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Windows Live Photo Gallery.

Up until recently Windows Live Photo Gallery was working, all of a sudden I was getting this message saying WLPG encountered and error and can't start Error code 0x8007000b. I have tried everything to get it to work and …

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movie maker (Split problem)

Hi I am using Moviemaker 2012 and have a problem where when I try split a longish piece of video (in this case it is it is a recording from an ps3/Xbox 360 game), The first time I slit it works fine, but when I try and s …

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Windows Movie Maker Compressing Video Question

Hello all, I'm having a bit of an issue with Windows Movie Maker and would like some insight (if possible) by users on here who might have experienced something similar. I'm on Windows 7, 64-bit. So, I've been recording …

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Windows Movie Maker

As Live Movie Maker cannot be made to work for more than a few moments on my laptop I have downloaded Movie Maker 2012 but get a message saying my pc may not meet system requirements or video cards may be out of date. My …

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Movie Maker Audio

I'm editing video in moviemaker, I've imported a track (mp3) but cannot hear the audio in preview, therefore I cannot cut the video to the music! I can only hear audio with my edit once saved?

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windows movie maker problem after i save movie

after I create my project and edit all my clips I preview my clips and everything is fine, all my clips are perfect, however after I click the SAVE MOVIE button with the you tube settings and I play my movie, some of my …

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Movie Maker Error Code 80004005

To whom it may concern. I have been using Movie Maker 2012 for nearly two months and have not had any issues. One week ago I opened Movie Maker only to see a momentary flash on my screen. Then an error message requested …

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Sound keeps going out on Movie Maker

The sound on Movie Maker keeps going out, and sometimes inhibits the sound in other programs (ie: YouTube, Video). The absence of sound is when I invoke the program, then open a project. When go to play the movie shows, …

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

Sound keeps going out on Movie Maker

The sound on Movie Maker keeps going out, and sometimes inhibits the sound in other programs (ie: YouTube, Video). The absence of sound is when I invoke the program, then open a project. When go to play the movie shows, …

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

family safety child not listed online

I have two children, one with a Windows 7 PC and one Windows 8. I've tried to set up family safety for both children but only the Windows 7 account appears "on-line". I can see the Windows 8 child's account if I log onto …

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Problems with Moviemaker 2012 and Photo Gallery

Windows Moviemaker 2012 on a Windows 8.1 computer will not open or play .wmv files. Photo Gallery on the same computer won't open and instead gives the usual "Photo Gallery has Stopped Working", the perennial issue that …

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Had sound…. gone….

For some reason Moviemaker has decided to stop playing my sound. It's frustrating the h*ll out of me. I'vegone through all the threads here to find a solution. Yes my sound is in the middle, yes I'm using .wav etc. I eve …

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NO VIDEO ON WIDOWS MOVIE MAKER

hi i cannot get video window movie maker!-- jsut audio im very frustrated- this is the 1st t iem tryoing to use this im using windows 7 home premieum on HP envy-- one year old computer updated latest 2012 movie maker hav …

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Live Movie Maker stopped working

I have version 2011 build 15.4.3555.0308 Windows 7 Home Premium Nvidia GTX 780 graphics card driver version 331.82 I am an experienced tech. I cant figure out why this has happened. I have for a month, been using Live Mo …

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Photo Gallery won’t start 0x800700a1

Hello, This is driving me mad. Just finished a clean reinstall of Windows 7. Everythiong else works but when I come to try to open my reinstalled version of Photo Gallery I get "Photo Gallery encountered an error and can …

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No Video for Movie Maker

Hi, I'm trying to make myself a simple highlight video. I'm using a .vob file but when I upload it to moviemaker from a DVD only the sound plays, I have tried everything please help.

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Windows Movie Maker 2012 is not working…

...because the darn mf.dll is missing. I have tried to install the Media Feature Packs for both Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 but they both end up telling me "This is not applicable to your computer or something like that. I …

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Zoom effects don’t work in Movie Maker Version 12

I'm running Movie Maker Version 12 (build 16.4.3505.0912) in Windows 8.1 on a new computer. I can add the zoom effects to a section of video, but they have no effect. I've been using an earlier version of MM in Vista on …

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Windows Movie Maker render takes forever

Hi, i have this problem yesterday that i never had before after finish editing my video i save it and normally it take around 5-10 minutes to render but this time it stuck at 61% or 65% from 0% to 61% or 65% only takes a …

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