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Movie Maker

I have made a movie which is 55 min. long. I want to burn it to a dvd and to do that I have to use the 'save', 'burn to dvd' option in the top right task bar. This takes 2 hours to save and another hour to 'encode' and b …

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Problem with publishing video.

Hello, Recently I attempted to create a video on Windows Movie Maker and after I finished it, I attempted to publish it to my computer only to find that Movie Maker crashed during the publishing. I retried at least ten t …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 16, 2014

Messed Up Navigation Pane in Photo Gallery

I thought I knew what I was doing but now I wonder. Not sure what I did but folders in Navigation pane in gallery are now a detail line of all files on my computer and everything in the menu bar I select seems to affect …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 16, 2014

Photo gallery

How do I set up a photo gallery screen-saver with transitional effects. I had this on a past PC, yet can't work out how I triggered it in the first place. I know screen-savers aren't necessary, but they are fun. HELP?

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 14, 2014

How to change screensavers of Photo gallery?

Original title: Photo gallery How do I set up a photo gallery screen-saver with transitional effects. I had this on a past PC, yet can't work out how I triggered it in the first place. I know screen-savers aren't necessa …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 14, 2014

Movie maker problems.

I had downloaded Windows Movie Maker but deleted it by mistake.So I had downloaded it again but when I tried opening it, it immediately closed and asked me to check if my system had all the requirements to download movie …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 14, 2014

Cannot delete an old email Windows Live

I have two, 2-year-old emails that I cannot read, move or delete from my Windows Live email account. They are proverbially listed in my Unread Mail. I have researched and tried posted fixes including: Manage add-ons upda …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 13, 2014

Windows Movie Maker doesn’t play MOV

I have a 2.5 hour MOV video (in MOV format it is >10 GB file) that I need to edit. I have Windows Vista and Windows Movie Maker on my computer. BUT, WMM doesn't recognize MOV files. How do I convert MOV video to somethin …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 13, 2014

Audio Sync Problem in Windows Moive Maker

Orginal Title: Audio Sync Problem I have been using Live Movie Maker 2012 for months without a problem, but all of a sudden my created mp4 video clips have audio that is out of sync with the video. The source video is ju …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 12, 2014

Audio Sync Problem

I have been using Live Movie Maker 2012 for months without a problem, but all of a sudden my created mp4 video clips have audio that is out of sync with the video. The source video is just fine, but the saved video is no …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 12, 2014

Middle-age user in desperate need of help…PLEASE!!!

Greetings from muggy, humid, warm, southern Louisiana. :) I am a middle aged female who is pretty good at knowing my way around a computer, but I have come across a problem that has made my blood run cold. I bought my HP …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 12, 2014

Movie Maker error: 0x80004005

Every single time I try to start up the program, I receive the error code 0x80004005, I've read through the forum page to see if there's any answers which I tried to uninstall and reinstall the program, I hve also tried …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 12, 2014

Movie maker 2012 black preview screen

So I know a lot of people have had this issue, but the preview box is black, but audio is fine. I have updated my graphics driver. I have installed new codecs. I am using either .mov or .avi video files. I am using windo …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 12, 2014

Movie Maker

I would like to use the webcam in Movie Maker but can't figure out if there is a setting which will record only when initiated by movement. Suggestions? Thanks.

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 12, 2014

Window Movie Maker

Alright, so for the past few years I have had my laptop I have always used Window's Live Movie Maker on my Windows 7 and never had Movie Maker from the 2012 set. I don't remember how I got it on here because I don't thin …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Oct 11, 2014