Flash movie in PowerPoint doesn't play

I have an SWF file in a PowerPoint 2003 presentation, on
Vista. When I open it, I get a message "Some controls in this
presentation can't be activated; they may not be registered on this
computer." I don't get this when I open the same presentation on
another computer (using XP).
When I select the movie, right-click and choose Properties,
the Properties sheet is blank! (I've never seen this before.) I'm
sure that this movie worked before on this machine, but can't
figure out what may have changed to cause this. I had an expired
Flash CS3 beta (I'm the co-author of Flash for Dummies), but I
uninstalled it. However, it's still on my Ctrl Panel>Programs
& Features list.
When double-clicking an SWF in Win Explorer, Windows asked
what program to use, even tho' I had Player 9 installed. I
re-downloaded and installed 9 and told Win to use the player and
then I could play the SWF from Win Explorer, but that didn't help
the same SWF when in PowerPoint.
I wanted to uninstall 9 and install 8 but haven't been able
to uninstall 9. I tried Ctrl Panel and downloaded the uninstaller
and tried that. It's off my Ctrl Panel list, but still opens when I
double-click an SWF. I downloaded Player 8 and tried to install but
it failed; said I don't have the appropriate privileges.
I need the SWF to play in PowerPoint; doing a presentation on
Monday!
Thanks,
Ellen Finkelstein

For HTML5 output you need to replace Flash animations by HMTL animations.

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> Is anyone aware of an xtra/extension for Flash that
would enable a flash movie
> to play files save in the mpeg-4 audio (mpa4, mp4)
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> flash-based podcast players, and one I found said that
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I am having problems with putting flash movies onto my website. I know this is a common problem so apologies for any repetition.
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