Avoid interlace combing when exporting to wmv

Hi All,
I am running on an updated MBP with FCE 4 and flip4mac pro studio.
I can not seem to find an ideal setting when exporting to *.wmv to avoid interlace combing and poor quality (pixalated look).
Your guidance woudl be great ly appreciated.
Thank you,
Erik

Ronald,
In addition to Steve's very important questions, I have another:
What else is running on your computer (often launched "behind the scenes," at bootup), while you are editing? Most computers have a lot of unnecessary programs, and processes, that launch at start, and can really eat up computer resources. You can check to see what gets loaded with MSCONFIG, and then looking at the Startup and Services Tabs.
Good luck, and please let us know a bit more.
Hunt

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