when i go to: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/help/33ecda79-b6aa-42af-8034-87be9322ac181033.mspx and click "watch the demo", it opens media player classic which has the msg " cannot render the file". If i try to open the file with wmp, i get the error msg: "the file you are attempting to play has an extension (.wmv) that does not match the file format." when i click yes,...

whenever i click "watch the demo", nothing happens - no audio or video. this is vista home basic. this is not an upgrade but a new system with vista already installed need help thanks -- 5string

Can anyone recommend a discussion group or alternative source of information (good or bad) regarding Live Movie Maker. I ask the question because I have bought Windows 7 Home Premium (package unopened) need some information to help me decide whether to install it or sell it on. -- Brian B

What is it? "There was a time" when you COMMUNICATED With The Beatles quite easily, but "That Day Is Done". In "The Fool" of '68 we popped along to Apple to ask if the Beatles could appear at our school dance. We told the "Secretary" that our back up choice was available at short notice. "She Said" (clickety-click) that none of the Beatles was presently in the building but that Paul was...

Who am I? Please don't answer -- M101111gaME

Can anyone recommend a discussion group or alternative source of information (good or bad) regarding Live Movie Maker. I ask the question because I have bought Windows 7 Home Premium (package unopened) need some information to help me decide whether to install it or sell it on. -- Brian B

On the front of my tower on my pc (it's a gateway) i have 3 plugs like the AV plugs in the back of a tv. well i plugged my xbox 360 into those plugs so i could use the monitor as a display for the xbox, i can't figure out how to make the computer put the output from the 360 onto the monitor.....could someone please help me?

Hi Folks, i'm having problems adding photos to emails using the hotmail photo uploader. On my previous machine i'd select 'add' then 'photo' this would open a new window in which i could select photo's then use 'upload' and the photo's would attach to the msg. On my new machine, i transferred all my photo's over (jpegs) and have added more since. When trying to add a photo i can select 'add' and...

When i import a song into the Vista version of movie maker the time is way off. The song is 6:45 and when i import it is expands it to 11:34. It is the same for other songs i have that i have tried to use. I did notice the on the time bar the time plays like 3 or 4 secs fatser than a normal second, if that makes a difference. It is very frustrating. is there any solution to this problem?

I have been using media center for a while in Vista Ultimate. We have a file server running in the house with all of our music and photography. Recently I have updated media player, updated Nero and taken out a back up drive. I'm not sure what caused it, but I have lost my ability to see our 4000 photos through media center. I cannot even consider renaming all of the files in their many...

Right i have vista with media player 11 and media center as standard now i use them to play ALL my music and have done for the past few months now all of my music played perfectly fine untill yesterday for some strange reason alot of my music will not play properly they will start and sound does come out but it is all jumpy and jerky like a badly scratched cd but the thing is it doesnt do it...

I'm using Windows Movie Maker 6 in Vista Home Premium. I've read in several places (including these forums) that Movie Maker in Vista will be able to edit dvr-ms files. However, whenever I try to import dvr-ms, I get the following error: filename could not be imported. Unspecified error I even get this when I try to import the sample dvr-ms files that came with Vista.

I can't get media player to open. The computer does not even respond when I try to open it, whether from the start menu or even from the programs list. What's the problem?

I am running Vista (Business). I recently installed Office 2003 and it reassociated all my jpeg files (and other images) with Microsoft Picture Editor. I want to restore these images to open how they did in the defautl Vista install with the single image view from. I reassociated the files with "Windows Photo Gallery" but now when I open up one single file it just opens up the Photo Gallery...

A few weeks ago, I turned my XP laptop on. The startup sound was MUCH deeper than the usual. All the sounds were like that, even with headphones. The Help and Support Center on the computer is confusing, I tried adjusting the volume control, even cleaning the fans with canned air, but nothing's worked. Any help will be appreciated! (Note: the device is apparently called Realtek AC97 Audio....

I was watching a movie on the TV channel AMC (American Movie Classics) and after about 10 seconds, the Media Center window turned to green with text stating that the provider has prevented the use of the video (don't remember the text exactly.) I have a Hauppauge WinPVR 350 with a non HDCP nVidia 6600GT and a non HDCP Monitor hooked up via DVI. Would I get this message if I hooked up my...

I upgraded to Vista Business Edition from XP Pro a couple of months ago. I think its great and haven't had any major problems.......till now! I went to import a new CD into iTunes and it appeared to do it in about 5 seconds. When I played the imported songs, there was nothing. In iTunes, I clicked on the CD and tried playing directly off the CD and it just skips straight on to the next...

Windows Media Player 11 in Vista RC1 (5600) keeps crashing, randomly... in the middle of a song! It is very annoying... Does anyone have a fix? This didn't happen in Beta 2.

Any one has any luck running this in order to capture movies? -- A. Feiner

I bought a new laptop with vista premium, wmp 11 preinstalled, and now when I try to stream wmv files in a webpage it plays audio fine, but the video is playing at 0.1 frames...however this only happens on certain wmv files...example: http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?f=msnhome...this video is unwatchable! What can I do? Please Help!!!