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speed and connectivity

my browsing has slowed suddenly and dramatically and shutting down the computer also takes a long time. It is accompanied by messages that say "waiting for background program to close" (every time) and "preparing to reco …

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Editing in Movie Maker

Trying to edit a video (with audio) of our band performing; want to split it into small segments. The video is nearly 50 min long and is a large MOV file. When I download it to Movie Maker, MM spends a long time 'prepari …

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Unable to delete some emails from inbox (Windows 2012)

I keep getting " unknown error has occurred" when I try to delete some emails from my Inbox (Windows Mail 2012). I try moving them to the delete folder but unable to do so. I have tried to " Repair all Windows Essentials …

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Windows Movie Maker

Hi, I have inserted and edited an audio track with narration on my project. When i published the movie every time teh narration starts beggins with a fade in. Can you help me to solve this issue?

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Windows Movie Maker – Narration fades in

---Original Title: Windows Movie Maker--- Hi, I have inserted and edited an audio track with narration on my project. When i published the movie every time teh narration starts beggins with a fade in. Can you help me to …

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Movie Maker

I recently had old Super 8mm films transferred to a DVD. Each reel of film plays as a chapter and the Dvd plays fine in Windows Media Player. When I downloaded it to my videos file it was split into two files - VTS_01_1. …

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Windows movie maker not saving

I have noticed that many people are having the same issue I have with the movie maker not saving. I went to save my movie after I finished putting it all together with pictures and sound. I go through all the steps you h …

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Windows movie maker not saving

I have noticed that many people are having the same issue I have with the movie maker not saving. I went to save my movie after I finished putting it all together with pictures and sound. I go through all the steps you h …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 29, 2016

Movie maker Error

Windows Movie Maker error ... whenever i try to add some video file in project it says "Movie Maker Transcoder has stopped working" plz help

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photo gallery edit

is there a way to undo only the last edit change I made without losing all the changes?

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 28, 2016

Movie Maker

I finished my movie project and want to save my movie to a wmv file format. I tried 3 times, as soon as the save status get up to about 40%, my computer is shut down by the app. I mean lights out as if someone had pulled …

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Movie Maker

I finished my movie project and want to save my movie to a wmv file format. I tried 3 times, as soon as the save status get up to about 40%, my computer is shut down by the app. I mean lights out as if someone had pulled …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 28, 2016

Movie Maker is not saving the entire file

I have uploaded an audio clip to movie maker in order to save to YouTube but it is not saving the entire audio. Cuts that last 2 minutes off each time. I've tried saving as mp4 as well as mvp. Any suggestions?!

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Movie Maker is not saving the entire file

I have uploaded an audio clip to movie maker in order to save to YouTube but it is not saving the entire audio. Cuts that last 2 minutes off each time. I've tried saving as mp4 as well as mvp. Any suggestions?!

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 28, 2016

Windows Photo Gallery, WIN7, 32 bit

I had to wipe an infected disk and reinstall Windows 7. I lost all photos and Win Photo Gallery. Can't seem to get it reinstalled. Question: What to do?

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Windows Movie Maker

I was using movie maker and everything was fine then all of a sudden all the clips were green and had no preview and now that happens with every clip i insert including videos i made with movie maker before , How do i fi …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: May 28, 2016