A follow-up on this: MS sent out email this morning with instructions

on how to uninstall the "Modern" (aka Metro) version of Skype and

update/upgrade the Desktop version. Be warned the desktop version has

checkboxes pre-checked to install "Click to Call" so Skype reads every

web page and turns phone numbers into Skype links, (whether they send

them to "the cloud" I don't know, but I'd be suspicious) and a second

dialog that wants to make Bing your default search engine and MSN your

homepage, because you know, that has so much to do with Skyping.

Bing's not a bad search engine, I just think trying to slipstream in a

feature like this is underhanded and looks desperate.

Most everything seems functional after the upgrade/date, and "Modern"

removal. Not that deep under Tools, Options, Advanced, they have

turned on Automatic Updates. I have mixed feelings about this. As a

former conference speaker, I was superstitious about doing _anything_

to the machine the week before a conference, because things would stop

working. OTOH, for most consumers, it's the only way they stay

up-to-date.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Vince Teachout <teachv@taconic.net> wrote:

> On 6/11/2015 1:48 PM, Ted Roche wrote:

>>

>> Well, in this case, it's the "Modern" (previously "Metro") version of

>> the app, the touch-only app with reduced features. Good riddance, imo.

>

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> Plus one, Amen, and hell yeah to that!

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