How long should "save movie file" take?

I'm a newbie to Windows Movie Maker, but not to computers. I've tried to
make some simple short movies, and when I get to "Finish Movie", everything
just hangs. I click "save to my computer", click "next" at each step
through the process, and when I get to the "saving movie" screen, nothing
else happens, except that the "minutes remaining" just keeps counting
upward. I have a 6 minute movie, and I've waited several hours for it to
save, and the "minutes remaining" just continues to count upward, while the
percent saved indicator stays at 0%. I've redone everything several times
through from scratch, including re-making the movie, with the same results.
As a test, I tried to save a :03 seconds section of the movie as it's own
separate movie, with the same results. Last time I checked, the time
remaining was up to several hundred minutes for this :03 second movie, with
no progress being made. This can't possibly be right, but I can't figure
out what's wrong. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Scott

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"Scott" wrote in message
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I'm a newbie to Windows Movie Maker, but not to computers. I've tried to
make some simple short movies, and when I get to "Finish Movie",
everything just hangs. I click "save to my computer", click "next" at
each step through the process, and when I get to the "saving movie"
screen, nothing else happens, except that the "minutes remaining" just
keeps counting upward. I have a 6 minute movie, and I've waited several
hours for it to save, and the "minutes remaining" just continues to count
upward, while the percent saved indicator stays at 0%. I've redone
everything several times through from scratch, including re-making the
movie, with the same results. As a test, I tried to save a :03 seconds
section of the movie as it's own separate movie, with the same results.
Last time I checked, the time remaining was up to several hundred minutes
for this :03 second movie, with no progress being made. This can't
possibly be right, but I can't figure out what's wrong. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Scott


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