Skype killing my computer

So whenever i try to start skype my computer starts freezing and skype stops responding after a few moments. When i try to end the process in task manager it wont close. And after a few minutes everything stops responding and freezes including task manager and windows explorer
I'm on windows 7 64bit and i've uninstalled and reinstalled twice now but it does the exact same thing.

Please, run the DirectX diagnostics tool (32-bit only).
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.
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Skype freezes my computer

Skype keeps crashing on my laptop. I know its skype because it only happens when skype is on. As long as skype isn't running on my computer it can stay up for days. I only last a few hours if skype is open. 7.4.64.102 is my skype version. I don't think its an issues of version because I've had skype on this computer since December of last year. Help? Running on Windows 8.1. My DXDiag http://dumptext.com/RCibP4hs

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ACoops wrote:
Wow this has been a problem for me for months since updates from 6.1 even now updated 7.1 today. still computer freezes when i activate anything to to with video on skype. spent all afternoon working tonthis today updated all my drivers on cam, changed cams, updated video drives, checked direct x, checked time stamps on logs fianaly found this post down dated to 6.14 an all is great COME ON SKYPE!! this is obviusly a huge problem people are having when are you going to get your stuff together. and will they contunually to me to upgrade this version to get more functionallity?Anyway enough of my rant thanky you for the link to the old version at least i can use skype now For future reference, please run the DirectX diagnostics tool (32-bit mode). 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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Have i killed my computer?

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Pajamaman wrote:
i have the exact same problem, same brands of equipment too, gigabyte and AMD, have you also been having system crashes? where like out of warning your audio buggers up and your computer crashes?
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Hi, and welcome to the community!
Make sure your Skype version is up to date. Have you tried a clean reinstallation of Skype?
You can also try resetting your internet explorer settings.
Does it work if your Antivirus and Firewall are disabled?
If none of that works, please run the DirectX Diagnostics tool (DxDiag.exe). Click Save all information to save it to a text file. Please then zip the file and post it here.
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Skype crashes entire computer

Hello,
I've been using Skype redularly for weeks and there have been no issues until today.
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Please, run the DirectX diagnostics tool (32-bit mode).
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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Autherius wrote:
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Dippy,
This forum is for questions/feedback related to the forums themselves. Please refer to the iPod forums for iPod issues in the future. Also, please use the forums search feature. Your issue has been covered (over there) many times.
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