This can be resolved in Windows or in the Skype client. That makes sense for regular calls but the “Share system sound” requires the opposite.

Windows is interfering – Windows sometimes decides to disable system sounds when it detects that a call is incoming or outgoing.

To switch back to grid view, tap the Speaker View button. To switch views in Skype on Android (6.0+), iPhone and iPad: Tap the Grid View button to switch to speaker view. Select either Grid view or Speaker view from the menu. How do you switch from grid view to speaker view in Skype? Also if you need to keep the window on time every time its start up, please, read here how you can pin any window (including Skype of course)always-on-top automatically upon its startup. To keep the Skype window Always-on-top – open the window and press Win+S. 3 Your contact, and conversation windows are now split and can be placed anywhere on your screen.

How to enable split screen mode: 1 Select the more menu. How to enable split screen mode in Skype? Press Esc (Windows) or double-click the video (macOS) to exit full screen mode. Using Full Screen Mode Open Skype on your computer.

On the right navigation pane, Under Display a notification in the Windows tray when someone… untick the box for comes online.

Skype’s notification area icon will vanish. Right-click the Skype icon in your notification area and click “Settings” or open the Skype window, click the “…” menu button, and click “Settings.” Click the “General” category and disable the “Show Skype in the Windows notification area (system tray)” option. How do I stop Skype from popping up Windows? Make sure that you and the person you are sharing your screen with are using a version of Skype that supports screen sharing. If you’re not in a call, you won’t have the option to share screens. You need to be in a voice or video call with the person you want to share your screen with.

The screen sharing options are grayed out.

If you are on an older version of Windows, click on ‘Advanced Display settings’ and change the Resolution from there. First and foremost, make sure your scaling is set to 100%. Go to Desktop, right-click and select Display settings.

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