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Attach photos from Photo Gallery to Outlook 2013

I purchased a new computer a few weeks ago that came with Windows 8 and over the weekend I then installed the update to Windows 8.1. On this computer I installed Office 2013 and use the outlook 2013 program to send and r …

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Windows Movie Maker help

This was my first time using Movie Maker really, everything has worked fine till now, some parts of the 12 minute and 30 second video freeze for around 30 seconds and then continue where it's supposed to, I can't present …

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movie maker

Why do I get error codes when adding pictures to movie maker when the prior photo of same date, same format is OK. Errors 0x871600129 0x80010108 mentions corrupted file - what makes one corrupted and the next not?

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Converting .wmv to .video_TS

Why does Windows Live Movie Maker give you the option to save a .wimp file to a "DVD" when all it does is create a .wmv file that will not play on a stand alone DVD player. You need to somehow convert the created .wmv to …

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Saving to a .video_TS format?

When I did a "Save Movie" in Windows Live Movie Maker, it only produced it in a .wmv and not a compatible format for stand alone dvd such as .video_TS.

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Saving to a .video_TS format?

When I did a "Save Movie" in Windows Live Movie Maker, it only produced it in a .wmv and not a compatible format for stand alone dvd such as .video_TS.

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Corrupted File

I'm having a problem very similar to another person who posted on a corrupted file forum thread here. I open my .wlmp file, and movie maker shows nothing on the right side. On the left, however, I can press play, and the …

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Sharing Photo Gallery database between PCs

I am running PCs with Windows 8.1 at two locations. I have a large library of photos managed using Windows Photo Gallery. This includes a file structure, people tags, descriptive tags, geotags, captions, ratings, and fla …

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Movie maker file is corrupted. Please fix it

I have uploaded my project to oneDrive. Here's the link. https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=A701EEFF6FF2D28%21106 Hope you can fix it. It took me hours to creat it. Thanks in advance

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Family Safety password not working

I have 2 laptops I'm trying to protect using Windows Live Family Safety. My newer WIN8.1 laptop is working just fine and reporting the necessary information that I'm seeking. My other laptop is running WIN7 and stopped r …

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Windows Premium 7Photo Gallery

1. Message keeps popping up do I want Photo Gallery as defaultI keep answering Yes and do not ask me again...but it keeps asking in that annyoying message on every single photo. 2. Edit will not save...when I crop If I a …

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new to MovieMaker 2012…need help

Hi...I have been using MovieMaker 2011, without any issues so far. Recently I noticed that the 2012 version has the enhancer to outline/color the caption text. Yesterday, updated my MM to 2012. Now, I notice that sometim …

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Batch Publishing

Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit SP2 Windows Movie Maker (WMM) ver: 6.0.6002.18273 I have imported all video from DV tape. Now I have multiple files opened in WMM that I can add to my storyboard. Ultimately, I would like ind …

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