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Black playback with audio with Movie Maker 2012

I need help editing home movies with Movie Maker. I used Movie Maker to import home video from a DVD. It created .VOB files which I want to edit. However, when trying to play the files in Movie Maker, the video is black …

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No audio in Windows Movie Maker.

I've been using WMM to shoot and edit my movies for months now. In fact, I just shot and edited a movie yesterday. No problems. Audio and video were fine, nothing out of the ordinary. Later in the evening, I tried to go …

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Green slides happening on some clips

I've been using Movie Maker for a while now, but I have recently put a clip into a movie and it uploaded as a full green screen. I have no idea what's causing this, and it's starting to annoy me, because it is totally di …

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send and receive emails multiple copies

Hello I have an issue whereby when sending emails, I have windows 7 premium I installed and created hotmail with live essentials I think. I have looked at account settings instead of seeing incoming and going ports with …

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Photo Gallery Error repete on start-up.

Everytime I open Win. Live Photo Gallery, it opens this window below and even if you activate the "Don't show me this again for these file types", it comes up again the next time you start Win Live Photo Gallery. Is ther …

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windows movie maker – cannot open

i have windows 7 home basic with intel(R) core(TM)2 Duo CPU *** Email address is removed for privacy *** processor with 2 GB installed memory and 64-bit Operating System. my pc had movie maker but due to some issues i go …

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windows movie maker

i have windows 7 home basic with intel(R) core(TM)2 Duo CPU *** Email address is removed for privacy *** processor with 2 GB installed memory and 64-bit Operating System. my pc had movie maker but due to some issues i go …

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cannot finD windows essentials

Hi I have spent all evenings trying to find WINDOWS Essentials 2012 it appears to be somewhere but there is no link anywhere on my computer to tun the program. I'm trying to use the movie maker facility

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Codecs

I have windows movie maker version 6.1 i think but all i know is that its not the latest version and when ever i put in an AVI file it says "cannot be imported because the codec required to play the file is not installed …

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Windows Movie Maker 12 turning clips green

Whenever I split a clip on windows movie maker it turns it green. I have never had this problem before and I have been using this software since Decemeber 2012. I updated my computer, updated the software, checked for mo …

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Windows Live Movie Maker

HELP PLEASE!! Ok, so i just spent hours editing a video and have just finished saving the movie. Luckily I did. When i watched the video, all the audio was out of sync, the video was a few seconds behind the actual voice …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 21, 2013

Unable to update graphics driver!

Long story short, I was trying to update Movie Maker to the latest version (for Windows 7). After doing so, Movie Maker wouldn't open (Big red X..."Sorry, Movie Maker can't start..."). After hours of research, found my I …

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How to use Cell Phone mp4 in WMM

I am working on a project with Windows Movie Maker 2012 on Windows 8. I have video taken on cell phones in portrait view. When I save the movie, the video is stretched to fit the screen instead of staying in the thin, ve …

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Lost Account Information

I signed up for the Family safety to protect my children from accessing certain material on the internet. I used a hotmail account, but now cannot sign on. I admit, it has probably been a couple of years since I have had …

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Movie Maker no sound

I have uploaded a video from my HTC phone to movie maker. The Picture/Video is there, but no sound. Any suggestions? It does play on my phone so I know I captured the sound.

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Movie Maker Fails to Publish Movie

I am using Movie Maker (build 16.4.3508.0205) on a Windows 8.1 PC (64 bit, 8Gb RAM) trying to publish a movie made from MTS files. I have done this dozens of times on this PC with this version of Movie MAker, but now, al …

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