Skype is a software that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet (VoIP). A monthly subscription for unlimited calls inside Canada or the United States cost $2.95USD/month. Unfortunately, incoming calls can’t be received in Canada because it doesn’t support phone numbers for VoIP.
I use Skype a lot at home (helps me reduce my mobile phone bill) and at work (since I have many conference calls without any headset). At work I opted to use an unofficial portable version that can run on an USB drive.
Setting up Portable Skype
UPDATE: Skype Portable has been released!
To begin, an already installed version of Skype on the desktop computer is required. Please note that Portable Skype only works with version 3.8 and lower. Archive versions of Skype can be found at FileHippo.com.
- Download PortableSkype.zip, a launcher program that help runs the actually Skype application.
- Extract the zip file into your portable apps directory. e.g.
G:\PortableApps\PortableSkype - From the desktop installation copy
C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exeto the Portable Skype directoryG:\PortableApps\PortableSkype\skype
Skype can now be run from the USB drive by executing G:\PortableApps\PortableSkype\PortableSkype.exe
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