If you prefer to work with MSI files, download the Skype for Business version at http://c.skype.com/download/skype/windows/business/.
Skype provides an IT Administrator guide that includes a table of registry keys for controlling policies such as automatic updates and becoming a supernode: http://www.skype.com/go/administrators.guide
The additional install commands below modify the registry to disable automatic updates, supernodes and running at login by default. ==version Version 5.0==
<source lang="xml">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <packages> <package
id="skype"
name="Skype"
revision="
20101124005.0.32.156"
reboot="false"
priority="
50"> <variable name="version" vaule="5.0
.32.156"
/>
<!-- Skype uses the special TM character in its Add/Remove Programs DisplayName, and WPKG does not like that, so I am doing a version check on Skype.exe. -->
<check type="file" condition="
versiongreaterorequalversionequalto" path="%PROGRAMFILES%\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" value="
5.0.32.152%version%" />
<install cmd='msiexec
.exe /qn /i "%SOFTWARE%\
Applications\Communications\Skype 5.0skype\SkypeSetup
-%version%.msi"
INSTALLLEVEL' /> <install cmd=
'%COMSPEC% /C reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Skype\Phone" /v "DisableVersionCheckPolicy" /d "1
ALLUSERS" /t REG_DWORD /f' /> <install cmd=
'%COMSPEC% /C reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Skype\Phone" /v "DisableSupernodePolicy" /d "1
TRANSFORMS" /t REG_DWORD /f' /> <install cmd=
:RemoveDesktopShortcut'%COMSPEC% /C reg delete "HKU\.
mst;:RemoveStartup.mst DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /
qnv "Skype" /f' />
<upgrade cmd='msiexec
.exe /qn /i "%SOFTWARE%\
Applications\Communications\Skype 5.0skype\SkypeSetup
-%version%.msi"
INSTALLLEVEL=1 ALLUSERS=1 TRANSFORMS=:RemoveDesktopShortcut.mst;:RemoveStartup.mst /qn' />
<remove cmd='"%PROGRAMFILES%\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" /shutdown' />
<remove cmd='msiexec
.exe /x{9C538746-C2DC-40FC-B1FB-D4EA7966ABEB} /qn /norestart' />
</package
> </packages>
</source>
==version 4.1==
The following is an update for version 4.1