Movie Maker Hanging - Solution

Article taken from : http://www.acomputerportal.com/movie_maker_file_fix.html

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Movie Maker sometimes causes problems crashing or hanging when trying to save projects or files.

(This appears to be a Hardware acceleration issue)

This is how I solved this problem:

For Windows Vista

1) Click on the Start Button.
2) Right Click on "Computer", select "Properties".
3) Click on "Advanced System Settings" on the left.
4) Click on the Advanced Tab
5) In the Performance, Visual effects. processor scheduling, memory usage, and virtual memory section:-
6) Click on the Settings Button
7) Click on the Advanced Tab on this window.
8) Within the Process scheduling section click in the Radio Button Background services
9) Then Click the Apply button, bottom right.
10) Then click the OK Button.
11) Then click the next OK Button.
12) Close the windows.

For Windows XP

1) Click on the Start Button.
2) Select My Computer
3) Select View system information
4) Click on the Advanced Tab
5) In the Performance, Visual effects. processor scheduling, memory usage, and virtual memory section:-
6) Click on the Settings Button
7) Click on the Advanced Tab on this window.
8) Within the Process scheduling section click in the Radio Button Background services
9) Then Click the Apply button, bottom right.
10) Then click the OK Button.
11) Then click the next OK Button.
12) Close the windows.

Windows Movie Maker should now handle files and projects all right.

I noticed no degrade in computer speed after using this File Fix.

Good Luck.

Another Tip. Is having patience, and then have even more patience. Video, Picture and sound files may be very large and therefore take some time to import and process etc.