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Windows Movie Maker Vista – Preview Issue

I've been using Movie Maker for years and I just stumbled on an issue I've never had before. So I'm starting a new project and uploading files, problem is, when I put anything on the story board, the previewer shows it a …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 21, 2016

Problems with Photo Gallery Download:

I'm Currently running Windows version 7. When I try to download photo gallery for windows 7 it will not download. I'm getting really frustrated with the program not downloading. I need help with this if possible? I keep …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 21, 2016

Problems with Photo Gallery Download:

I'm Currently running Windows version 7. When I try to download photo gallery for windows 7 it will not download. I'm getting really frustrated with the program not downloading. I need help with this if possible? I keep …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 21, 2016

using windows live movie maker

im having a problem when i try to use windows live movie maker i put a video into the program it converts it (or what ever it does first which takes for ever) then when i try to play the video from the preview window on …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 21, 2016

download movie maker

After down loading movie maker, you ask for my registration number. I don't have it? How can I get it? and other thing, before the down load there was no words about free trial. Then no information about the cost. For th …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 20, 2016

Windows Live Movie Maker

I have had some 30-year old VHS movies converted to digital format, and I want to join them together to make a continuous flowing movie. Is this possible?

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 19, 2016

Windows Live Movie Maker

I have had some 30-year old VHS movies converted to digital format, and I want to join them together to make a continuous flowing movie. Is this possible?

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 19, 2016

Windows Movie Maker – sending to others to edit

Hi everyone, I'm in a bit of a pickle. Tried looking it up online but all the search results didn't seem to fit the description So I made a video using windows movie maker. I saved it as a movie file so others can view i …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 18, 2016

Windows Movie Maker made my movie distorted

So as you can see, my videos are saving in some weird distorted way. the file was originally saved sideways, so I used VLC to rotate it the correct way and it came out distorted. What can I do???

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 15, 2016

Windows Movie Maker made my movie distorted

So as you can see, my videos are saving in some weird distorted way. the file was originally saved sideways, so I used VLC to rotate it the correct way and it came out distorted. What can I do???

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 15, 2016

Problems when saving a movie to WMV

When I try to save my video (which took me hours and hours and hours and is extremely important to me for personal and sentimental reasons) in a format that I can email to a friend or post, all the support says to use th …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 15, 2016

Movie Maker

I have been using movie Maker for the past few years to make videos of my kids every year for their birthday. Each year I open the original movie maker file and add new videos to the end. I recently upgraded to Windows 1 …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 14, 2016

Movie Maker

I have been using movie Maker for the past few years to make videos of my kids every year for their birthday. Each year I open the original movie maker file and add new videos to the end. I recently upgraded to Windows 1 …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 14, 2016

Movie maker 2012 problem

Hi there, I have windows 7 installed on my laptop and all the videos work well but there is a problem with the Movie Maker 2012. when i try to make a movie and put images with a soundtrack only audio work and no video. I …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 14, 2016

transferring a photo album onto PC

I have created an Album of some of my photos on my ipad and would now like to transfer that to my PC. I have downloaded Windows Essentials for windows 10 and opened Photo Gallery but can't work out how to transfer the Al …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 14, 2016

transferring a photo album onto PC

I have created an Album of some of my photos on my ipad and would now like to transfer that to my PC. I have downloaded Windows Essentials for windows 10 and opened Photo Gallery but can't work out how to transfer the Al …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 14, 2016

Windows Movie Maker Crash, Blank Recovery File

I've re-made my video three times because Movie Maker keeps crashing. The first time it crashed, the program just ended, then I re-opened movie maker and was able to recover my edit. The second and third time, my laptop …

Unanswered Windows Essentials Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 13, 2016