Contacts missing on PC - but works on mac???

I use two computers/two operating systems. When I use skype on my mac ALL my contacts shows up but when I login on my pc I only have 25 percent of my contacts?.  Help. I need skype to sync all contacts on all platforms that I use. Is there a setting I'm just not seeing somewhere??? Thanks.

Hi, Thanks for posting, which contacts are missing? Are they Skype Contacts? or are they Mac Addressbook Contacts that have been sync'd to Skype?  

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