Windows Live Movie Maker is a great tool for creating movies and videos. However, it can be difficult to find network support for the software. This can be a problem if you want to make a movie with friends or family. One way to overcome this problem is to add network support to Windows Live Movie Maker. This will allow you to watch your movies and videos on your computer or device without having to worry about the internet connection. To do this, you first need to create a new Windows Live Movie Maker account. Once you have created an account, you can then add network support to your account. To do this, go to the Accounts tab and click on the Add button. Then, enter the following information into the Add Account Details field: Your name Your address Your phone number (optional) Once you have added these details, your account will be ready for network support. To start using Windows Live Movie Maker with network support, just click on the Network icon in the top left corner of the screen and select “Add New Connection” from the list of options. Then, enter your name and address into the fields below and click on “Add”. You will then be able to watch your movies and videos without any problems!
If you try to add a video file to Windows Live MovieMaker from a network network location, where in this example we’re trying to add a file from our home server…
You’ll get an error message indicating files can’t be added directly from a network folder, and it advises to copy the file to your local machine first. Well, you may not have the space on your machine or the time to transfer it first. Not to mention there is just no reason why you shouldn’t be able to add a file from a network.
We can add network support with a quick registry hack. Click on Start and type regedit into the search box and hit Enter.
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live\Movie Maker and create a new DWORD value.
Name the value AllowNetworkFiles and set the value data to 1 then click Ok and close out of Registry Editor.
Now you’ll be able to add video files from a network location into MovieMaker.
Conclusion
While you could copy the video from the server to your local machine or external drive as a work around, you shouldn’t have to. This Registry tweak enables network support and works in both Windows 7 and Vista.
Special thanks to the indie band The Krims for providing the video file used in this post.
