Crazy .AVI to Windows psychedelic phenomena

Ok, I think I have encountered the oddest issue!! It is not directly related to FCP, but is a video issue, so thought I would post here.
I am using MPEG streamclip to convert a Quicktime file to a .AVI file so that it can be played on a Windows PC system and used in a PC version of PowerPoint.
Once the file is convereted, it looks absolutely fine on my mac, but when I pay it on a PC, or even through Fusion running MS Windows the video is replaced by what seems a music visualizer, it displays psychedelic images, instead of the original video and I can still hear the original audio!!!
And I swear I haven't been smoking anything...yet.
Does anyone know why this is happening?!
I don't have a PC version of PowerPoint, but when my client plays it in their PC through PowerPoint the same thing is happening.
It seems that the Windows is interpeting the .AVI as a music file, and brings up its music visualizer, replacing the video that is in the file. When I select prooperties in windows, though, it says it is a video file. What is happening, and how can I be able to convert this quicktime to an .AVI without this happening? Help!??!!!

What settings would you use in Compressor? I was getting much better results thru MPEG streamclip.
I researched some more through windows Media Player FAQs,and it says that it plays a visualizer if the video codec is not installed in Windows Media Player. It says to download various plug-ins from http://www.wmplugins.com/
If this is something that has to played on many different PCs, and will be passed along, how do I convert it to a .avi to make sure that it plays across many different PCs?
Will converting it through compressor be any different?
Basically, I just need to convert a Quicktime file so that it works in a PC version of PowerPoint. I was told that PowerPoint for the PC only accepts .avi, and possibly mpeg formats. I don't have a PC version of PowerPoint to test.
What is the best way to make a Quicktime file work in PowerPoint for the PC?
I have final cut studio, but would like to know the best settings to convert.
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