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   Dempa (karma: +10), 11 may 2016 at 10:50 #

   This seems to be the last version of Skype which doesn't crash with the Radeon R7 200 series graphics card. Testing it with R7 270 (non-X version)

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      Administrator (karma: +1207), 13 may 2016 at 00:13 # ↑

      Hi! As I understand, the newer versions like 7.23.0.105 do not work on your system? Can you share please more details about this bug? What's your operating system, which events occur on Event Viewer, what’s the error message/code, when Skype crashes (at start, on call or something else)?

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         Dempa (karma: +10), 17 may 2016 at 10:22 # ↑

         The newer versions "work" on my system, but when I turn on my cam, after a couple of minutes Skype will almost always crash. When it crashes, Windows will usually pop up a bubble in the taskbar telling me that I can change my theme to improve performance. This is a known bug to the Skype developers, they said it's a problem with R7 200 series! It doesn't happen on this Skype version however.
         
         I think it has something to do with when the cam switches resolution or something, because it seems to happen mostly when the connection starts going bad. I really hope they fix this soon.
         
         Anyway, my system is Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, AMD Phenom II X4 955, Radeon R7 270, 8 GB RAM.

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            Administrator (karma: +1207), 18 may 2016 at 03:22 # ↑

            It seems there are only two known workarounds of the problem: using and old version of Skype and rollback graphics drivers. But how about webcam drivers? Did you try to update or roll them back?

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               Dempa (karma: +10), 18 may 2016 at 08:48 # ↑

               I tried rolling back the graphics drivers to some previous version that was recommended on a Skype forum. They said it'd probably work, but it did NOT work for me!
               
               My webcam is LifeCam HD-3000 and I had the latest drivers. I like to keep my stuff updated. Crashing. Then I tried using Windows own generic webcam driver...still crashing.
               
               The only thing that made the crashing stop for me was using an older Skype version!

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                  Administrator (karma: +1207), 18 may 2016 at 16:40 # ↑

                  Then, doubt if I can somehow help you. The only thing that I would like to check is DxDiag report. If you don't mind send me this report, save DxDiag.txt file according to diagnosing instructions, upload it to http://uploads.skaip.org/uploader and tell me your ID.

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                     Dempa (karma: +10), 18 may 2016 at 19:25 # ↑

                     That's fine, it was more of an announcement to other users than a plea for help :) Thanks

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                        Administrator (karma: +1207), 19 may 2016 at 05:19 # ↑

                        I would be glad if I could help, but unfortunately, this is beyond my abilities. If that’s not too much trouble for you, please let me know when the problem will be fixed or if you’ll find a better workaround rather than using this version of Skype.

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