That's one of the little idiosyncracies of Movie Maker. It is fine for making short simple films but it somewhat freezes when it gets to features. You could try and leave it to sort itself out or just save the film scene by scene on a CD. But, yes, I've had that problemo too.

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You can't keep 'em out, they're already in!

Sounds like your comp isn't up to spec for the rendering work you want done. I used to have that problem way back on a Crapaq Duron 850MHz sytem, but since upgrading to a good setup I've had nothing but glory days saving files with it.

Morgneto, Master of Morgnetism

no, this computer is brand new. not even a year old.

If you have another editing program available to you, try saving it in sections, then combining those in your second program. Other than that, I'm fresh out of ideas. If you need a free program, I think Windows Media Encoder can do it, given the right settings.

Morgneto, Master of Morgnetism

thanks, i will try that

i'm not having any luck with that.

Try this:

In the area where your clock is (the bottom right hand corner), right click and close/exit any programs you don't use (ie. Quicktime, iTunes, WeatherBug, AIM etc.) leave only the essentials- the speaker for your sound card, your antispyware/anti virus software etc.

These are performance eaters and will slow down processes on your computer.

ALSO, defrag your hard drive before doing any of this. Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools- disk defragmenter.

Let me know if this helps.

thanks, i will try that. sorry i didnt respond sooner, but i was away with family.