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Multi panel video possible>

I would like to make a video with the screen divided into quarters each running different footage simultaneously. The idea is that I would film myself playing 4 different musical instruments overlaid to create a 4 part b …

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Shakes and Wobles

I added some .wmv videos to Movie Maker and were stable. After adding to MM, they started shaking horribly. I tried MP4 format also. I used a samsung HD wifi camera, no problems in the past. Pls advise. tks bw

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Partial pixellation

Is it possible to pixelate or mask parts of frames, for example faces, when editing within Movie Maker? If yes, how do you do it? All I manage to do is blur the whole frame & not particular parts.

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Invalid username or password

Hi. Ive recently installed the windows live writer. And when I try to connect with my blogger account, it shows this error message. It says Ive given invalid username or password. But Im certainly sure they are the corre …

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Issue with Playback in Windows Movie Maker 6.0

Hey All, A few things before I ask my question: 1) I use Windows Vista (SP1 - 32 bit) 2) I'm not completely technologically stupid, but not an expert =) The issue I'm having is this. I recorded a video for help with othe …

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?IsWin8OrGreater@OS@Base@@YG_NXZ

When attempting to lauch movie maker It says "MovieMaker.exe entry point not found" "The procedure entry point ?IsWin8OrGreater@OS@Base@@YG_NXZ could not be located in dynamic library MovieMakerCore.dll"

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Cant uninstall windows essentials

Okay so I'm running windows 8.1 (that ive upgraded last week) While in windows 8, i managed to install essentials as I wanted to use movie maker, but a few weeks ago it disappeared from my computer I tried to install ess …

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NEED HELP WITH WINDOWS PHOTO GALLERY

I am using Windows Vista. I can't remember how to load a picture from my PC (website) into the Windows Gallery, I've done it more than 100 times but I did'n't use the computer for over a year and I forget.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 7, 2014

Only the audio loads when using movie maker

I just tried to upload a video from a memory card on my camcorder. When I opened the file in Movie Maker, ONLY the audio plays. I get no picture at all. Only audio. Is there a setting I need to change to be able to SEE t …

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Photo Gallery Problem in Window 7

I imported a lots of pictures from my laptop Windows 7 to my desktop windows 7. I use to be able to "see" all pictures without having to click on a picture to view it, now I have to click on a picture to see which pictur …

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Windows 8 movie maker error code 0x87160138

Trying to save a movie (slide show) and I keep getting this error : cannot save according to these settings. I tried saving to the recommended settings and the same message, tried saving to the computer settings, same er …

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Photo Gallery

Photo Galley does not recognise my external hard drive when it is connected, so that I can import photos, even when the dialog box comes up saying press the refresh box if device is not recognised still nothing happens, …

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