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Vimeo Upload Problems

Using Windows 8, and Window Essentials 2012. I normally upload videos from Movie Maker to Vimeo by clicking the "V" icon that directly uploads the video to the Vimeo website. However, I an now receiving this error. "Fail …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 7, 2013

photo gallery opened.

There is an error message 0x80004005 photo gallery won't start. the photo gallery page is open and I can't close it. what should I do?

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Movie Maker won’t launch

I bought an expensive new computer with Windows 8 installed. Seeing it cost me so much I naturally expected Moviemaker to work the same as it did with my Windows 7 programme. Was I naïve? Do I have to pay more money to i …

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Moviemaker Windows 8

I bought an expensive new computer with Windows 8 installed. Seeing it cost me so much I naturally expected Moviemaker to work the same as it did with my Windows 7 programme. Was I naïve? Do I have to pay more money to i …

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Video and audio are out of sync when saving

So, I am uploading a guitar cover to YouTube but I'm not able to do it because I am stuck editing in Windows Live Movie Maker. The problem I am having is the timing of the audio. Perhaps I am doing it incorrectly or mayb …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 6, 2013

Windows Live Movie Maker HELP!!

So, I am uploading a guitar cover to YouTube but I'm not able to do it because I am stuck editing in Windows Live Movie Maker. The problem I am having is the timing of the audio. Perhaps I am doing it incorrectly or mayb …

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How do I rotate a video?

I took a video the wrong way how can i rotate it Moved fom Community Participation Original title: Movie Maker

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Photo Gallery stops working

I am running on vista and had both windows live photo gallery and windows photo gallery. I prefer windows live but for some reason in the last 2 weeks live photogallery will not let me edit and says stopped working, wind …

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Windows Live photo gALLERY

I am running on vista and had both windows live photo gallery and windows photo gallery. I prefer windows live but for some reason in the last 2 weeks live photogallery will not let me edit and says stopped working, wind …

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Windows Live Movie Maker not working properly

Hi, I am using Windows 7 Premium (64BIT) and am having problem with Movie Maker (MM). Have also downloaded Essentials 2012. when i open MM, i can add in music and photos. However, when i click on PLAY, i can only hear th …

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How to change language of Windows Essentials?

I downloaded Microsoft Essentials and its working 100% however it is in Spanish and I don't understand the language. Must I re install or can I change somewhere. Thanx Previous title - Mr Jaco van Heerden

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Not enough space when saving in Movie Maker

I have just edited my first video with Windows Movie Maker and now have a 38 minute film which I want to save but every time I try to save it to the recommended setting, when it has almost finished saving an error messag …

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Mary from Penstone

I have just edited my first video with Windows Movie Maker and now have a 38 minute film which I want to save but every time I try to save it to the recommended setting, when it has almost finished saving an error messag …

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Can’t sign in to Windows Live Family Safety

I have been trying to sign in to family safety and an error box keeps popping up saying I need to accept the terms of use. I have attempted to go to account.live.com but I can't find any info on accepting any terms of us …

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Voice on and off in Movie Maker

The Movie Maker has always worked. Just today, I found the voice gone (mute) at time--in a newly created wlmp file or in a previously created wlmp file which had worked properly earlier. I played around with this and fou …

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ERROR CODE 0X80004001

I am unable to open my Photo Gallery. I am receiving an Error Code 0X80004001. I am also unable to access my libraries for : MY DOCUMENTS, MY PICTURES. I have tried uninstalling Windows Essentials. I have tried deleting …

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0x80070015 error in Photo Gallery

Hello I have the problem with Photo Viewer not working--encountered an error loading WLXPhotoViewer.dll and can't start Error code: 0x80070015 I went through the removal of Win Essentials and did a clean install to no av …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Dec 4, 2013