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Help with Movie Maker edits

Please help I'm so frustrated! I edited parts out when using Movie Maker, but when I save the movie as a MP4 or a wmv, all the parts I edited out are somehow put back in. When I go back to the Movie Maker project, they a …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Mar 19, 2014

Add a second audio file with Windows Movie Maker

Hello! I'm trying to work on a project with Windows Movie Maker, which contains multiple audio files. I've read through some previous threads, and I saw that I should save the project and then import it again because it …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Mar 18, 2014

Video sound but black screen

Hi, I'm running windows 8.1 with the updated Movie Maker and I can get sound but no picture. The file is from my JVS Everio Camcorder with 60 GB hard drive and the instant I plug it in to my computer, Movie Maker starts …

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Movie Maker – memory issue

I am trying to save a movie (made of jpegs with music added), it is only 2 min 35 sec but even when saved at the lowest resolution, it gives an error that there is not enough memory. There is plenty of memory on my compu …

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Problem with starting Movie Maker

Problem with starting Movie Maker My movie maker is not starting.An error is displaying to check all requirements for movie maker. My computer system's detail is as below.......................... Manufacturer:Toshiba Pr …

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Movie Maker audio problems

Hi I'm working in Movie Maker and importing both songs and video. The audio shows up in the Movie Maker audio bar but I can't get the audio to play back in Movie Maker. If I save the movie to a file on my computer and th …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Mar 17, 2014

Lagging Edit Performance with AVCHD .MTS files.

Had no issues using Movie Maker (2012 Build 16.4.3522.0110) until the other day with the purchase of a new Panasonic video camera. When trying to edit the AVCHD (.MTS) files the editor is very slow, the preview play/paus …

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Photo Gallery display is muted colors of actual images

Hi, Recently Photo Gallery has been inconsistent in displaying images. Sometimes my files pop up with normal images and color. Other times, it pops up with muted colors. It's the entire file/all files, not just a single …

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movie maker error

been using microsoft Movie Maker for a while now ive made easy 200 videos on it , excellent fre software. anyways i uploaded photo gallery last night excellent free software as well !! but i just tried to do a video as i …

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Problem with starting Movie Maker

My movie maker is not starting.An error is displaying to check all requirements for movie maker. My computer system's detail is as below.......................... Manufacturer:Toshiba Processor:Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Mar 17, 2014

Unable to install windows essentials pack

When I install windows essentials pack the installer does 99% of it and then gives me this error 0x80040607 and D3DX10_42. My computer is only two months old with windows 8. Can someone please help! Thanks

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Windows Movie Maker Can’t Start

Hello, I just downloaded the Windows Essentials 2012 which had Movie Maker 2012 in it. I previously had Windows Live Movie Maker, which worked fine. When I try to open Movie Maker I get the message "Sorry, Movie Maker ca …

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photo gallery

When I transfer my photos into photo gallery from my disk, most of them copy over as jpeg but there are always a few that will copy as CR2 and I have a hard time changing them to jpeg. Can you tell me why ALL of them won …

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photo gallery

I am new to windows 8 and am having trouble with my pictures. i created folders for all my pictures ( disney, tennesse, christman etc.) I then deleted the pictures that were shown by date because now they were all in fol …

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How to restore lost Tagged People in Photo Gallery

Just a Second ago nearly all of the People Tags of Photo Gallery disappeared. I think it is a syncing issue with skydrive? i used my ultrabook to tag people on Pictures i took on hollyday, and when i came back and turned …

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Installation of Essentials

I am getting error: Ox80040609 when trying to update Windows Essentials. It automatically cancels the update and of course never goes away. I think it is making my computer inefficient and slow. How do I update.

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Photo Gallery Error 0x8007000b

Have tried all the issues for the past two years... so are you seeing a pattern yet? Anyway - have tried all suggested fixes up to Feb 22, 2014. What next? Thank you.

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Pinning Windows Essentials Calendar to the Taskbar

When Windows Essentials updated, I lost my ability to go directly to the calendar from the taskbar icon. Can someone please help me reset it to bring up the calendar, instead of the e-mail? Thanks, Joan Packer Bellingham …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Mar 15, 2014

Keep the Calendar, Dump the E-mail

I would like to use the Windows Essentials calendar, but do not wish to include e-mail in the package. I'm satisfied with my current e-mail situation, and see no need to have them both running at once. Joan Packer Bellin …

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