TeamViewer and Skype are completely different software with different purposes. But they have some of the same features: screen sharing and voice over IP (voice call). I love both applications and I use them frequently. But it seems they don’t work well together. I don’t mean integrate them, but TeamViewer doesn’t want to connect to another computer while a Skype voice call is active.
My case is like this: I was using voice call with screen sharing on Skype with my friend, to teach her to use TeamViewer. And after installation, she ran TeamViewer and told me the TeamViewer ID and password. Then from my end, I tried to connect to her computer a few times but all were rejected. This happened only while we were talking on voice call.
So I asked her to turn off Skype, and I tried to connect again. TeamViewer worked like a charm. I wonder what is blocking between TeamViewer and Skype? I would like to use Skype because it has clear voice call, and I would like to use TeamViewer for remote desktop to do tutorials. And I know that TeamViewer has a voice call function, but it’s not as clear as Skype voice call.
I’m using Windows Vista SP2, with TeamViewer 6.0 and Skype 4.1. And she uses Windows 7 with TeamViewer 6.0 and Skype 4.1 as well. So what’s wrong with both of them? Well, right now I couldn’t find any reasons except they use the same port and it blocks one another. So will TeamViewer or Skype work on this issue? Well, I hope so. Let’s see then.