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Family Safety not working

I have Family Safety set up for my 13 year old. When I first set it up it worked the way it was supposed to. He would get a message if he tried to log on early or his time was up and the activity report told me every sit …

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windows movie maker

at the beginning and end of every clip i put on the movie maker it has a delay of about 1 second, it has no sound and it just pauses on the frame it was on. does anyboby know how to fix this?

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No images or audio when trying to play DVD

when i burn to dvd (have tried several burner programs) and then put the dvd into our dvd player, a message comes on screen saying 'no images no audio' . help? Previous title - Have saved window movie maker to movie in . …

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Photo Fuse not working

I've used Photo Fuse a few time but now when I try to access it, it thinks for a few seconds then either shuts down Windows Live Photo Gallery or restarts it. I've tried upgrading from 2011 to 2012 but this has not solve …

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No picture/video on the side where I edit

Hi! Every time I open a video in Movie Maker, I can click "play", but where you edit, it still says that I should click there to add a video/picture. It began after Movie Maker Crashed several times. What do I do?

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Family Safety Software – Allow by List not working

Hi, I've been using the Family Safety software suite included with Microsoft Essentials for filtering/blocking purposes with the computer of a child I tutor. Recently, as in only the last couple of days, the "Block Every …

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Output file size much smaller – good but is that OK?

Original file: QuickTime (from iPhone) 0:30m 1920x1080 24 frames/sec, 21472 kbps Data rate = 77.0 MB Only edit was to rotate 90 degrees. No clipping/trimming. Output from Movie Maker @ High-Def Display preset: MP4 1920x1 …

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Moving Pictures from one computer to another

I'd like to copy folders with pictures from one computer to another and not lose Photo Gallery edits, tags etc. when the files are opened using Photo Gallery on the second computer. Is that possible and if so how do I do …

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Video clips disappear

i have created a movie in wondowsw movie maker 2012, including pictures, audio, and video clips. all works well until i add the video clips. they show up fine and work fine, until I save and close, and go back in, and th …

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Windows Movie Maker Crash

I am running Windows 7 64-bit and have had Windows Movie Maker 2012 for around 5 months. It did not give me any trouble until recently. I try and import the same type of video files as I have in the past, but this time W …

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MICROSOFT AGREEMEN NO ACCEPT BUTTON

HI I HAVE JUST INSTALLED MOVIE MAKER, BUT WHEN I TRY TO USE IT THE AGREEMENT SCREEN SHOWS WITH NO ACCEPT BUTTON. HOW DO I ACCEPT THE AGGREEMENT IN ORDER TO USE THE SOFTWARE. PLEASE HELP MANY THANKS

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trouble with windows live photo gallery

I am new here and I think I may have asked my question in the wrong area. Hope to become more familiar with the site. I am using windows 7. I like the windows live program for photos. I am not able to control the photos. …

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Black screen in movie maker

I'm having a problem with movie maker I created a video with pictures and text. I can see the video in the movie maker but when I up load it to you tube, vimeo and flicker the screen is black but I can hear the music in …

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