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Error publishing movie maker to facebook

Hi. I am having problems publishing my projects to facebook. I followed the instructions until the window that says "connect facebook to Microsoft account". I click the "connect facebook" but it leads to me to an error m …

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I cant import videos from iphone using photo gallery

Hi when I try to import photos and videos to my laptop from my iPhone using photo gallery it will be fine and upload the photos but as soon as it gets to a video it slows down and then comes up with a message saying phot …

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movie maker

i have a hp computer 32 bit window 7 movies and pictures are not working on movie maker why ???

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movie maker is not working

Original Title - movie maker i have a hp computer 32 bit window 7 movies and pictures are not working on movie maker why ???

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Photo Details in Photo Gallery

Can the photo details, such as, titles, descriptions, captions, date taken, etc. be used by other "standard" photo organizing software? I previously scanned thousand of old photos including adding captions and details to …

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Photo Gallery won’t map to pictures

I just downloaded Windows Essentials. When I open photo gallery it won't link to my pictures. I click the search button and it says, "Sorry no items matched your search. Try expanding your search by removing filters from …

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windows movie maker error 0x800488FA

read all the threads, tried the updates- -running the new 2012 version, have the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5. tiny trial movie, no audio, i can save and upload it to youtube or facebook directly. why have the buttons to …

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Installing Microsoft Security Essentials

How do I determine which Internet Security Programs I have installed on my Computer which must be uninstalled before I can install MSE ? I have the following programs installed on my Windows 7 Studio Operating system: My …

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Audio won’t split when button clicked

Hello, I am nearing the end of making a video and when I tried to click the split tool, it just jumped back to the beginning of the audio clip that I was splitting. I had been splitting that audio file into segments for …

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Video Slideshow on Photo Gallery

Cannot get a Slideshow of any VIDEO folder on Photo Gallery to play. All I get is black screen with grey movie symbol in centre with control bar at bottom on PAUSE Should Photo Gallery play a video slideshow or do I need …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 11, 2015

Movie maker NEVER works properly

So I'm going to ask here, because I've had 3 people tell me they've never had anything like this happen to them. Movie maker NEVER, and I mean... NEVER works properly. It either green screens my frames after clipping or …

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Movie Maker

I import multiple videos into Movie Maker and trim them to ~10 seconds each. After closing out and trying to open the file, all the clips except for the first give an error saying the original file couldn't be found. The …

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Movie Maker

I import multiple videos into Movie Maker and trim them to ~10 seconds each. After closing out and trying to open the file, all the clips except for the first give an error saying the original file couldn't be found. The …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 10, 2015

“CORRUPTED” video

Corrupted. Pfft. I know what it's supposed to look like, and just because it flashes, does NOT always mean it's corrupted, and yes, the video was at low FPS, Still not corrupted. I was playing roblox on the computer, rec …

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Timing of audio is off when I add transitions

Hello I am trying to add transitions in Movie Maker and when I do the sound and video no longer sync correctly. I have Windows 8 (and I just downloaded Movie Maker) and have tried the audio in both wav and wma forms, wit …

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Windows Movie Maker

When I purchased my HP desktop with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit system it had Windows Live Movie Maker installed. It has disappeared. I have downloaded Windows Essentials and now have Windows Movie Maker on my computer …

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Windows Movie Maker has disappeared

Original title: Windows Movie Maker When I purchased my HP desktop with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit system it had Windows Live Movie Maker installed. It has disappeared. I have downloaded Windows Essentials and now hav …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Apr 9, 2015