Getting a simple animation to play in IE

I am having trouble getting a simple animation to play properly, on a site designed by someone else, in IE. It works fine in Mozilla and Safari. In IE, on some computers, it shows up but there is a prompt about downloading a Shockwave add-on. On other computers it doesnt show up at all. Going from Mac to PC is also presenting problems. I'm freelance, so it's not like I'm in the office with these other people, so I only know what's going on with the 3 pc's I have at my disposal; which is as described above. I tried uploading another .swf with just 1 frame to see what would happen and it did the same thing. I'm starting to think it is a problem with the site and not the Flash.
If anyone could take a look at it and offer some help, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Murrz
www.buildingdimensionsnc.com

Thanks for your help. I didn't even think about the .html file. Normally I send both but I thought they had that sorted (so I was told) out when it worked in Mozilla and Safari. I won't know until tomorrow if it worked, but thanks again.
Export your movies a Shockwave version or two behind, just to be on the safe side.
This I don't quite get. Normally I publish and send .swf and .html and send them and everything works.
Murrz

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