
4. Check the source of the source
Modern PCs have more and more microphones that are plugged into the webcam, the headset, the monitor and the computer itself (especially notebooks). Skype is grabbing one of them - when it's stupid, the one that is farthest from your mouth.
Therefore, check that Skype has the right microphone. To do this, click "Audio Settings" in Skype under "Actions \ Options \ General". Make sure that the device of your choice is set to the right under "Microphone". If you remove the "Enable automatic sound adjustment" checkbox, you can adjust the recording sensitivity yourself.
On this occasion, you should also take a look at the speakers and the device used for ringing.
Microphones, in particular, installed in notebooks and monitors, are often of inferior quality and also record many secondary noises. A simple headset that you connect to the computer via a jack plug is available for a few euros at the retailer.
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