Which Skype version runs on NT4 without shell update? (if any?)

I know versions old 1.2.xxx - 1.4.xxx work fine on NT4 with shell upd. but I don't want to install IE + Active Desktop on this old laptop (it doesn't have much memory and it would consume extra 8-10MB of RAM right away)

TIA

Wouldn't a common controls update be enough?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

you could just hexedit skype so that it links to the ie4 version of shell32.dll so it gets the apis it wants but you dont actually install the shellupdate.

you just need to put the file something like shell32.ie4 and then hexedit skype.exe to goto shell32.ie4 instead of shell32.dll

shellie4.dll would be better... for the extension... i think...

maybe it probably doesnt matter that much i had a computer which had it as shell32.ie4 to run spider solitare on nt4 and that worked fine

Oh ok then I just thought that dll extension would matter... I guess that it will not...

it probably matters if it is a main system dll but since its only linked to one app it doesnt matter

OK guys, one more question:

Which oldest Skype version started to support video? (It looks like there were new versions released every week and holiday since its inception LOL) I want oldest version possible, because with every newer version this chatter is getting a hog straight on a path to become typical bloatware as I noticed making occasional installation for other people. I haven't use Skype myself since I tested it out years ago (~v.1.2), I still prefer NetMeeting since its already there on every Windoze and it has more capabilities than any skype/msn/yahoo/aol/etc combined LOL but nevertheless, I am under friends' pressure to start using this yet-another-useless-chatter :/

Edited July 12, 200719 yr by no1none

I think that the first one was : 05.01.2006 version 2.0.0.69

I think that the first one was : 05.01.2006 version 2.0.0.69

Thx for reply.

I tested it and got all kind of problems (too much to write about).

Finally I went for one lower version I could find (1.4.0.84), and it runs perfect, even on a 133 MHz machine too ;-)