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Microsoft has opted to kill off its Messenger instant-messaging product and is replacing it with Skype Skype wasn't preinstalled on Surface RT devices right out of the gate because Skype didn't quite make the internal deadline cut-off for preinstallation Skype for Windows 8 also was set to be preinstalled on "the top 12 Windows OEMs' machines," Skype officials said. On October 26, the day Windows 8 and its ARM-based sibling, Windows RT, were made generally available. Instead, Skype for Windows 8 was made available as a downloadable Windows Store app With Windows 8, Skype did not ship as one of the set of Microsoft pre-installed apps.

Skype not connecting to internet windows 8.1 windows 8.1#

Plus, like any of the Microsoft-developed "in-the-box" apps, users can unpin them from their Windows 8.1 Start screens or uninstall them completely, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed. antitrust authorities a decade-plus ago? It's a bolder Microsoft these days, with execs noting that if all its competitors bundle, Microsoft should be able to, as well. What's with all the bundling? Didn't Microsoft shy away from doing this after getting its hand slapped by the U.S. Other appss in that group include Xbox Music, Video, Games, SkyDrive, Internet Explorer, Photos, Mail, the Bing AppEx apps (like Sports, Finance, Travel) and more. confirmed Skype will be among the apps Microsoft ships as part of the Windows 8.1 package (for both Intel- and ARM-based devices). In a blog post on August 15, Ryan Gavin - the former Internet Explorer General Manager whose new title is General Manager of the newly created Microsoft Apps & Services unit

It's no big surprise, but Microsoft officials are confirming that Skype will be one of the set of Microsoft-developed consumer apps that will be "in the box" with Windows 8.1.

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