# Windows 10 Questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-questions/725555>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 18, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-questions/725555 "2015-07-18T22:57:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-questions/725555/21 "2015-07-24T11:28:43Z")

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> [@j\_sum1](#):
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> All I know is that I could not figure out a way to use Skype on my 8.1 laptop without logging in to a MS account.

Skype is a Microsoft service and uses Microsoft accounts for authentication. Skype for Windows 8.1 (the full-screen “modern” interface version) may have required you to use a Microsoft account for Windows login. But that’s a moot point now because Skype for Windows 8.1 has been discontinued. Windows 8.1 users are now instructed to use the windows desktop version of Skype. (Which has always been an option, and which many people already did.)

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