Need help attaching music files to PowerPoint presentation

Hi. I've reached my frustration limit. I'm not even sure what quetion to ask. I'm trying to put together a .ppt slide show for my daughter's graduation... setting pictures to music. In order to do this, I must make the music files accessible from my hard drive. I purchased several ITunes but they came as MP4 files, which my computer can't play. I burned a CD, which plays... ripped the CD to the hard drive (and those files play), but .ppt won't recognize them.
Is this a copyright issue? If so, is there a work-around? I'm not doing anything illegal... I just want to use them from one location, but that one location must be from my hard drive... not on a CD and not in an MP3 player.
Please help. I'm just about frantic!
Thanks SO much!
PS: Is there a better option for me than ITunes? I'm guessing Limewire is illegal. Are there sites where I can purchase music to burn to my hard drive?
Dell xps Windows XP Pro

Hi! Thanks for your reply. The answers are:
What are your settings for Disc Format in the
iTunes Edit menu > Preferences >
Advanced tab > Burning sub-tab?
1. AUDIO CD
And what are your settings for Import Using in
the iTunes Edit menu > Preferences >
Advanced tab > Importing sub-tab?
2. AAC ENCODER
Since I posted, I've moved the files around that I ripped, and they work in some locations and not others. Interesting... Can't make heads or tails of it. Just got off the phone for an hour with Dell who couldn't figure it out either.
Seems that if I burn them to a CD, rip the files from the CD to the hard drive and then guess the right location to file them, it will work (at least intermittently).
Thoughts?
I purchased several ITunes but they came as MP4
files, which my computer can't play. I burned a CD,
which plays... ripped the CD to the hard drive (and
those files play), but .ppt won't recognize them.
Two questions for you, crtriage:
What are your settings for Disc Format in the
iTunes Edit menu > Preferences >
Advanced tab > Burning sub-tab?
And what are your settings for Import Using in
the iTunes Edit menu > Preferences >
Advanced tab > Importing sub-tab?

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