Skype shows "Connecting" and never comes back

Upgraded to v7 recently.  Running a Win 8 desktop.  Had no issues w/Skype for years.
Now, after finally getting what I thought was a successful Installation, Skype just sits their in the desktop tray (pale icon) and says "connecting" and never comes back.  Disabled my firewall (which was never a problem before) and it didn't matter.
Frustrated, I clicked the desktop icon and then got another error indicating I am "logged onto this PC with another Skype account", where upon I then try to login to Skype with a different account, and it then infinitely just says "logging in".
I've uninstalled and re-installed countless times (and yes, countless reboots and shut-down / power back on) and I've finally given up using Skype for awhile, since nothing I can do makes a difference.
Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.

Try first to reset all Skype settings.
Quit Skype or use Windows Task Manager to kill any Skype.exe process. Go to Windows Start and in the Search/Run box type %appdata% and then press Enter or click the OK button. The Windows File Explorer will pop up. There locate a folder named “Skype”. Rename this folder to something different, e.g. Skype_old.
Next go to Windows Start and in the Search/Run box type %temp%\skype and then press Enter or click the OK button. Delete the DbTemp folder.
Restart Skype.
N.B. If needed, you will still be able to re-establish your call and chat history. All data is still saved in the Skype_old folder.

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