File Type Compatiblity

I need some help. I've downloaded a couple of short "movie" type clips taken with a Canon camera and wish to email them to (largely) Windows users. The current files are each 100 + MB (.avi) files. Too big to email. I've used the supplied Canon software to download them onto my Mac as I am not aware of any other way to do this. Using the Canon software, I resized the files to 100 - 200 KB files and saved them in a Quicktime (.mov) format. Mac plays them fine but not Windows. Window launches the Win Media Player but advises the file type (codec) is not compatible. What do I need to do with the current files to make them play on Windows and, if different, what do I do next time I want to make short video clips.
Thanks is advance for any advice or suggestions.

Doh, are they technologically illiterate? >_< IIRC, apple.com, quicktime, download, run the exe...
Anyways, I felt bad for giving such a lame answer, so I racked my brain and searched google and eventually found it.
<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://">http://www.ffmpegx.com/
Simple to to use; just drag and drop and choose the file type output you want. Off the top of my head I'd suggest avi/xvid, but I'm not too sure.
Hope this solves your problem!

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> Hi,
>
> I have an application written in Labview 4. This application is running
> since 1996 and produces datalog files with collected datas.
>
> I now have to rewrite it with Labview 5.1 (or 6) but the datalog file
> type of Labview 4 and 5 are not compatible. I can convert them file by
> file but I have approx 2000 files to convert. Does anyone have a
> solution for converting a large number of files in one time ?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help and best regards
>
>
> A. Jacot
> Developement engineer
> University of ap
plied sciences, Le Locle, Switzerland
>
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