project will not save as a PROJECT

[Guest]

hi,

i've perused some of the info regarding troubleshooting when your project
will not save as a movie, however, movie maker 2 is not saving my (which
saved previously) even the project. This is my first time using movie maker
and I'm not so keen on the byte conversion, so i would appreciate some help.
The error message says that there isn't enough memory. I have 245,232 KB of
available physical memory, should that be enough (the size of the project is
5.74 MB)? Is the answer simply to change my viritual memory or paging file
(or are they the same?)? Do i need more RAM? Does anyone have any
suggestions? I use Windows Xp home edition version 5.1.

Thanks.

 

[John Inzer]

hi,

i've perused some of the info regarding troubleshooting when your
project will not save as a movie, however, movie maker 2 is not
saving my (which saved previously) even the project. This is my
first time using movie maker and I'm not so keen on the byte
conversion, so i would appreciate some help. The error message says
that there isn't enough memory. I have 245,232 KB of available
physical memory, should that be enough (the size of the project is
5.74 MB)? Is the answer simply to change my viritual memory or
paging file (or are they the same?)? Do i need more RAM? Does anyone
have any suggestions? I use Windows Xp home edition version 5.1.

Thanks.

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Disconnecting from the net and closing
all programs...especially virus scanners
before you open Movie Maker may help.

Also...maintenance may help:

Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
(check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file
system errors" and "Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
the next time you restart your computer.
(run error checking repeatedly until it finds
no errors)

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

More RAM is always a good idea and
the following article explains how to
increase the size of your paging file:

(308417) HOW TO: Set Performance Options
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308417

More info:

MM2 - Problem Solving - 'Can't Save A Movie'
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Issues-CantSaveMovie.html

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

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