Cannot open Skype - "has encountered a problem and...

Hi all,
I haven't used Skype in a few months, and just tried opening it - it crashed immediately.  I completely uninstalled it, downloaded the latest version and installed that, and rebooted my pc.  It first opened and said it was updating, then crashed.  Since then, it cannot open at all - as soon as I clock on the desktop icon, it says it encountered and error and needs to close.  
I am running Windows XP with Service pack 3 and all current updates, and downloaded the current directX.  Not sure what could be causing the problem?  I'm ready to try uninstalling again and installing a much older version, but don't know if that will work either...

Please,  run the DirectX diagnostics tool.
Go to Windows Start and in the Run box type dxdiag.exe and press the OK button. This will start the DirectX diagnostics program. Run this diagnostics and save the results to a file. Please, attach this file to your post.
Be aware that you will have to zip this file before attaching it here.

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