For a while there I solved my problem with finding a working version of skype 7, but then those morons went and shut it down completely, so basically I can no longer use skype on my laptop anymore. I tried signing in with a different account - same thing. I tried portable version of skype I found - same thing. I tried skype for web - same thing there. It first gives me the option to sign in with my details, but the moment I press sign in, the blue loading screen shows up with the circle spinning and spinning, and never actually letting me in. Then suddenly.when I attempted to sign in with the changed password - this happened. Then I read about changing your password and name, and I went ahead and did that. So I started searching for solution online, and I attempted the usual steps - uninstalling and reinstalling, clearing appdata skype folder, etc, nothing helped. We could video call and voice call and I received messages from her but when I sent any to her, it stuck on sending and never arrived. Then I noticed that my best friend who lives overseas and is my main person I talk to on there, doesn't receive my messages. I upgraded (what an irony to call it an upgrade) to the latest version and at first it was working. The issue started in January 2019, when I was first prompted (forced) to upgrade from the lovely version 7.x.

Skype sign in screen