Skype has stopped working error in Windows 7

"I recently had this same problem, where my SKYPE would quit after every 5 seconds with a message that said "Skype has stopped working.Windows will now close the program". 

Here is what I did for it to work again. This worked for me, lets hope it works for you too.

1. Firstly you will need to close your skype. Be sure that it is closed by checking the system tray. If skype's icon is still there, right click it and select quit.

2. Next you will need to select show Hidden files from your folder view option.

3. Once that is done press WindowsKey + R: to start the Run Utility

4. Type %appdata%\Skype in it and press enter

5. Delete the shared.xml file.

6. Restart Skype and its done! 

7. A new shared.xml file will be created. And Skype should start working again.

Setup FTP server using IIS in Windows 7

Start your IIS Manager. The version of IIS Manager that I have used is 6.0. The IIS Manager looks like as shown below.

Now as you can see, I already have 2 website and 1 FTP site configured. Ignore them for now, Lets create a new FTP site.

Right Click as shown in the figure and select Add new FTP option,

Select a name for your FTP Site, and enter the physical path for the content of the FTP site.

Assingn the IP address and the port on which the FTP server will be running, the default port number for a FTP site is 21. You may also enable SSL if needed, and provide the certificate by selecting the certificate from the list.

I have not selected SSL for simplicity,

Then next is where you will define Authorization and Authencation rules. In the example below, I have allowed access to both anonymous as well as basic user. But I have limited their access to READ only by not selecting the Write checkbox.

And TADA .. your FTP is ready!!

You may also change the configuration from the options provided as seen above….

All the options have very user friendly interfaces, and are very easy to configure,

Regards,

YRS