May 4th, 2009 by admin

One reason why i still use windows movie maker is because its free and its good for what it is and i am only uploading videos to YouTube and other video sharing sites, many people can`t aford to buy high end movie editting software, besides its good to learn with as its rather easy to use.
The first thing you need to do is determine if you already have movie maker on you system, you can find in “C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\moviemk.exe” if its not there then you will need to download it at

http://www.microsoft.com
If you get sick of trying to find it you could make a short cut to your desktop or putting the icon on your quick Launch bar (how to Display the Quick Launch Bar)
http://www.microsoft.com/quicklaunch

Basic System requirements:

Personal or multimedia computer with a 1.5 gigahertz Processor

Operating System:
you will need Service Pack 2 for
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Memory or (RAM)
256 megabytes or higher of RAM

Hard disk (IDE or SCSI)
At least
2.0 GB of available hard-disk space or higher

Display (your video card)
•XGA (1024×768) or higher resolution monitor
•256-color video card
•3-D graphics acceleration
•DirectX 9 or later graphics support
•Video adapter must be compatible with Windows XP

Audio (sound card most are built into motherboard)
Windows XP-compatible sound card and speakers or headphones

Mouse (The little thing that collects dust, and can be cordless)
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device ( A Mouse, no it don’t eat cheese)

Internet connection:

may be required for some updates, you will need this for
uploading any video clips or movies you make.

Now the system that i use is a lot faster than those specs and its still a bit
slow for for me, i need to update, especially when i have other programs running like Photo shop, FireFox etc.

My system Specs and what i use:
Personal or multimedia computer with a 2.80 gigahertz Intel Celeron

Operating System:
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600)

Memory or (RAM)
1024 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot ‘A0′ has 512 MB
Slot ‘A1′ has 512 MB

Hard disk (IDE or SCSI)
490.05 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
250.39 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
DVD DUAL GO-W1616B [CD-ROM drive-writer]

Display (your video card)
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 256 MB [Display adapter]{Video Card}
Delta 17.7 [Monitor] (17.7″vis, January 2000)

Audio (sound card most are built into motherboard)
Windows XP-compatible sound card and speakers or headphones

Main Circuit Board:
Board: P4M266A-8235
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. F4 09/17/2004

Mouse:
Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical

After downloading movie maker and installing it you might want to get used to the layout and feel of it, there is a lot of menus and such but don’t worry you will get the hang of it if i can, i dropped out of school when i was 14 years old, so if i can use it, then just about anybody can

Movie and video formats i will be doing a article about this very soon.