Skype Going Offline and Online Randomly?

Hi, my Skype keeps going offline and offline very quickly, not even offline then a few seconds later, online, as in every second it's on and off and on and off... etc. Also, if I try to message someone while it's doing this it gives me a really far-off date like February 5, 2020, but it's only when this is happening. In addition, it sometimes drops me from calls and it randomly tells me it's like, five of my contact's birthdays at once. I'm running Windows XP and I'm sure I have the latest version, as I just uninstalled then reinstalled Skype. I'd like to know if this is my internet or Skype freaking out, thanks for reading
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You have the well known "time-travelling" bug on your Windows XP computer.
Try this:
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Hello there, Kishoresaraogi.
The following Knowledge Base article provides some great steps to troubleshoot your issue:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2802
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SOLUTION to your HP printer going offline and/or constantly disconnecting from the network

If you are having a problem printing, scanning or faxing with any HP Printer because of it going offline and constantly disconnecting from the network, here is the fix!
I figured this all out after many unsuccessful attempts with HP Support, my Internet Service Provider and various troubleshooting tasks including reinstalling HP software over and over and over. Well, through self teaching on the internet and 6 grueling months of research, I FINALLY figured it out. OMG! I am a Paramedic (not IT) and somewhat computer literate but by far no expert. I here all of you! Nobody seems to have the answer but I am 97% sure that I do. Either way, please reply back and let me know that this did in fact work for you! :-)
It doesn't matter if your printer is installed wirelessly or wired. Don’t worry about reinstalling your software, no recycling your printers’ power or your Router/Modem. The reason your printer is unstable on the network and continues to either go offline or disconnect from the network is NOT because the software is glitched, it’s not a firewall problem per say, it’s not a router problem, there isn’t a problem with your power cord, it’s because most networks use a “range” of IP addresses and for security purposes, it sort of “cycles” the various devices’ IP addresses to decrease the chance of an attack. A printer is no threat but the “network” doesn’t possess human intelligence so it doesn’t know this. Below are my step by step instructions on how to basically make your printer hold its IP address (static IP) instead of changing back and forth through a cycle therefore dropping your printer off the network or disconnecting.
Funny, if you are someone who has had items in your print cue, they won’t print, and you turn your printer off and then back on and suddenly your documents print…well, join my club. The reason this works is because when you first turn on the printer, it starts with the same IP address before it cycles. If you are someone who sits there for a while and suddenly your documents print without you changing anything…this is because through the IP cycle change, it hits your printers IP address and the network will allow it to print. Not very funny, I know. It took me forever to figure out why my printer would print sometimes but not all the time. Since I figured this out, I can SCAN, PRINT and use all of the features of my installed HP software such as HP Solution Center, Photosmart Essentials.
On your printer, go to menu/setup/network and press OK. Inside the network menu, print a "network configuration page" so you can see the IP address and other settings for your printer.
Now, go back to main menu on your printers’ screen. Or you can go to your web browser and type in the IP address using the decimals too and this will take you to your printers’ web page. Choose: setup\network and press OK. Look for IP settings and press OK. Choose "manual" instead of "automatic". Enter the IP address there manually as well as the default gateway which you can see on the network configuration page that you printed earlier. Note: If you manually set the printer's IP, make sure that it is outside of your router's DHCP range. Otherwise you may run into an issue with duplicate IP's on your network. (If you don’t know how to do this, write back and I will explain). Don’t forget to click “save changes”. Now, restart your computer and print anything you want. :-)
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I am new in OC, can any body tell me What is difference in Offline and Online Procedure and how we create it .

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The sound on my HP Pavilion dv6 goes up and down randomly on its own

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I noticed that your HP Deskjet F300 keeps going offline, and not printing. I am happy to help!
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for couple of weeks ago i had a problem with Mail program and then it started to miss up entire system which even my apple id didn't work so i delete my entire keychain and then i add all again it start to work but now i have a problem with mail program which goes offline and i quit the program and leave it for couple of minutes and then i run it again it worked for 2 second and then goes offline again this is problem number one in other hand i can't send any email from program my emails go to the Outbox and after couple of minuts asking me to resend it which i usually don't do it and send it directly from website any suggestion i can fix this ? i called apple support afew weeks ago the guy didn't respond correctly and told me he has to call the engineer or something like that and after that because it took a lot of time one of my friend fix the problem for me but now i still have problem with this
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Skype-to-go and Online Number

Hi,
I am an American graduate student who will be living in Canada for a year. I plan on purchasing a Canadian cell phone plan but would still like to be able to call and be called easily by my family and friends in the states. I was considering purchasing both a skype-to-go plan to call people in the US and getting an online number so that people in the US could call me for free (as well as an unlimited us/Canada plan). Would this work, as long as I get a mobile plan with a lot of minutes, or would there be additional/roaming fees? I know that Skype-to-Skype would also be possible but, I'm not sure that I'll have a data plan.
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Hi,
I am an American graduate student who will be living in Canada for a year. I plan on purchasing a Canadian cell phone plan but would still like to be able to call and be called easily by my family and friends in the states. I was considering purchasing both a skype-to-go plan to call people in the US and getting an online number so that people in the US could call me for free (as well as an unlimited us/Canada plan). Would this work, as long as I get a mobile plan with a lot of minutes, or would there be additional/roaming fees? I know that Skype-to-Skype would also be possible but, I'm not sure that I'll have a data plan.
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What you outline is good, stuff you can use Skype for. There is a sequence you would want to follow, which will help you save a little $$$ in the process.
First thing you should probably do is get your Unlimited USA & Canada subscription. This covers calling to landlines and mobile phones in both countries at US$ 2.99/month. If purchased on a yearly basis, you get a 15% discount, knocking the price down to just over US$ 30/year. Once you have this, you will be able to make calls from Skype to landline and mobile phones in both countries, and use this to cover the calls forwarded from Skype to your Canadian number.
Once you have the subscription, purchase the US Online Number. Ideally, you should get it in the same city as the people who would call you most, trying to make the call for them a free local call. Skype does not have Online Numbers in all 50 US states and not in all US area codes, so take a look at what's there. Even if you can't get a number in the same city as your friends and family, at least it would be a domestic long-distance call instead of making them call a Canadian number at international rates from the USA. With the subscription, you can get a 50% discount on the price of the Online Number. For a year, that makes the Online Number US$ 30. Not a bad deal. You would not be charged by Skype to receive calls on the Online Number. With the subscription as outlined above, you can forward calls to any number covered by your subscription (in Canada or the USA) for no additional charges from Skype.
Then get the Skype To Go number. You may be able to get the number so it is a local call for you wherever you are going to be in Canada. Be very careful about the city and area code/prefix combination for the Skype To Go number, as this could be a long-distance call for you. Using the mobile phone, those calls may be covered by your mobile plan. Not all calls to all area codes for a particular Canadian city may be considered as free local calls. You can then set up Skype To Go to remember your Canadian number, so you don't have to enter a PIN code every time you call the Skype To Go number to make calls. These calls would either be covered by your subscription (free calling to US and Canadian numbers), or require Skype Credit if calling somewhere not covered by the subscription.
You will have to consult with your mobile carrier on the particulars for receiving calls. Some plans may give you unlimited incoming calls, where others will allow you a specified number of minutes per month. The cheapest monthly plans will probably charge you some amount per minute for incoming calls. All of this is outside of Skype's control, so make sure you're set up for this and know what you're getting from the mobile carrier.
As you stated, you will need to have some sort of data plan if you intended to use the Skype app on your mobile phone in Canada, and use the mobile network as your Internet connection. If you have access to WiFi, that would take care of the Internet access, but do make sure of what you get from the mobile carrier. Chances are good that you won't have an "unlimited" data plan option from the Canadian carrier, just like how the US mobile carriers are going now, so make sure of whatever you are getting in this regard.
On a past trip to western Canada a couple of years ago, I did a similar thing as you are going to do. I already had a US Online Number and a subscription covering calls to the US, and obtained a Vancouver Skype To Go number so I could access Skype from Canada when not on the Internet. I purchased a Rogers Wireless prepaid SIM in Vancouver with a Vancouver number which had an optional data plan (paid per day), so I could avoid roaming charges from my US mobile carrier. I set up Skype to forward calls to the Canadian number while I was in Canada, so callers to my US Online Number didn't have to change anything they did to reach me. Whenever I called back to the US, I rang my Vancouver Skype To Go number, then made the cross-border calls using Skype (covered by my subscription). I saved a lot of $$$, compared to using my US mobile number in Canada and getting clobbered by roaming fees. I ended up only using Skype when on WiFi, instead of paying for that optional data plan on the prepaid Canadian SIM. It takes some thought and work to set up, but it was worth it.
Good luck!
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I think in this scenarion, you will not be able to avoid getting a Mexican mobile number.
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HP Photosmart B110a constantly goes offline and won't print via USB either

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I've connected the printer to my wireless network without any issues, but when I first tried to connect my macbook pro to the printer, it would keep disappearing from the network. Once I finally managed to connect it, every time I go to print something now, it will always say it is offline. Even when I try and bypass the wireless connection and connect via USB, it will still say it is offline.
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- Print a Network Config Page from the front of the printer. Note the printer's IP address.
- Type that IP address into a browser to reveal the printer's internal settings.
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