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Why Has Movie Maker Never Worked in 6 Year?

My son's been playing hockey for 6 years. I used WMM back when he was a Mite and I remember putting together movies into the wee hours, taking hours to get the cuts right, and then BAMOO, couldn't save, clips would show …

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Windows Movie Maker 2012

I recently built a new computer. It has Windows 7 64bit. I have no doubt that it passes the requirements as i use it for gaming. My problem occurs when trying to install movie maker. It will install between 7-9% and just …

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Windows Essentials Contact folders

I have email contacts in group folders, but sometimes I do not want to send to everyone in that folder. Is there anyway, that I can see & pick out the email contacts in that folder? My Contacts Window Live Mail list is t …

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movie maker won’t open my wlmp or vep files

I made a long movie with an older version of movie maker and now I have the 2.6 and it tells me its not a supported file type. Cannot even import it. I have tried all the file converters that have recommended and I am fr …

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movie maker 2012

i cant add music to movie maker before i add video or photo.. actually im trying to edit audio using movie maker... i recorded my voice part by part and want to join it... help me out!!! this is for my assignment.. thank …

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Burn to DVD from Movie Maker in Windows 8 PC

Original title: Burn to DVD Why can't I burn my own movies, ie ones I create on my camcorder, to DVD using Moviemaker. I was able to when I had a computer with Windows 7, but this new computer with Windows 8 and the NEW …

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Movie maker question

I have a new Asus gaming laptop with Windows 8. I record television shows using WinTV 7. On my old laptop (with XP) I always used Movie Maker to edit the shows & make clips. I'm trying to learn to use the new version of …

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Problems with the Narration Audio Track

Another Bug? Operating System: Win 7 Movie Maker 2012 Try these steps: Simple picture and audio test 1. Layout a series of sample pictures on your story board. 2. Add an audio file anywhere under picture #1 on the storyb …

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Photo tagging

I can't reinstall live photo gallery since upgrading to windows 8.1. I want to use photo tagging and win 8.1 photos doesn't seem to have this option. Can you have any ideas for some other photo tagging software?

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windows essentials 2012

i download this software from your site of microsoft i chosse programe manualy to download frist time i chosse photo gallary and movie maker when i install it then some time after during the downloading a problam occurre …

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windows essentials 2012: Error error 0*80040705

i download this software from your site of microsoft i chosse programe manualy to download frist time i chosse photo gallary and movie maker when i install it then some time after during the downloading a problam occurre …

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Live Writer will not post to my blog

I've had live writer for awhile now and all of the sudden it refuses to post to my blog on blogger. I have repaired, uninstalled, reinstalled, and still I'm getting the same error. Can not connect to your blog service th …

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Uninstalling Microsoft Essentials failure

I am using windows 7 home premium and about 6 months ago, windows essential tried to update to a new version. According to the control panel area this version that is currently installed is 4.1.522.0. I wish to uninstall …

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Full Screen Preview Window Problem

Do any of you see this problem? When opening an existing project and running it in the full screen preview mode, all pictures look fine. But after doing some editing on the story board and then jumping back to the full s …

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Moviemaker 2012 won’t work with Mpeg-2 files

My camcorder makes files in Mpeg-2 format. When I import to Moviemaker 2012, I get audio in Preview but no video. Moviemaker is supposed to work with Mpeg-2 files. I can convert the files to Mp4 and they will work in Mov …

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Creating a dvd in Movie Maker for another country

I am involved in creating a dvd for distribution as a gift in New Zealand. I live in Canada. What I would like to know is whether I can create the dvd file here and send it as a finished product and let the person create …

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HELP! windows movie maker wont save my video

It took me forever to make this video and it's really good. I need it done as soon as possible. So I downloaded all my files, edited it, added music and what not, and then I try to save it but it says, ---Windows Movie M …

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