Vista Business and Movie Maker

[Jethro]

Can anyone help me unravel this puzzle please?

I have just upgraded to Vista Business to discover - to my horror- no Movie
Maker ! I upgraded XP Pro and have highly compatible hardware (quad board, 2
Gig, NVidia card etc).

However I do have WMM icon but get "General access denied" error when I
click it.

I tried downloading WMM 2.6 from Microsoft and whilst it installs OK, I get
same "General access denied" error. This discounts vid-card issues for me.

Searching on "General access denied" gets me nowhere as it ends up with lots
of posts asking similar question to mine.

So...... is there an MVP or someone of an inquisitive and successful nature
that has any ideas.......?

..... or does this remain on Mr. Softy's list of things to do another day?

Thanks

Jethro - Raleigh NC

 

[PapaJohn]

I like Movie Maker puzzles.... any successes are purely accidental

What happens if you plug an external mic into the computer, type MovieMk in
the Start > Start Search field, cross your fingers and press Enter?

Can you view the contents of your c:\Program Files\Movie Maker folder?
Should be right next to the Movie Maker 2.6 folder.

 

[John Inzer]

Can anyone help me unravel this puzzle please?

I have just upgraded to Vista Business to discover - to my horror- no
Movie Maker ! I upgraded XP Pro and have highly compatible hardware
(quad board, 2 Gig, NVidia card etc).

However I do have WMM icon but get "General access denied" error when
I click it.

I tried downloading WMM 2.6 from Microsoft and whilst it installs OK,
I get same "General access denied" error. This discounts vid-card
issues for me.
Searching on "General access denied" gets me nowhere as it ends up
with lots of posts asking similar question to mine.

So...... is there an MVP or someone of an inquisitive and successful
nature that has any ideas.......?

.... or does this remain on Mr. Softy's list of things to do another
day?
Thanks

Jethro - Raleigh NC

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Maybe it would be worth a try to search
the nVidia support site for updated Vista
compatible video drivers.

nVidia Drivers
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

There's some discussion of the issue you
are experiencing at the following forum:
http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=287352

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695

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

 

[Jethro]

Nice suggestion, I especially liked the bit about the Mic (?)

However, it seems the Start menu link is same as hitting the .exe direct -
General Access Denied !

Oh well, on with the next idea.

Thanks

Jethro

PS - how do I de-install Vista anyone?

 

[Jethro]

Nice idea.

I downloaded the latest driver for my NVidia 7300 card. Still no luck.

I would run the Vista Advisor program but I unloaded it because I already
installed Vista !

Duh.

Any ideas on an easy way to roll back to XP Pro? I can live without the
transparent border I think.

Thanks for your inspiration.

Jethro

 

[John Inzer]

Nice idea.

I downloaded the latest driver for my NVidia 7300 card. Still no luck.

I would run the Vista Advisor program but I unloaded it because I
already installed Vista !

Duh.

Any ideas on an easy way to roll back to XP Pro? I can live without
the transparent border I think.

Thanks for your inspiration.

Jethro

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I'm thinking I would format the hard drive and
then do a clean install of XP...but maybe the
following article will offer some ideas.

(933168) How to restore a computer to a
previous Windows installation after you install
Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168/en-us

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695

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

 

[Jethro]

John, you are a star. This is the best article I have come across so far in
this dismal experience.

I am wrestling between a clean install (rather than upgrade) and keep Vista
or as you say, get ahead by going backwards and forsake the transparent
border for some extra speed and functionality in XP Pro.

Thank you for your help.

Jethro

 

[John Inzer]

John, you are a star. This is the best article I have come across so
far in this dismal experience.

I am wrestling between a clean install (rather than upgrade) and keep
Vista or as you say, get ahead by going backwards and forsake the
transparent border for some extra speed and functionality in XP Pro.

Thank you for your help.

Jethro

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You're welcome.

Thanks for the feedback.

You also may want to consider the
option of running both XP and Vista.

The following links may offer some ideas:

How to dual-boot Vista with XP -
step-by-step guide with screenshots
http://apcmag.com/5023/dual_booting_xp_with_vista

The following links may be useful also:

Dual-Booting Vista and XP
http://www.windowstalk.org/dual_boot_vista.htm

Dual-Booting Vista and XP (Part 2)
http://www.windowstalk.org/dual_boot_part2.htm

Also the following freebie is very useful in
managing your Boot options.

VistaBootPRO
http://www.vistabootpro.org/index.php
(scroll down to the download link)

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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

 

[Graham Hughes]

I didn't think Movie Maker was an option in Vista Business, don't you need
home premium or Ultimate for it? In which case all is working as it should
do.

 

[John Inzer]

I didn't think Movie Maker was an option in Vista Business, don't you
need home premium or Ultimate for it? In which case all is working
as it should do.

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I've never had Vista Business on my machine
so I have no first hand experience with it but the
following chart indicates that all versions include
Movie Maker.

Windows Vista - Comparison Chart
http://support.teloep.org/vistaver.htm

Anyway...the OP installed Movie Maker 2.6...
shouldn't it work?

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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

 

[Graham Hughes]

I'll install it today and see. I was going from memory, but on checking the
MS site it is unclear, as it only lists editing movies in movie maker in hd

I do suspect that with a bad install of MM 6, then MM2.6 wouldn't work, as
it cant find the right files.

Later.

Graham

 

[Graham Hughes]

Yep, Movie maker is in Vista business, took a couple of days as new hard
drive was faulty, but good old amazon had one straight out.
I think I'd do a repair install of Vista first.