Double video on received calls

I've had a weird issue (maybe it's even some obscure feature?)... whenever I receive a video call, I get two video windows. They're both fine, they both work simultaneously, except that one has the usual Windows UI frames, while the other one is somehow stand-alone, floating. I usually close the latter by clicking the X (yes, that's there too), and the call goes on. Any idea what could be causing this and how to get rid of it?
Also, I've noticed that lately the system resources usage during video-calling gets pretty high (i.e. the fan starts blowing at full rpm, and all temperatures shown in my SpeedFan are 60-70 degrees Celsius (normally they're up to 40)). Planned obsolescence or something that can be fixed?
(Skype version is 32-bit 7.1.0.105, running on Windows 7 64-bit)
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I guess that what you are seeing is the pop-out window that is activated when the main Skype window is not in focus.
In Skype go to Tools -> Options -> Call -> Show advanced options. Uncheck the option: "Show call controls when Skype is in the background".

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