PC crashes when using WMM

[lostboy]

I was trying to trim a little bit off the beginning of a video and the moment I clicked "Trim beginning" the computer restarted, no warnings or anything the screen went black and the "Intel inside" logo appeared.

It crashed once again when I dragged the video to the bottom where it says "Drag media here" this time the screen was black with some blue streaks on it. Very random but luckily nothing important has been lost, just my patience :sa:

 

[Chase]

I was trying to trim a little bit off the beginning of a video and the moment I clicked "Trim beginning" the computer restarted, no warnings or anything the screen went black and the "Intel inside" logo appeared.

It crashed once again when I dragged the video to the bottom where it says "Drag media here" this time the screen was black with some blue streaks on it. Very random but luckily nothing important has been lost, just my patience :sa:

Hello lostboy,

Welcome to Vista Forums.

What are your system specifications? RAM, CPU?

What video editing program were you using?

 

[richc46]

Welcome

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[lostboy]

Thanks for that, is this the correct information?

Its a pretty lame PC.

 

[lostboy]

Any help on this? Thanks.

 

[Chase]

You're computer should be able to run WMM..

Try using this guide to speed the performance of your system:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/81176-speed-up-performance-vista.html?filter[11]=Performance%20Maintenance

 

[lostboy]

It does run it, WMM just makes my system crash when I clicked on "Trim beginning" it did this 3 times lol thanks for the info on speeding up vista though, but I'm still at a loss why WMM made my system crash.

 

[stoneys-nutz]

Hello lostboy,
Try running the WMM as administrator and see if there are any crashes.

Hope this helps, good luck and post your results.

 

[ilikefree]

you could run the system file checker go to start,all programs, accessories,right click on Command Prompt and run as administrator
Type in sfc /SCANNOW note the gap between sfc and /
If any problems are found run it again

 

[Shadowjk]

also have you tried to run it in Safe mode?

 

[lostboy]

Hello lostboy,
Try running the WMM as administrator and see if there are any crashes.

Hope this helps, good luck and post your results.

Thanks never thought of that.

you could run the system file checker go to start,all programs, accessories,right click on Command Prompt and run as administrator
Type in sfc /SCANNOW note the gap between sfc and /
If any problems are found run it again

I'll give that a try, thanks :D

also have you tried to run it in Safe mode?

No I've not tried that either, if the above fails I'll try that.

 

[Chase]

Let us know the outcome.

 

[lostboy]

So far ran as administrator it crashes and it wont load in safe mode due to hardware acceleration ?

Edit: I'm going to try the other method mentioned, uploading a video at the moment so you can see exactly what I see.

 

[stoneys-nutz]

If you have a Vista disk, try this.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/91467-startup-repair.html

This will ensure the file system is in good order.

 

[lostboy]

Here's the video of what happens YouTube - WMM VS Vista

I tried the method ilikefree posted, nothing was found

 

[ilikefree]

What format is the video you want to trim?
I can recommend the free video dub in this suite
DVDVideoSoft.com: Download free DVD, iPod, YouTube video converter and editor software and freeware
Best to download the whole suite (22 programs)
I use it often and has a good free help service

 

[lostboy]

What format is the video you want to trim?
I can recommend the free video dub in this suite
DVDVideoSoft.com: Download free DVD, iPod, YouTube video converter and editor software and freeware
Best to download the whole suite (22 programs)
I use it often and has a good free help service

.avi videos, I think using another one would be best as Windows Movie Maker isn't going to work, unless someone has experienced this before and knows how to fix it. Thanks for your help.