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Movie Maker Audio is Not Working Right

When i put my AVI Raw video into movie maker its ok but then while im watching it parts of it lag and the words move around For example when im starting the video ill be talking about something that happens in the middle …

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

Emailing photos from Windows photo gallery

I have been successfully emailing photos by signing into Windows photo gallery and suddenly two days ago started getting the following message ""delete the photo email create a new one and try again" Can anyone help me w …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 10, 2014

Trouble printing jpeg attachments on Outlook 2013

Hello! Hope someone can help me. I am trying to print jpeg attachments that comes in on a zipped file through email. I am able to open everything within the zipped file, however, while other documents are able to print, …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 10, 2014

Movie Maker Project File Won’t Open in Movie Maker

I made a ton of clips of a rescue dog I am fostering that I need to "get to" the people who post his info on the webpage. After 2 hours of selecting, clipping and saving all those files they will not import back into mov …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 10, 2014

Live capture to Movie Maker 2012 with Windows 8

Looking for beginner's info about how to record live video from external Sony DCR-PC109 (about 10 years old) to Movie Maker (Essentials 2012 version) running under Windows 8. The material I've found doesn't describe the …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 9, 2014

Cannot print with Windows Live Photo Gallery

When I try to print pictures with Windows Live Photo Gallery my HP printer does not work. When I print pictures on Microsoft Paint the printer will print the pictures. What can I do so the printer will print on Windows L …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 9, 2014

how do i convert .ced files

how do I convert jvc video camera .ced files that are now loaded on my computer, and I deleted contents on sd card after uploading to my computer. I can find all the .ced files but for some reason I cant get them to a fi …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 8, 2014

MovieMaker 12 Thumbnails Problem

Had physical film converted to mp4. In Movie Maker 12 loaded mp4 ok, can view complete film, but all thumbnails show only the first frame. Screen shot available. DxDiag shows:Operating System: Windows 8.1 64-bit (6.3, Bu …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 8, 2014

Photo Gallery changed all photos Date Taken to July 22

I bought a new PC and installed Photo Gallery in Win 8.1, because I've used Photo Gallery since Vista, then 7. I imported all my data from my old PC running Win 7. After installing Photo Gallery and importing all my phot …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 8, 2014

Photo Gallery changed all photos Date Taken to July 22

I bought a new PC and installed Photo Gallery in Win 8.1, because I've used Photo Gallery since Vista, then 7. I imported all my data from my old PC running Win 7. After installing Photo Gallery and importing all my phot …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 8, 2014

Lost transferred pictures – relocate?

Pics were loaded to SBcard on my ION and transferred into Photo Gallery. In adding a pic, inadvertently the group I had just loaded/transferred is now lost. Photo Gallery is only going to "link new pics and I can't locat …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 8, 2014

Why does Windows Essentials 2012 Keep Shutting Down?

I installed Windows Essentials 2012 for Windows 8.1 onto my new laptop so I can have Windows Photo Gallery. When I double click on a photo that I want to edit or organize, the photo opens but within a few seconds, I get …

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

Windows Movie Maker Super Slow to Edit

Hi, I've got a Windows7 64 Bit system, freshly installed, and WMM 2012. I'm finding that when I import HD clips, the preparation process works as expected, and the saving movie process works as expected, but when I want …

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

Windows Live Movie Maker

Is there any way I can install Windows live photo gallery without Movie Maker or to uninstall Movie Maker without removing Photo gallery? For me it's a waste of resources. I have Windows 8.1.

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

Photo Gallery

I have uploaded some jpg files that are very large ( (7 Mg). I can't e-mail these because they exceed my provider's file size limits. Can I "copy as" to a smaller jpg file with Photo Gallery or some utility? Thanks.

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