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I have found a good free replacement for Movie Maker

A while back I was having problems finding an installer app for Windows Movie Maker, because, of course, it has been removed from the Microsoft website. Discouraged by reviews of other free video editing software, I then …

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Microsoft Windows Essentials

Windows Essentials keeps telling me there's an ERROR 404 when I try using it to send emails from another site. It's been this way for most the year. I had no probs before. Can we fix this?

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Microsoft Windows Essentials

Windows Essentials keeps telling me there's an ERROR 404 when I try using it to send emails from another site. It's been this way for most the year. I had no probs before. Can we fix this?

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Movie Maker sound problems.

I am trying to record on Movie Maker. The computer says that my microphone is working but no sound is recorded. I have been through all the checks using windows Help. I am sure that it will be a simple problem in the end …

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Windows Live Movie Maker 2011

Hi, How can I stop the 'preparing' stage taking hours? Very short video clips but progress extremely slow. Thanks! Sandra

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Windows Live Photo Gallery problem

I have transferred all my photos and videos from my iPhone 6 to Windows Live Photo Gallery. How can I save these to a CD or send the photos to an online photo site such as Shutterfly? Thank you. [Moved from: Windows / Wi …

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Window’s Movie Maker

My PC crashed and I had to reload software. Now I cannot find Windows Movie Maker. When I search for Movie Maker, I have to pay for it. It used to be attached to Microsoft Essentials. When I search for Microsoft Essentia …

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MOVIE MAKER

Hi I am from India. I use Windows 10 O.S. I want to buy Movie Maker but I can't pay because there is credit card option no dabit card option. How can I pay with dabit card ? pls halp me.

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Windows Movie Maker for Windows 8.1

When i use Windows Movie Maker and play back via USB photos and video excerpts play real good on my TV But when transferred to a DVD photos look good but video excerpts are very choppy. How can i get around this?

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windows movie maker

I have used windows movie maker as long as i can remember, i used it last week. something happened to my desktop, i had to restart windows 10, now i cant install or use windows movie maker? ***Moved from: Windows / Apps …

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ms movie maker

Why is my ms movie maker giving me problems now? The movie maker is unable to render my movie clips to a DVD format

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Windows Movie Maker and Adding Music

I have music saved to my computer. Every time I add it, it says "The music starts after the last photo or video in the project" and nothing is added to it. When I click on the link, "Want to fix this problem?" it takes m …

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Movie Maker is gone – what do I use now?

Recently my hard drive died on this computer so I lost my MS Windows Movie Maker when I added the new SSD, so I need help and advice. Every year I create the end-of-the-year video for my daughter's cheer banquet and I ha …

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Crashed Movie maker with my project

Hello guys, Can anybody help me fix me movie maker project? Was working on this whole week, with aroud 150 video files, saving time to time the file and suddenly app crashed with my saved file also. I can open the file, …

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Windows 10 Photo Gallery

My W10 Photo Galley is not working correctly, It wont read photos for screensaver use. I even got a message that I needed to reinstall. Trouble I am having is 1) I don't know how, and 2) It is outdated, and maybe corrupt …

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Photo Gallery in Office

My computer did an update yesterday. Today when I go into Photo Gallery the editing tools that were are the right are not there. How do I get them back? It was things like removing shadows, reducing glare, etc. Moved fro …

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