Get Windows Movie Maker running on a Vista UMPC

One thing I noticed doesn’t work on my Sanmsung Q1 UMPC running Vista is Windows Movie Maker. While I don’t expect to be doing major movie edits on the UMPC it is handy to be able to do a quick edit on a video podcast. When you try to launch it you get a message: "Windows Movie Maker cannot start because your video card does not support the required level of hardware acceleration or hardware acceleration is not available"

Now Microsoft have released Windows Movie Maker 2.6 for machines that don’t support the Vista edition 

Overview

Movie Maker 2.6 is for Windows Vista users whose computer cannot run the Vista version of Movie Maker.
To test if your computer can run the Vista version of Movie Maker:
1. From the Start menu, click All Programs.
2. Click Windows Movie Maker.
If Movie Maker launches, you should not download version 2.6.
If you get an error message that says, "Windows Movie Maker cannot start because your video card does not support the required level of hardware acceleration or hardware acceleration is not available", download and install Movie Maker 2.6.

Link to Download details: Windows Movie Maker 2.6

 

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