Features:
- Free unlimited worldwide phone calls to other Skype users
- Superior sound quality ? better than your regular phone
- Works with all firewall, NAT and routers ? nothing to configure!
- Friends list shows you when your Skype friends are online and ready to talk or chat
- Super-simple and easy to use
- Your calls are encrypted ?end-to-end? for superior privacy
- Based on cutting edge peer-to-peer technology developed by the creators of Kazaa and Joltid
- Contact grouping
- Skype video (webcam)

In order to use Skype for Windows software, your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements:
- PC running Windows 2000 or XP
- 400 MHz processor
- 128 MB RAM
- 15 MB free disk space on your hard drive
- Sound Card, speakers and microphone
- Internet Connection (either dial-up: minimum 33.6 Kbps modem, or any broadband: cable, DSL, etc.)

Changes in 17.05.2006 version 2.5.0.82:
feature: SMS button added in profile for SkypeOut contacts
feature: extra Warning dialog displayed when executable file is opened
change: "Send SMS" hint should only be visible if mobile number is entered
change: if signed out, menu Help > ?Check for updates? will go to download webpage
change: SMS icon changed to service icon
change: "advanced" button made wider in authorization form
change: updated EULAs
change: updated language files
change: SMS window was missing my mood message
change: SMS window title should contain the telephone number or Skype name of the recipients
change: SMS authorization options design changed
change: uninformative error message when adding too many participants to SMS
change: AltGr + W closed SMS composition window
change: only focused emoticon animates in SMS windows
change: OK button changed to Accept in File Transfer window
change: button name was wrong in dialog when reseting back the original Voicemail greeting
bugfix: keyboard "#" character did not make the equivalent DTMF tones
bugfix: DTMF-s from dial pad did not work
bugfix: text missing in search window if Korean language is chosen
bugfix: "send chat message" button in Multi Chat button hidden in 16bit color mode
bugfix: number auto formatting incorrect when entered from history tab
bugfix: "outlook contacts" group missing when clicking View Outlook Contacts
bugfix: was possible to get "List Index out of bounds" error messages when using Shared Groups
bugfix: Chinese EULA was shown in installer when Czech language was used
bugfix: Estonian and Greek EULA missing from installer
bugfix: API: Accepting or declining Shared Group via API leaves invitation form open
bugfix: Portugal Portuguese, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Bulgarian languages were missing from installer
bugfix: Estonian, Netherlands, Greek, Portuguese Portugal EULA were missing in installer
bugfix: remove SkypeOut warning for free PSTN calls
bugfix: calling users when you ae in offline mode now disabled
bugfix: when pressing Add Contact - "Add" form is pre-filled with the user name in focus
bugfix: was not possible tp enter @ sign via Alt-Gr in to Payments in Client field
bugfix: Skype crashed on incoming PSTN call when number was not shown
bugfix: gray text in address bar changes when tab is changed from contacts tab to history tab
bugfix: icon on call tab looked bad on Windows 98 and Millennium Edition
bugfix: icons on File Transfer window looked bad on Windows 98 and Millennium Edition
bugfix: "Delete This Entry" was missing trash bin graphics
bugfix: unknown numbers missed "Delete This Entry" context item
bugfix: cost and balance in JPY shown wrong in SMS windows
bugfix: log area popup menu is back in SMS windows
bugfix: "remove from this group" option should be grayed out
bugfix: "this person has left the group" appeared on top of numbers
bugfix: there was no confirmation dialog when renaming a Shared Group
bugfix: Call Tab closed when calling a not existing Skype name