Enable Skype Groups and Hiding Contacts

I was asked the following:

Question….

I have completed my 1st pattern….after it was done & 229 Skype users added me as a contact, I then sent my introduction message…..it now shows in my ungrouped folder in Skype that I have 229 contacts, but I cannot see anything in Skype….when I go to my ungrouped folder, it’s empty, nothing showing in there…..please advise

Answer….

You need to make sure you have groups enabled and also in preset groups that ‘ungrouped’ is enabled. You could be hiding contacts as well. Also, be sure before any search and add you empty your ungrouped so you are not mixing people. There’s a post on my blog about setting up groups and moving contacts. http://peaceatlast.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/creating-skype-groups-and-moving-contacts/

How to check and solve…

On your main skype go to “view” then down to “contact groups” this will pop out a list. At the top will be “enable groups” there should be a check by this, if not click it and this will disappear. Repeat the steps view, contact groups and now you should see a check next to “enable groups” then near the bottom you’ll see “preset groups” scroll down to this and a menu will pop out. Be sure there’s a check next to “ungrouped” if not, click it and the same thing, this will disappear, repeat the steps to go back to this and there should be a check next to “ungrouped” now. Clicking these groups in the menu will check those not, and uncheck those checked.

Also, go to “view” then “contacts that are” and see if there is a check by “not sharing details” if there is a check skype will hide those that have not added you. I have mine set this way so I can easily find those that have added me but this could be another reason you see no one in ungrouped. It would show the number of people but not the names.

Message Magic Connected To Skype – How to verify and allow Message Magic to communicate with skype.

The following are directions for Skype 3.8 and Skype 4.0 .

In order to use Message Magic it must be connected to skype. Here is how you can verify that and also change it to allow communication if it was not set properly at time you installed it.

First step is to open up the “Manage API” to do this you click the two black arrows at the bottom of your main skype window. For location see image below. This is for Skype 3.8 only. For skype 4.0 go to next step.

For Skype 4.0 to get to the following screens you need to do these steps first:

On your main skype click “tools” tab scroll to bottom of list and choose “options”  and the Skype Options window will open. Click on the “advanced” tab. At the bottom of this window you will see two arrows facing opposite directions next to a link that says “manage other programs access to skype” click this link and you’ll be on the window of figure 2 below. Follow the directions from here for both versions.

When you click these arrows or link it will open up the API Manager and Message Magic should be listed as “Allowed to use skype.” If it is not you click “change” so that you can allow them to communicate. See image below.

When you click change the screen below will open. You put a “tick” mark to select “Allow this program to use skype and then click “okay.” See image below.

When you click okay you will be taken back to the main API screen. Click okay and you are now set to use Message Magic. See image below.

If you find Skype does not list Message Magic at all do the following to get them to communicate and ask permission:

Be sure you have skype running. Start Message Magic and click on “load contacts” on the right side of your MM software below the text box. When you do this it will initiate them to communicate. When asked for permission tell it to allow.

A common error received when Skype and MM is not connected and/or allowed is:

 ****time out! please try again****

If you get this error you have not done the steps to connect them.

New Skype Hack Attempts – Do not accept file sends

Urgent Update 5-11-09: If you accepted this file and did not open it you are still comprimised. Confirmed hijack of skype account that accepted, did not open and deleted. DO NOT ACCEPT FILES FROM ANYONE

***New Names added below***

WARNING I received a file send 4867jpg.scr from Steve Hennessee, there is no history in his chat, my skype history, and I can’t seem to locate a chat room with him in it either to check. Please be careful if you receive this, it IS NOT showing in his chat history or my history log and he is not  replying to anyone. It is not Steve but a hacker.

This happened to a number of people months ago and is apparently still occurring. These files will come from persons you know and on your contact list. They may or may not respond. Several that lost their accounts to the hackers thought they were in conversation with their friend they do that sort of thing with all the time, send pictures between them.

The difference with this is, it DOES NOT come in normal. There’s no record in the person who sent it’s chat history or your history on your main skype page.  It is unclear how these files are being sent through skype.

If you receive files sent to you like this DO NOT ACCEPT and block the sender. If not they will repeatedly attempt to send the file.

Should anyone accept this file it gives them access to your skype account which they take over. They then in turn send the same file to your list of contacts and have also gained access to persons paypal accounts.

None of the victims of this have been able to get their skype accounts back and/or their money returned.

This is a very serious threat please use extreme caution. Do not save, download or open this file. Many of them did not even open the file it was simply self executable.

If you accepted this file you could lose access to your skype account, they change the password and infiltrate your account spreading the virus and getting money from paypal.

If you accepted it DELETE it and run a virus checker. This somehow gives them your access so you may not even be able to log into your account. If you think you possibly got infected change your password before they do. Log out of skype and warn all your friends you’ve possibly been hacked.

Just from the warnings I sent today to some friends the names list is growing. Please be aware of the following skype accounts:

Steve Hennessee, Eloise Lord, Ron Hird, Carla Carey,  Clint Burgess

Latest added names: drbarton54, kanndogirl

May 24th 9pm file send attempt from Mark Clutterbuck

I will try to post any new names reported to me as hacked or deemed suspicious during this latest hacker attack.

To block  hacked or suspicious accounts click “menu” on their name in your list and then “block this user.”

A Growing List Of Contacts with Skype and Message Magic: An incredible Value

Message Magic generates a growing list of contacts through skype and myspace. It is something every entrepreneur, online marketer, online business, program, company or store needs…contacts.

I hear comments time to time like “i’m to busy with my current program” or “my main focus is on such and such” and okay, that’s as it should be. But…the thing I do not understand is when these very people making these comments have access to, and are paying for a software tool that is all about building contacts. Every program or business no matter what you are in needs contacts. Without them you have no customers.

Let me ask you this… How much do you spend on advertising each month without even questioning it? Do you spend time surfing traffic exchanges? You know time is money…  Think about all the things you currently do to try and grow your business and the results you are getting. Are you on safe lists? Are you doing solo ads? Buying credits on exchanges? All of these things add up to expense both time and money wise and what are you getting for it?

Message Magic costs $15 a month for the paid version. There’s even a free limited use version available. With that you gain access to millions of leads. You can search and return hundreds if not thousands of users daily in a matter of moments. You do not even have to be watching while it does the searches. Then with one click you can send an add request to them. With one click you can send them a message. Do you see the power in this software?

You will not have the contact potential at this price anywhere else. Message Magic in no way competes with your business or program in any way as it is uniquely it’s own. It is a real, viable, stand alone product that happens to have a compensation plan. This is where people have lost their focus.

Those who come in to Message Magic and focus only on the earnings do earn but, do you gain as well? No. If you are not using the software you are selling yourself short and doing an injustice to yourself, the software and any program you are in.

If you added only 1 contact a day how many contacts would you have at the end of a year?

All of this for $15 a month and you can even earn income from it. How great is that? It’s like being paid to advertise!

Creating Skype Groups and Moving Contacts

Question: How do I move the contacts that have added me to their list into a group of their own?

Answer: You go to your main skype and to the right of the word “groups” there is a “+” symbol. Click that and a type box will appear. Type the name of the group you wish to call it and click enter. You now have a new group. To move contacts to the group hi-light the first person, generally in ungrouped, and then click ‘control A” and this will hi-light the entire list. Drag and drop them into the group you just created.

See screen shot below for locations and at a glance directions.