Basic Questions

I do OK with PowerPoint and it's  more flexible than some sites like Slide.com to make slide shows into  videos to post on my School/Class web site. So, I make my own PPT  slideshow and found a piece of SW to convert it to a SWF video that I  can show on the web site.

I'm having multiple problems just trying  to find out how to use this conversion ap.  First, the flash player to  play the thing while I'm checking out the conversion. Since Flash Player  is a browser addon, how does one go about checking out the SWF video?

On  my machine there's other question that may be causing problems.  If I  double click on the SWF file, a window entitled "Macromedia Flash Player  7" opens and sits there staring at me. (here I don't know who's  dumber)   Then I find out the converter has an output option to create  an EXE file. So, I do that then double click on it.  Up pops a window  entitled "Adobe Flash Player 9" that does what the other one does. (i  think i'm dumber).

So, at the urging of support from the converter  software company to delete 7 & 9, I try.  I cannot find anyway to  delete those executables.  They don't show up under the programs list  from the Staret button.  They don't show up in the program list from  "Add/Delete Programs" under Control Panel.

So, if they don't  exist, how can they actually pop up on my screen??

Then I'm back  to trying to check out the conversion SW. How is that to be done? Using  HTML only?  What if the HTML is messed up keeping the SWF video from  playing?

You know, sometimes I think I'm doing alright on the  computer for an old guy.   Then something like this happens and I feel  real old and dumb.

Help, if you don't mind.