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I currently have Windows 7 Home Premium. If I download windows 10 when it's available, will all of my current programs that I am running, Windows DVD Maker in particular, remain intact? I know that this program is not av …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 28, 2015

Splitting Problem Moviemaker

So, I was experiencing yellow symbols on my video, so I got some help off of google and it told me to close it and open moviemaker again, which I did. When I opened it again, I continued splitting my clips like before th …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 28, 2015

Issues with splitting video in Windows Movie Maker.

So, I was experiencing yellow symbols on my video, so I got some help off of google and it told me to close it and open moviemaker again, which I did. When I opened it again, I continued splitting my clips like before th …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 28, 2015

Problem in creating Movie in Movie Maker

I have made a movie. It is a collection of photographs. But after I save the movie the photos cannot be seen into the movie. Only the music is audible. Please reply as soon as possible. Ravi

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 27, 2015

Can I overlay images over videos in Movie Maker?

Hey, I am a YouTuber and I edit videos for my channel with Movie Maker, I was wondering if I can add a image over my video without losing my audio OR having to repeat adding it every time (it would be fine if I can save …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 26, 2015

Photo emails not sending

Split from this thread. I am having the same issue. I too deleted the photo emails from the outbox. It did NOT fix the problem. I can send emails without pics just fine. I am also receiving emails with pics just fine. BU …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 25, 2015

Help! Windows Movie Maker Problem?

This has been going on for a while now, I edited my video and its great and everything, but all of a sudden in the actual video, whatever movement or motion i do, it looks like a really zig zaggy outline. I don't know ho …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 25, 2015

Windows Photo Gallery – Artifacting? (white pixels)

Hi all, I have in issue in Windows Essentials - Photo Gallery when I move a window (in preview or editor) around the screen, edit an image (crop, auto adjust etc) or just click to the next photo I get large white lines/s …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 25, 2015

Family Safety – Screen Time Limits

The functionality for setting times has just changed. It used to have a very useful grid where i could allocate blocks of time when my son could use the PC Now it only has a single start time and single end time per day …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 25, 2015

RE: Windows Movie Maker (Quick Audio Question)?

Hi folks, I looked on this forum for answers but the discussions seem to be related to either Windows Movie Maker on a different OS, or more relating to gaming. I was not sure of the MAIN CATEGORY of this topic and so I …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 24, 2015

Movie Maker Recovery Needed Immediately

Video for Recovery I need immediate help recovering a file. I've spent months making this video for a tribute to soldier returning home after 8 years of service and suddenly MovieMaker just vanishes all the media in the …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 24, 2015

Movie Maker won’t let me use part of a song

I need to know what I am doing wrong in trimming a song. I can NOT convince Movie Maker that I truly do NOT want to use the entire song in this video. It's insisting on it being all or nothing. I have tried this, which s …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 23, 2015

Help burning DVD using Movie Maker

I converted some old family videos from VHS to DVD and edited them in Movie Maker with the goal of burning them as DVD player compatible. I exported them as .wmv files then converted to .mp4 using Freemake to ensure comp …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 23, 2015

Audio.

In Windows 7, I would use Movie Maker to do audio only projects. Now, it seems I can no longer do that. Does anyone know how to do an audio only project?

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 23, 2015

Essentials not working at all

After installing Essentials, this is all that ever happens when I try to launch anything (in Essentials), (Video Maker OR Photo Gallery). I have Win 7 Pro, 32 gig RAM, 128 gig ssd, i TB HD, and Nvidia GTX 550 TI... PLEAS …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 22, 2015

Windows Live Movie Maker audio problem after producing

In my Movie-Maker project, i'd like to make sure the images follow the music. So for example, when the beat drops, the next scene starts. It works fine and it sounds great in the project, however, when i produce the vide …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 21, 2015

Additional Content for Windows Movie Maker

Windows Movie Maker is my go-to program for making movies, but I also use some other programs because I features they have. Is there anywhere to download additional content for Movie Maker? It is my preferred format, I l …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jun 20, 2015