ok so now it has been like 5 hours, i just got back from work… and it is still doing something!!! i dont think it is working for me… i am tryting to convert a 3 minuit movie… geezzzz… i am cancelling it!!!
jesus christ, 5 hours for a 3 minute video 
thats really odd
Here is the JC formula for converting Quicktime (.MOV) to MPEG. Then you can convert MPEG to wmv using windows media encoder.
JC writes as follows:
I was fiddling around with the QuickTime settings. In the process I managed
to get TMPGEnc to process the sound when converting a MOV file. So I’ve got
things working on my computer again.
Here’s how to convert a MOV file from your camera to an MPEG-1 file with
TMPGEnc.
Install TMPGEnc and the QT Reader plugin
TMPGEnc
http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html
QT Reader plugin
Start TMPGEnc
It will start up with the Project Wizard
Hit Cancel, we’re going to configure things manually since the presets don’t
do what we want to do
For Video source click Browse
Find the source file (the MOV file) and click Open
Check the Output file name and make sure the name and path are what you want
For Stream type make sure it is set at “System (Video+Audio)”
Click on the Setting button
Select the Video tab
Stream type: MPEG-1 Video
Size: 320 x 240 pixels
Aspect ratio: 1:1 (VGA)
Frame rate: 30 fps
Rate control mode: 2-pass VBR(VBR)
Click on Setting for Rate control
Average bitrate: 500 kbits/sec
Maximum bitrate: 2000 kbits/sec
Minimum bitrate: 100 kbits/sec
Click OK
Motion search precision: Highest quality (very slow)
Click on the Advanced tab
Video source type: Non-interlace (progressive)
Click on the Audio tab
Stream type: MPEG-1 Audio Layer II
Sampling frequency: 32000 Hz
Channel mode: Mono
Bitrate: 64 kbits/sec (could go lower if you want)
Click OK
We’re done with the settings. Time to compress.
Click the Start button.
When it is done, play the output video and see how the quality is.
These settings got a 3900 KB MOV file from your camera down to about a 1000
KB MPG file.
This is at an average bitrate of 500 kbits/sec. That was the point where
the compression artifacts were starting to get noticeable. If you go lower
than 500 kbits/sec you are going to want to keep an eye on the output
quality to make sure it isn’t too blocky. You can go lower if you need a
smaller file size.
Experiment with the average bitrate. 500 kbits/sec seemed to work OK on the
sample clip I used. You can try a higher average bitrate of maybe 750
kbits/sec or even a little lower. The higher you go the better quality you
are going to get, but the file size is going to get proportionally bigger.
If you have problems with the sound when converting the MOV file, go to the
QuickTime settings and toggle the Sound Out settings from DirectSound to
waveOut (or vice versa). I don’t know why that got things working for me,
but it did.
Control Panel >> QuickTime
Select Sound Out in the QuickTime dropdown list
Toggle the playback device to/from DirectSound to waveOut (or vice versa)
This MPEG converter (TMPGEnc) has some editting and splicing abilities which are nice. Start and stop times are available and you may concatenate many files into one. This file may then be easily compressed with windows media encoder. It’s a time consuming process but it does work.
Hey thanks Probailer2, Quick Video Converter is the only free converter ive come across that doesnt leave a stupid water mark. Now i can finally put my uni vids together!
just for personal use 
WOW!!
super converted fight club and pulp fiction for me in a total of 20 min for AVI to Mp4