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How to get windows essentials on vista

I want to download windows essentials for vista so that I can use it on my laptop I and at school. My school has a later version. How do I get the latest version on Vista?

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Movie maker 12 Problems

Hi I have Windows 10 with Movie maker 12. The problem is almost nothing works. Effects, transitions audio editing etc. Is there away to get these features working? Definitely nothing like the original - still the best. T …

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Windows Live Photo Gallery

I have Windows 7. I lost the ability to retouch photos on Windows Live Photo Gallery. The entire top panel does not show up when I open Windows Live Photo Gallery. I am not sure if that is called the toolbar or fine tune …

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Move Maker not letting me record in 720P with WebCam

My notebook is HP ProBook 4540S with a built in WebCam spec'd at 720P. I have Movie Maker 2012 version and Windows 7. In the Project Tab, I select 16:9. When I record on the webcam, I get the vertical black bars, because …

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Photo Gallery will not import

I can't get photo gallery to import photos from my phone. I attach the phone to the computer, select import, it loads the photos and ask what I want to import, I select the photos and then there is no confirmation dialog …

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phot gallery i cant up load

hi can some one tell me why when i try to upload any pics from photo gallery i get a red circle ( no entry sign ) when i try to put my pics on facebook soon as i start to drag up to the facebook for sharing i get the red …

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phot gallery i cant up load

hi can some one tell me why when i try to upload any pics from photo gallery i get a red circle ( no entry sign ) when i try to put my pics on facebook soon as i start to drag up to the facebook for sharing i get the red …

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Pictures gone

My pictures have all been encrypted. There is a file that says I must decrypt them and lists some web sites to go to. I am not sure what to do. Any ideas. I use windows 7 and view the pictures through photo gallery. Than …

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windows live essentials

using windows10 home English US. installation of live essentials automatically comes in Portuguese! can't find a way to install in English. any clues why this happens please?

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Windows 10 movie maker music

Created a video last night and added music. Each video clip that had sound I made sure to turn the video volume all the way down and I turned the music volume all the way up. I also emphasized the music. My issue is the …

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new movie maker inwindows 10

I have a cd with my projects from old version of windows movie maker with files of mswmm. it cannot open in windows 10 new version of movie maker. how can I convert these files to work that is on a cd now

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new movie maker inwindows 10

I have a cd with my projects from old version of windows movie maker with files of mswmm. it cannot open in windows 10 new version of movie maker. how can I convert these files to work that is on a cd now

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Photo Gallery

When I open A program that I want to add a profile photo in an address book i.e. Xfinity web site. When I brose to download a pic the window for Photo Gallery will not show pics but the logo for Photo Gallery. The same t …

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