Why Why Why???

Windows Movie Maker is crap. I can't believe Microsoft would put this kind
of garbage out there. It keeps crashing..... again and again.

TW wrote:
> Windows Movie Maker is crap. I can't believe Microsoft would put
> this kind of garbage out there. It keeps crashing..... again and
> again.
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You fail to mention your OS...if you are
running Vista...disregard the following.

Some users have reported problems
after installing IE7. If this applies to your
situation ...uninstalling IE7 may be worth
a try.

(927177) How to uninstall Internet Explorer 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927177/en-us

I've also seen a report that disabling the
ffdshow codec could be the fix. To accomplish
this...open Movie Maker and go to...Tools /
Options / Compatibility tab...Uncheck...
ffdshow / OK.

More info:

Movie Maker 2 Crashes and Hangs
http://tinyurl.com/bqgyx

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

TW,
I understand some people have problems with MM but I have never had a
problem with it when treating it the right way. What I mean by that is I
never try to insert JPG or GIF images. It wasn't meant to handle them so I
don't even try it anymore. I don't fool with codecs. I don't move my project
files around. Etc... I also have not made big changes to my machine. I have
tweaked my virtual memory a little and installed another harddrive and thats
all. Since I have received my computer in the mail and started using MM it
has never crashed, failed to load, or even called me any names. My co-worker,
on the other hand, built his pc from scratch. He bought every single
component seperately with twice the ram I have. He can play more resource
intensive games as me and WORD documents open faster for him but he has had
nothing but trouble with MM, firewall apps, and Outlook. He bought Nero later
and can't get that to work either. There are a lot of smart people that
monitor this forum so reply back with your exact problem and I'll bet they
can, at least, point you in the right direction. Good luck.

"TW" wrote:

> Windows Movie Maker is crap. I can't believe Microsoft would put this kind
> of garbage out there. It keeps crashing..... again and again.

Your right it is crap. I gave up trying to copy to a DVD a tradeshow movie I
spent hours putting to gether in MSMM.

I used my daughters MAC and guess what. Worked first try, so easy even a PC
user like me could do it. DOH!



"TW" wrote:

> Windows Movie Maker is crap. I can't believe Microsoft would put this kind
> of garbage out there. It keeps crashing..... again and again.