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Movie Maker audio

I'm an "oldie" who has successfully used Movie Maker for many years to compose DVDs of holidays, grandchildren etc., combining video and stills and adding music. I was always disappointed at the lack of facility to "dub" …

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Problem uploading movie maker video to you tube

Every time I try to upload a video it asks me to log into you tube and then says that my google account is not linked to you tube account. I have checked every you tube and google account setting screen and it is linked …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 27, 2014

Deleting more then one name in contact list

I imported my contacts into my Windows Essentials contact list. Now I have many double and triple names. Is there a way to delete more then one at a time? I know I can right click and delete one but then it goes back to …

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restore a file to a previous date

i had problems with saving a movie with movie maker but i don't blame it... my movie is like 4 hours long. but before saving it by splitting up into different parts, the lazy part in me decided just to like it save in a …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 27, 2014

Photo Gallery Will not Upload RAW Files from Nikon d4s

WIndows Photo GAllery or windows pictures will not upload RAW Files from my new Nikon d4s. I downloaded Microsoft Camera update. It did not help. It will still open the JPEG version but says the file is corrupted with th …

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Movie Maker and Music

I've uploaded pictures to create a "movie" and have added music. When I play it in "preview/edit" (?) mode - the small screen, the music plays fine. When we go to full screen, the first music selection plays but not the …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 26, 2014

Windows Family Safety

I can't log in to Windows Family safety. I can log in to Windows Live and my email on outlook works fine I've changed my password several times and I can still log in to Windows Live and email but not Family Safety. I've …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 26, 2014

Snip & Combine.

In earlier versions of Photo Gallery, there was a method to convert and save a photo in black and white (still is). There was, also, a snipping tool so one could snip and copy the snipped portion to another photo (usuall …

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Windows Movie Maker 2.6 Freezes and Crashes

When ever I try to edit/create video in Windows Movie Maker 2.6 it Freezes and Crashes no mater what compatability move or even being run in administrator mode it will crash and/or freeze I am using a new hp 15-N013DX an …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 25, 2014

Crackling in Windows Movie Maker?

Hello! I've been having an issue with Windows Movie Maker causing a crackling or static sound instead of the audio. Restarting the computer fixed the issue before, but it would reoccur anytime the computer slept, and now …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 25, 2014

Crackling in Windows Movie Maker?

Hello! I've been having an issue with Windows Movie Maker causing a crackling or static sound instead of the audio. Restarting the computer fixed the issue before, but it would reoccur anytime the computer slept, and now …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Jul 25, 2014