trying to set up a second Skype profile
With Skype running, sign out (file...sign out). You'll be at the sign in screen. Underneath your name is "don't have an account?". Click on that, create the new account. You may want to have "sign me in when Skype starts" deselected. From then on, when Skype starts, both user names will be presented in a drop-down list. You can have as many accounts as you want, it's quite simple. If you normally use one account, simply have that marked as "sign in with this account when Skype starts". Thereafter, simply sign out to move between user accounts.